COMPTIA A+ CERTIFICATION

8 WHAT VOLTAGE DOES AN ATX12V P1 CONNECTOR PROVIDE FOR THE MOTHERBOARD?

3.3V, 5V, 12V

11 WHICH PORT TYPE OFFERS THE FASTEST TRANSFER SPEED?

SUPER-SPEED USB

9 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM CABLE LENGTH OF AN INTERNAL SATA DEVICE?

1 METER

12 WHAT THREE FUNCTIONS DOES A HOME SERVER PC PROVIDE?

1. SHARE FILES 2. STREAM MEDIA 3. SHARE PRINTERS

HOW CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF AN NTFS DRIVE?

10 BY INSTALLING A SECOND DRIVE AND MOUNTING IT TO A FOLDER ON THE ORIGINAL SMALLER NTFS DRIVE

JAIME WISHES TO CHECK HER HARD DRIVE FOR ERRORS. WHAT TOOL SHOULD SHE USE IN WINDOWS 8.1?

10 ERROR-CHECKING

JACK WANTS TO WATCH TELEVISION THROUGH HIS COMPUTER. HE HAS A CABLE TELEVISION SUBSCRIPTION. WHAT ELSE DOES HE NEED?

11 INSTALL A TV TUNER CARD IN HIS COMPUTER AND PLUG CABLE IN

YOU'VE JUST REPLACED JANE'S WINDOWS 7 PC WITH A NEW WINDOWS 8.1 MACHINE. WHAT POST-INSTALLATION TOOL SHOULD YOU RUN TO MAKE THE TRANSITION AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR HER?

12 WINDOWS EASY TRANSFER TOOL

DARREN HAS INSTALLED A NEW CPU IN A CLIENT'S COMPUTER, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN HE PUSHES THE POWER BUTTON ON THE CASE. THE LED ON THE MOTHERBOARD IS LIT UP, SO HE KNOWS THE SYSTEM HAS POWER. WHAT COULD BE PROBLEM BE?

4 HE FORGOT THE THERMAL PASTE

WHAT STEPS DO YOU NEED TO TAKE TO INSTALL A CORE i3 CPU INTO AN FM2 MOTHERBOARD?

4 INTEL AND AMD PROCESSORS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE AT ALL

CLIENT CALLS TO COMPLAIN THAT HIS COMPUTER STARTS UP, BUT CRASHES WHEN WINDOWS STARTS TO LOAD. AFTER A BRIEF SET OF QUESTIONS, YOU FIND OUT THAT HIS NEPHEW UPGRADED HIS RAM FOR HI OVER THE WEEKEND AND COULDN'T GET THE COMPUTER TO WORK RIGHT AFTERWARD. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM?

4 MOST LIKELY THE NEPHEW DISCONNECTED THE CPU FAN TO GET TO THE THE RAM SLOTS AND SIMPLY FORGOT TO PLUG IT BACK IN

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE ADDRESS BUS IN THE PC?

4 THE ADDRESS BUS ENABLES THE CPU TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE MEMORY CONTROLLER CHIP

WHAT FUNCTION DOES THE EXTERNAL DATA BUS HAVE IN THE PC?

4 THE EXTERNAL DATA BUS PROVIDES A CHANNEL FOR THE FLOW OF DATA AND COMMANDS BETWEEN THE CPU AND RAM

What do registers provide for the CPU?

4 The CPU uses registers for temporary storage of internal commands and data

WHICH CPU FEATURE ENABLES THE MICROPROCESSOR TO SUPPORT RUNNING MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS AT THE SAME TIME?

4 VIRTUALIZATION SUPPORT

iNTO WHICH SOCKET COULD YOU PLACE AN INTEL CORE i5?

4 YOU'LL FIND CORE i5 PROCESSORS IN SEVERAL SOCKET TYPES, NOTABLY LGA 1155 AND LGA 1156.

11 WHAT IS THE FASTEST SPEED THAT HI-SPEED USB 2.0 CAN GO?

480MBps

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DETERMINE THE TOTAL CAPACITY AND SPECIFIC TYPE OF RAM YOUR SYSTEM CAN HANDLE?

5 CHECK THE MOTHERBOARD BOOK

GREGOR INSTALLED A THIRD STICK OF KNOWN GOOD RAM INTO HIS CORE i7 SYSTEM, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RAM UP TO 3 GB. WITHIN A FEW DAYS, THOUGH, HE STARTED HAVING RANDOM LOCKUPS AND REBOOTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DOING MEMORY INTENSIVE TASKS SUCH AS GAMING. WHAT IS MOST LIKELY THE PROBLEM?

5 INSTALLED RAM THAT DIDN'T MATCH THE SPEED OR QUALITY OF THE RAM IN THE SYSTEM

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE DELAY IN THE RAM'S RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE MCC?

5 LATENCY

11 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM CABLE LENGTH FOR USB 2.0?

5 METERS

SCOTT WANTS TO ADD 512 MB OF PC100 SDRAM TO AN AGING BUT STILL USEFUL DESKTOP SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM HAS A 100-MHZ MOTHERBOARD AND CURRENTLY HAS 256 MB OF NON-ECC SDRAM IN THE SYSTEM. WHAT ELSE DOES HE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE INSTALLING?

5 SCOTT NEEDS TO KNOW IF THE SYSTEM CAN HANDLE THAT MUCH RAM

CINDY INSTALLS A SECOND STICK OF DDR3 RAM INTO HER CORE i5 SYSTEM, BRINGING THE TOTAL SYSTEM MEMORY UP TO 4 GB. WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THOUGH, SHE BEGINS EXPERIENCING BLUE SCREENS OF DEATH. WHAT COULD THE PROBLEM BE?

5 SHE INSTALLED FAULTY RAM.

SILAS HAS AN AMD-BASED MOTHERBOARD WITH TWO STICKS OF DDR2 RAM INSTALLED IN TWO O THE THREE RAM SLOTS, FOR A TOTAL OF 2 GB OF SYSTEM MEMORY. WHEN HE RUNS CPU-Z TO TEST THE SYSTEM, HE NOTICES THAT THE SOFTWARE CLAIMS HE'S RUNNING SINGLE-CHANNEL MEMORY. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM?

5 SILAS SHOULD MOVE ONE OF THE INSTALLED STICKS TO A DIFFERENT SLOT TO ACTIVATE DUAL-CHANNELED MEMORY

11 HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE IN A DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SETUP?

5 SPEAKERS AND 1 SUBWOOFER

HOW DOES AN NMI MANIFEST ON A MAC OS X SYSTEM?

5 SPINNING PINWHEEL OF DEATH

STEVE ADDS A SECOND 1-GB 240-PIN DIMM TO HIS PC, WHICH SHOULD BRING THE TOTAL RAM IN THE SYSTEM UP TO 2 GB. THE PC HAS AN INTEL CORE 2 DUO 3-GHZ PROCESSOR AND THREE 240-PIN DIMM SLOTS ON THE MOTHERBOARD. WHEN HE TURNS ON THE PC, HOWEVER, ONLY 1 GB OF RAM SHOWS UP DURING THE RAM COUNT. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY TO BE THE PROBLEM?

5 STEVE FAILED TO SEAT THE RAM PROPERLY

WHAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON THAT DDR2 RAM IS FASTER THAN DDR RAM?

5 THE INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED OF DDR2 RAM IS FASTER THAN THAT OF DDR RAM (ALTHOUGH THE LATENCY IS HIGHER)

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONTROL PANEL APPLETS WILL DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF RAM IN YOUR PC?

5 YOU CAN USE THE SYSTEM APPLET TO SEE HOW MUCH RAM IS CURRENTLY IN YOUR PC

WHIC OF THE FOLLOWING MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIOS AND HARDWARE?

6 ALL HARDWARE NEED BIOS!

RICHARD OVER IN THE SALES DEPARTMENT WENT WILD IN CMOS AND MADE A BUNCH OF CHANGES THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD OPTIMIZE HIS PC. NOW MOST OF HIS PC DOESN'T WORK. THE COMPUTER POWERS UP, BUT HE CAN ONLY GET TO CMOS, NOT INTO WINDOWS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TECH CALL ANSWER WOULD MOST LIKELY GET HIM UP AND RUNNING AGAIN

6 BOOT INTO THE CMOS SETUP PROGRAM AND THEN FIND THE OPTION TO LOAD OS OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS.

JILL BOOTS AN OLDER PENTIUM SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF SEVERAL USER COMPLAINTS AT THE OFFICE. THE SYSTEM POWERS UP AND STARTS TO RUN THROUGH POST, BUT THEN STOPS. THE SCREEN DISPLAYS A "CMOS CONFIGURATION MISMATCH" ERROR. OF THE FOLLOWING LIST, WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THIS ERROR?

6 DYING CMOS BATTERY

JILL DECIDED TO ADD A SECOND HARD DRIVE TO HER COMPUTER. SHE THINGS SHE HAS IT PHYSICALLY INSTALLED CORRECTLY, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN WINDOWS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS WILL MOST LIKELY LEAD JILL WHERE SHE NEEDS TO GO TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE?

6 SHE SHOULD REBOOT THE COMPUTER AND WATCH FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO ENTER THE CMOS SET UP UTILITY (DELETE KEY MAYBE?). SHE SHOULD DO WHAT IT SAYS TO GO INTO CMOS SETUP

HENRY BOUGHT A NEW CARD FOR CAPTURING TELEVISION ON HIS COMPUTER. WHEN HE FINISHED GOING THROUGH THE PACKAGING, THOUGH, HE FOUND NO DRIVER DISC, ONLY AN APPLICATION DISC FOR SETTING UP THE TV CAPTURE SOFTWARE. AFTER INSTALLING THE CARD AND SOFTWARE, IT ALL WORKS FLAWLESSLY. WHAT'S THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION?

6 THE DEVICE HAS AN OPTION ROM, BECAUSE IT WORKS

AFTER A SUDDEN POWER OUTAGE, SAMSON'S PC REBOOTED, BUT NOTHING APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE PC JUST BEEPS AT HIM, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. WHAT'S MOST LIKELY THE PROBLEM?

6 THE LONG REPEATING BEEP AND A DEAD PC MOST LIKELY INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH RAM

SOLON HAS A VERY BUGGY COMPUTER THAT KEEPS LOCKING UP AT ODD MOMENTS AND REBOOTING SPONTANEOUSLY. HE SUSPECTS THE MOTHERBOARD. HOW SHOULD HE TEST IT?

7 SOLON NEEDS TO CHECK SETTINGS, VERIFY GOOD COMPONENTS, REPLACE COMPONENTS, AND DOCUMENT ALL TESTING

IF WINDOWS RECOGNIZES A DEVICE, WHERE WILL IT APPEAR

7 WINDOWS DISPLAYS RECOGNIZED DEVICES IN DEVICE MANAGER

HOW MANY PATA HARD DRIVES CAN YOU HAVE ON A SYSTEM WITH TWO PATA HARD DRIVE CONTROLLERS?

9 EACH CONTROLLER SUPPORTS TWO DRIVES

HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE TWO PATA DRIVES ON THE SAME CABLE?

9 PATA DRIVES USE MASTER/SLAVE JUMPERS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO DRIVES

WHICH SATA VERSION OFFERS THE LEAST OVERHEAD (AND THUS BEST PERFORMANCE)?

9 SATA EXPRESS (SATAe)

WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SATA DRIVES YOU CAN HAVE ON A SYSTEM?

9 THERE IS NO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SATA DRIVES YOU CAN HAVE ON A SYSTEM BEYOND THE LIMITS IMPOSED BY THE NUMBER OF PORTS ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD/HOST CARD

12 WHICH TERM DESCRIBES A COMBINATION OF MANY UPDATES AND FIXES IN WINDOWS VISTA/7?

A SERVICE PACK

12 WHAT IS A THIN CLIENT?

A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO HANDLE ONLY VERY BASIC APPLICATIONS WITH THE MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIRED BY THE OPERATING SYSTEM

10 WHICH STORAGE OPTION IN WINDOWS 8 OR LATER OFFERS THE BEST MIX OF RESILIENCY AND PERFORMANCE WITH TWO DRIVES?

A TWO-WAY MIRROR SPACE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY USES TWO DRIVES FOR RESILIENCE AND PERFORMANCE

10 WHAT DOES NTFS USE TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR INDIVIDUAL FILES AND FOLDERS?

ACCESS CONTROL LIST

14 WHICH TOOL OR MECHANISM DEFINES WHAT RESOURCES A USER MAY ACCESS AND WHAT HE OR SHE MAY DO WITH THOSE RESOURCES?

AUTHORIZATION THROUGH NTFS

11 WHICH OPTICAL DISC TYPE OFFERS THE MOST CAPACITY FOR WRITING AND REWRITING DATA FILES?

BD-RE

6 WHAT DOES BIOS PROVIDE FOR THE COMPUTER?

BIOS PROVIDES THE PROGRAMMING THAT ENABLES THE CPU TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER HARDWARE

14 HOW CAN YOU ENCRYPT AN ENTIRE DRIVE, INCLUDING FILES AND FOLDERS BELONGING TO OTHER USERS?

BITLOCKER DRIVE ENCRYPTION

12 WHAT IS HE MOST COMMON BOOT METHOD FOR INSTALLING WINDOWS 8?

BOOT TO A WINDOW DVD

13 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM THAT BOOTS WINDOWS?

BOOTMGR

7 AMANDA BOUGHT A NEW SYSTEM THAT, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION, GAVE HER A BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. NOW HER SYSTEM WON'T BOOT AT ALL, NOT EVEN TO CMOS. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING, SHE DETERMINED THAT THE MOTHERBOARD WAS AT FAULT AND REPLACED IT. NOW THE SYSTEM RUNS FINE. WHAT WAS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM?

BURN-IN FAILURE

9 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMON SPINDLE SPEED FOR AN HDD?

COMMON SPINDLE SPEEDS ON MAGNETIC HARD DRIVES ARE 5400, 7200, 10,000, AND 15,000 RPM

13 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TOOLS ENABLES PROGRAMMERS TO SHARE OBJECTS BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTERS?

COMPONENT SERVICES

8 WHAT SHOULD YOU KEEP IN MIND WHEN TESTING DC CONNECTORS?

DC HAS POLARITY. THE RED LEAD SHOULD ALWAYS TOUCH THE HOT WIRE; THE BLACK LEAD SHOULD TOUCH THE GROUND WIRE

10 WHAT PROGRAM DOES MICROSOFT INCLUDE WITH WINDOWS TO PARTITIN AND FORMAT A DRIVE?

DISK MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

13 HOW DO YOU OPEN THE REGISTRY EDITOR FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT?

EITHER REGEDIT OR REGEDT32

10 TO MAKE YOUR FILES UNREADABLE BY OTHERS, WHAT SHOULD YOU USE?

ENCRYPTION

10 WHAT ARE THE FOUR POSSIBLE ENTRIES IN A FILE ALLOCATION TABLE?

END FILE MARKER, A BAD SECTOR MARKER, CODE INDICATING THE CLUSTER IS AVAILABLE, AND THE NUMBER OF THE CLUSTER WHERE THE NEXT PART OF THE FILE IS STORED

10 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARTITIONING SCHEMES ENABLES THE CREATION OF MORE THAN FOUR PARTITIONS OR VOLUMES ON A SINGLE HARD DRIVE?

GPT AND DYNAMIC DISK

6 DAVOS FINDS THAT A DISGRUNTLED FORMER EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO SABOTAGE HER COMPUTER WHEN SHE LEFT BY PUTTING A PASSWORD IN CMOS THAT STOPS THE COMPUTER FROM BOOTING. WHAT CAN DAVOS DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

HE SHOULD FIND THE CMOS CLEAR JUMPER ON THE MOTHERBOARD AND THEN BOOT THE COMPUTER WITH A SHUNT ON THE JUMPER TO CLEAR THE CMOS INFORMATION

6 WHAT IS THE CORRECT BOOT SEQUENCE FOR AN OLDER BIOS-BASED PC

HERE'S THE CORRECT BOOT SEQUENCE FOR A BIOS-BASED PC: POWER GOOD, CPU, POST, BOOT LOADER, OPERATING SYSTEM

13 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROOT KEYS CONTAINS THE DATA FOR A SYSTEM'S NON-USER SPECIFIC CONFIGURATIONS?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

12 WHAT DOES COMPTIA CALL A PC CASE BUILT FOR A HOME THEATER?

HTTPC CASES ENABLE YOUR PC TO BLEND IN WITH YOUR HOME THEATER EQUIPMENT

7 WHAT COMPANIES DOMINATE THE CHIPSET MARKET?

INTEL AND AMD

7 WHEN JANE PROUDLY DISPLAYED HER NEW MOTHERBOARD, THE SENIOR TECH SCRATCHED HIS BEARD AND ASKED, "WHAT KIND OF ICH DOES IT HAVE?" WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY BE ASKING ABOUT?

INTEL CALLS SOUTHBRIDGE CHIPS THE I/O CONTROLLER HUB (ICH) ON MANY OF THEIR CHIPSETS

WHICH FORM FACTOR CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO A DEDICATED MOTHERBOARD SOCKET?

M.2 SSD HAS A DEDICATED MOTHERBOARD SOCKET

8 WHAT SORT OF POWER CONNECTOR DID A FLOPPY DISK DRIVE TYPICALLY USE?

MINI CONNECTOR

10 WHICH IS THE MOST COMPLETE LIST OF FILE SYSTEMS WINDOWS CAN USE?

MODERN VERSIONS OF WINDOWS CAN USE FAT (FAT16), FAT32, AND NTFS FOR HARD DRIVES, AND FAT64 FOR REMOVABLE FLASH-MEDIA DRIVES

8 WHAT VOLTAGES SHOULD THE TWO HOT WIRES ON A MOLEX CONNECTOR READ?

MOLEX CONNECTOR'S RED WIRES SHOULD BE AT 5 VOLTS; THE YELLOW WIRE SHOULD BE AT 12 VOLTS

11 WHEN TRIGGERED, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE COMPUTER TO START RECORDING?

MOTION SENSORS

12 WHEN YOU INSTALL AN OPERATING SYSTEM ALONGSIDE AN EXISTING OPERATING SYSTEM, WHAT DO YOU CREATE?

MULTIBOOT SYSTEM

9 WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CABLE A PATA HARD DRIVE INCORRECTLY?

NOTHING WILL BE DAMAGED OR LOST- THERE JUST WON'T BE ANY COMMUNICATION

13 TIM NEEDS TO REGISTER AN IMPORTANT .DLL FILE AS A COMMAND COMPONENT IN THE REGISTRY. WHAT COMMAND-LINE TOOL SHOULD HE USE?

REGSVR32

13 WHEN USING PERFORMANCE MONITOR, WHICH SETTINGS ARE DEFINED TO TRACK RESOURCE USAGE?

OBJECTS AND COUNTERS

9 WHICH RAID STANDARD REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR DRIVES?

RAID 10

10 WHICH CONFIGURATION REQUIRES THREE SAME-SIZED VOLUMES?

RAID 5

12 WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR BUILDING A VIRTUALIZATION WORKSTATION?

RAM

8 HOW MANY PINS DOES A SATA POWER CONNECTOR HAVE?

SATA POWER CONNECTORS HAVE 15 PINS

11 YOU TAKE A TECH CALL FROM A USER WHO COMPLAINS THAT SHE GETS AN ERROR MESSAGE, "HUB POWER EXCEEDED," WHEN SHE PLUGS HER NEW THUMB DRIVE INTO HER USB KEYBOARD'S EXTERNAL USB PORT. WORSE, THE DEVICE WON'T WORK. WHAT'S MOST LIKELY THE PROBLEM?

SHE PLUGGED ONE TOO MANY DEVICES INTO THE USB HUB

7 MARTIN BOUGHT A NEW MOTHERBOARD TO REPLACE HIS OLDER ATX MOTHERBOARD. AS HE LEFT THE SHOP, THE TECH ON DUTY CALLED AFTER HIM, "CHECK YOUR STANDOUTS!" WHAT COULD THE TECH HAVE MEANT?

STANDOUTS ARE THE METAL CONNECTORS THAT ATTACH THE MOTHERBOARD TO THE CASE

13 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE ORGANIZED INSIDE THE REGISTRY'S ROOT KEYS?

SUBKEYS AND VALUES

14 WHICH PERMISSION ENABLE AN ADMINISTRATOR TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP OF A FILE WITHOUT KNOWING THE USER ACCOUNT PASSWORD FOR THAT FILE?

TAKE OWNERSHIP PERMISSION

13 SVEN CALLS THE HELP DESK TO COMPLAIN THAT A CERTAIN PROGRAM HAS LOCKED UP.

TASK MANAGER; PRESS CTRL-SHIFT-ESC TO OPEN

13 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMMAND-LINE VERSION OF THE TASK MANAGER?

TASKLIST

11 WHAT TYPE OF FILE IS A MIDI FILE?

TEXT

9 WHICH STANDARD SUPPORTS MAGNETIC SATA DRIVES MOST EFFICIENTLY?

THE AHCI STANDARD SUPPORTS MAGNETIC SATA DRIVES EFFICIENTLY

11 WHAT HAPPENS TO BUS SPEED AND POWER USAGE WHEN YOU PLUG MULTIPLE DEVICES INTO A USB HUB?

THE BUS SPEED DECREASES; POWER USAGE INCREASES

7 WHAT DOES A BLACK DOWN ARROW NEXT TO A DEVICE IN DEVICE MANAGER INDICATE?

THE DEVICE HAS BEEN DISABLED

7 WHICH VARIATION OF THE PCI BUS WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR LAPTOPS?

THE MINI-PCI FORMAT CONSERVES SPACE AND POWER

8 JOACHIM ORDERED A NEW POWER SUPPLY BUT WAS SURPRISED WHEN IT ARRIVED BECAUSE IT HAD AN EXTRA 4-WIRE CONNECTOR. WHAT IS THAT CONNECTOR?

THE P4 CONNECTOR GOES INTO THE MOTHERBOARD TO SUPPORT MORE POWER-HUNGRY CHIPS.

7 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT EXPANSION BUS IS TRUE?

THE SEPARATE EXPANSION BUS CRYSTAL ENABLES THE EXPANSION BUS TO RUN AT A DIFFERENT SPEED THAN THE FRONTSIDE BUS

8 WHAT FEATURE OF ATX SYSTEMS PREVENTS A USER FROM TURNING OFF A SYSTEM BEFORE THE OPERATING SYSTEM HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN?

THE SOFT POWER FEATURE OF ATX SYSTEMS PREVENTS A USER FROM TURNING OFF A SYSTEM BEFORE THE OPERATING SYSTEM HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN

14 WHAT FEATURE IN WINDOWS 7 OPENS A CONSENT PROMPT FOR STANDARD USERS TO ENTER ADMINISTRATOR CREDENTIALS TO ACCOMPLISH VARIOUS TASKS RESERVED FOR THE LATTER GROUP?

THE USER ACCOUNT CONTROL FEATURE

8 A PC'S POWER SUPPLY PROVIDES DC POWER IN WHAT STANDARD CONFIGURATION?

THREE PRIMARY VOLTAGE RAILS, ONE EACH FOR 12V, 5V, AND 3.3V

8 WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO ENSURE THAT THE SLOT COVERS ON YOUR COMPUTER CASE ARE ALL COVERED?

TO HELP KEEP A GOOD AIRFLOW IN YOUR CASE AND KEEP DUST AND SMOKE AWAY FROM ALL THOSE SENSITIVE INTERNAL COMPONENTS

12 IF WINDOWS LOCKS UP DURING THE INSTALLATION, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

UNPLUG THE COMPUTER AND RESTART THE INSTALLATION PROCESS

13 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT BOOTING WINDOWS IS TRUE?

WHEN BOOTING WINDOWS, THE BIOS LOOKS FOR THE MBR, WHICH FINDS THE BOOT CODE TO LAUNCH THE OS

6 WHERE DOES WINDOWS STORE DEVICE DRIVERS?

WINDOWS STORES DEVICE DRIVERS IN THE REGISTRY

12 IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THE ACTIVATION PROCESS FOR WINDOWS 7, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR COMPUTER?

WORK FINE FOR 30 DAYS AND THEN WINDOWS WILL BE DISABLED