Hi neil, I love your site.
It definitely helped me pass my core exam. I wrote it Apr. 12 and got a score
of 85%. Here are some questions which I remember:
1. Coax
cable is same as? a)10 base 2 b)10 base t, and couple of
other choices
2. what is
the best way to keep system from overheating? a) turn of when not in use b)
keep cover on at all times, etc
3. Floppy
IRQ
4. # of
pins on a SCSI cable
5. what is
an RS-232
6. ATAPI
specifications
7. COMM
& LPT IRQs and I/Os
8. Network
cards have a unique...? a)domain name b) computer name c) MAC *
9. You
have 2 drives on one cable and a CD Rom on the second cable. What do you set
the CD Rom at? a) master b) slave c) master and slave
10. No
beep on bootup, what's the problem?
11. The
first thing a dead battery will affect is? (I chose CMOS)
12. how do
you discharge a CRT?
13. Know
your LPT & Serial cables
14. What
does the writing phase on a laser printer?
15. PCMCIA
type III is...? (hard drive)
16. What
is needed for a PCMCIA card to work? (software enabler)
17. How
many pins on a floppy cable?
18. How
many on a IDE cable?
19. If IRQ
2 is used, what IRQ can't be used? (9)
20. Know
at least these 3 modem commands 1) ATD - dial 2) ATZ - reset 3) ATH - hang up
21.
Highest risk of ESD? (cool and dry)
22.
Another question about highest risk of ESD? (I think answer was before a
thunderstorm)
23. 2
questions on what a good fuse registers (o.o ohms)
24. 2
diagrams, each ask you to identify parts of a system board (first was PCI
slots, and second was system battery)
25. ESD
contains what? (not sure about answer, but 2 choices that I remember were: 1)a
small charge & 2) a resistor).
26. Second
floppy shows same contents as first, what's the problem? (floppy cable)
27. what's
needed to access files on a network? (I chose access rights)
28. You
have 2 drives, each with a primary and several extended partitions. The primary
partition on second drive is automatically assigned which letter?
Hope this is of some
assistance, and thanks again for a great site,
Bob