BASICS OF HARDWARE AND NETWORKING

1-What is the standard IANA port number used for requesting web pages?

80

53

21

252-Which of the following pieces of information can be found in the IP header?

Source address of the packet

Destination address of the packet

Data address

Sequence number of the packet3-Network Interface Card works in which layer?

Transport layer

Data link layer

Physical layer

Network4-Which protocol works with UDP?

TFTP

FTP

HTTP

DNS5-When you boot your Windows XP machine, you get a Stop Error (blue screen error) "STOP0X000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME". How will you recover your machine?

Restart the machine. Press F8 to boot using Safe Mode option. Restart the machine.

Reboot the machine with the help of a bootable CD. Get into recovery console. Replace the NTOSKERNEL file with a new one.

Reboot the computer with the help of a bootable CD. Use the command Bootcfg /clean. Restart the machine.

Reboot the machine with the help of a bootable CD. Use the command fdisk /r or Fixboot. Restart the machine.6-Name the utility by which files and folders are consolidated and arranged in a contiguous manner.

Scandisk

Chkdsk

Defragmenting

Fsck7-Which is the protocol that is used to send e-mail messages to mail servers?

TCP/IP

SMTP

IMAP4

POP38-The process which is initiated by the CPU to reduce its speed to prevent damage caused by overheating is identified as .

Dataskew

Overclocking

Throttling

Hyper-Threading9-How many contact pins are there in a DDR2 SDRAM?

184

210

240

16810-Which is the memory standard that is related to PC100?

DDR SDRAM

SDRAM

EDORAM

DDR2 SDRAM11-Which form factor is used in notebook computers in the case of RAM?

MicroDIMM

SoDIMM

RIMM

DIMM

12-Which Windows version introduced Virtual Memory support?

Windows for Wokgroups 3.1

Windows 3.0

Windows 2.0

Windows 95

13-What is the maximum space that can be used by Win32 applications as Virtual memory In Microsoft Windows 95?

8GB

4GB

2GB

512MB14-You are heading the Technical Support team of HardSoft Inc. One of your trainee calls from the customer site and reports that, a machine goes standby just after displaying

Windows XP logo with the running progress bar, while it boots. What would most likely be the cause? How would you assist him?

The display adapter is damaged. Replace it. Restart the machine

Reboot the machine with a bootable CD and get into Recovery Console. Copy a fresh ntldr from the CD to the System Partition. Restart the machine

Reboot the machine. Press F8 to display Windows Advanced Options. Boot the machine by Selecting Safe Mode option. Change the display resolution. Restart the machine.

The OS is irrecoverable. Format the machine and perform a clean installation.15-.___________ is a tool used to track CPU usage, memory and page file usage, hard disk conditions, CPU process queuing.

Windows System Monitor

Network Monitor

Performance Monitor

Task Manager16-What is the minimum right one should have to create a new user in a Windows 2000 Professional, which participates in Workgroup network?

Schema Admin right

Enterprise Admin right

Workgroup admin right

Administrative right17-A parallel port (LPT) is a ______________ connector used to connect printers.

25-Pin DB

18-Pin DB

15-Pin DB

9-Pin DB18-Every computer connected to the Internet uses a common protocol knows as ___________

NETBIOS

NETBEUI

HTTP

TCP/IP19-Which is the protocol that is used to access a machine remotely?

SNMP

NNTP

TELNET

PING20-Which protocol is known for unreliable packet delivery?

TCP/IP

HTTP

UDP

TCP21-The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP or IMAP4) is an application layer internet protocol that uses TCP port _________ to allow a local e-mail client to retrieve e-mail messages from a remote mail server.

3389

137

138

14322-Boot logging saves a log of the events that occur during the boot up process. Identify the log file.

Nbtlog.txt

Ntbtlog.txt

Bootlog.sif

Winboot.log23-In Windows Advanced Options menu, which option needs to be selected to repair windows directory service?

Repair Directory Service Mode

Directory Service Repair Mode

Directory Service Restore Mode

Safe Mode with Directory Service Repair Mode24-Which policy needs to be enabled to make passwords stronger?

Maximum password age

Minimum password age

Passwords must meet complexity requirements

Store passwords using reversible encryption for all users in the domain.25-Using a portion of hard disk space to serve as RAM is called ___________.

Active partition

Memory Dump

Virtual Memory

RDRAM26-ESD occurs between two objects that have ________________

same electrical potentials

different electrical potentials

clamping speed and clamping voltage is high

parallel communication27-How many pins does a serial port connector have?

9

15

25

628-What is the default resolution of a VGA monitor?

640*480

800*600

320*130

1024*76429-What allows faster access?

RAM

ROM

Virtual Memory

Pen Drive30-A parallel printer cable has a DB25 connector on one end and a __________ connector on the other end.

DB 25 female

Centronics

DB 34 male

DB 36 female31-Your computer determines the amount of memory present, the date/time, and which communication ports and display adapters are installed during what phase?

Warm Booting

Cold Booting

Booting

POST32-What type of bus is used in laptops?

ISA

EISA

PCMCIA

PCI33-The fastest bus in a motherboard is called-

PCI bus

FSB

BSB

ISA34-For large networks ______ topology is used.

Bus

Star

Ring

Hybrid35-Boot logging saves a log of the events that occur during the boot up process. Identify the log file.

Nbtlog.txt

Ntbtlog.txt

Bootlog.sif

Winboot.log36-Using a portion of hard disk space to serve as RAM is called ___________.

Active partition

Memory Dump

Virtual Memory

RDRAM