Q: How do you disable bus mastering on a laptop?

-change in CMOS

win.ini

power.exe

autoexec.bat

Q: PCMCIA cards enabled by?

-Software

Disable IRQ3

Jumper

Q: Modem hang up command?

-ATH

ATX

ATR

Q: Modem reset command?

-ATZ

Q: Bi-directional parallel cable?

-RS-241

Q: Modem handshakes?

-Data request to send, Data request to receive

Acknowledge, Busy

Q: Thermal fuse is used for?

-Prevent fuser from overheating

Q: equipment good to buy to diagnose non-heat related intermittent errors?

-multimeter

software diagnostics

potentiometer

Q: 34 pin cable?

-floppy

Enhanced IDE

SCSI

Q: Enhanced IDE is better because?

Q: All I/O addresses

Q: All IRQ’s

Q: Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II. What type of sockets for each one?

Pentium = Socket 7

Pentium Pro = Socket 8

Pentium II = SLOT 1

Q: What is hex trace mode used for?

-diagnosing communication problems

Q: What device uses a DMA channel?

Video card

Modem

-Sound card

Q: Which is a parallel cable?

-ECP

RJ-45

RS 232

Q: SCSI 2 valid ID?

-7

10

13

14

Q: Invalid media type error?

-FORMAT

Q: FIXED DISK ERROR?

-Settings in CMOS

Q: Which is first in boot process?

ROM BIOS

-RAM BIOS

Q: Upgrade what for processor to access common commands?

-cache

Q: Which items are recycled?

-toner cartridge

CRT tubes

Batteries

Chemical Solvents

Q: Pentium Pro, what type of cache?

L1

-L1, L2

L1, L2, L3

L1, L2, L3, L4

Q: What PCMCIA slot supports removable hard drives?

-Slot 3, Bottom Slot

Q: Why should you be careful when removing the fuser from printer?

-may be hot

Q: A full duplex device can?

-send and receive data simultaneously

Q: Jumpers on a Network Interface Card are used for?

Protocol

Access control

I/O address

LPT address

Q: Every 16 milliseconds RAM needs to?

Reload

-Refresh

Cache

Q: What is the modem command for dialing 301-240-6802?

-ATDT3012406802

Q: ATAPI pertains to?

-mass storage devices

Q: A sector has how many bytes?

-512 bytes