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A+ Core Hardware practice questions

21. Modems use ________________ transmission.
    1. synchronous
    2. asynchronous
    3. timed interval
    4. ata
    5. bank

    Answer :B

22. CD-Roms typically hold ______ of data.
    1. 100 meg
    2. 500 meg
    3. 650 meg
    4. 1000 meg
    5. 350 meg

    Answer :C

23. The terms "red book", "yellow book", and "orange book" refer to:
    1. scsi
    2. ide
    3. floppy drive technology
    4. CD-Rom standards
    5. none of the above

    Answer :D

24. CD-Roms are read by _________.
    1. magnetic heads
    2. electronic sensors
    3. stepper motors
    4. laser diodes
    5. titanium servos

    Answer :D

25. Which of the following can cause CDs to be misread? Select all that apply.
    1. smudges
    2. finger prints
    3. scratches
    4. cracks
    5. slight melting

    Answer :A, B, C, D & E

26. CD-Rom drives typically have which of the following interfaces? Select all that apply.
    1. serial
    2. parallel
    3. ide
    4. scsi
    5. esdi

    Answer :A, B & C

27. CD-Rom drives have which connectors? Select all that apply.
    1. molex
    2. berg
    3. data cable
    4. audio cable
    5. arcnet

    Answer :A, C & D

28. In a computer with an eide adapter, where should you connect an ATA CD-Rom drive?
    1. on the floppy bus
    2. on the primary ide
    3. on the secondary ide
    4. on the scsi bus
    5. none of the above

    Answer :C

29. Your IDE CD-Rom drive is attached to the primary IDE adapter with our hard drive. How should its jumpers be set?
    1. as a master
    2. as a slave
    3. as neutral
    4. auto detect
    5. to 001

    Answer :B

30. What does MSCDEX.EXE do?
    1. configures hard drives
    2. it's a scsi driver
    3. bios setup
    4. It's a CD-Rom DOS driver
    5. nothing, I just made it up

    Answer :D