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Computer Problem Solving FBLA

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What is the most likely consequence of a sudden power outage?

monitor damage

modem damage

You install a SCSI 2 Ultra host adapter with four drives. After you bring up the system you notice that only two drives are detected. What is the likely cause for this problem?

the hard drives have been configured with the same SCSI ID

both drives have failed

the host adapter has failed

the devices were not terminated

A 3xx POST error code indicates a problem with the:

video adapter

floppy drive

What is the data rate of a USB port?

You bring up a newly installed server for the first time; however, none of the devices on the SCSI bus are recognized. What is the problem?

One of the SCSI devices is not functioning

The SCSO host adapter was set to ID 7

The boot device was set to SCSI ID 0

The SCSI bus was not properly terminated

In the event of a power outage, what is an UPS designed to do?

keeps computer running until power is restored

allows the computer to shut down safely

power notebook computer

generates power

Maximum USB cable length is:

The common 4:3 resolution found in notebook monitors that have an addressable pixel resolution of 1024 X 768 and a viewable area of 12.1 to 15 inches is known as:

Which one of the following laser printer components is responsible for using heat and pressure to melt and bond the toner to the paper?

transfer corona wire

fusing unit

pickup roller

What is the best solution to the problem of having a bi-directional driver and printer, but a uni-directional cable?

disable bi-directional printing in the printer itself

disable bi-directional printing in the CMOS

get a bi-directional cable and install it

disable bi-directional printing in the printer setup

Whenever you install a new software, XP creates a:

virtual drive

EULA number

master boot record

restore point

To restore the original registry settings when you first installed Windows, from the Emergency Repair Desk, which option would you use to restore the registry?

press F for fast repair

press A for repair all

press R for registry repair

press M for manual repair

What's the best way to protect your hard drive data?

run chkdsk at least once a week

run scandisk at least once a week

regular backups

run a regular diagnostic

Which utility can speed up the performance of your machine?

A customer who just bought a computer from you yesterday calls frantically. He tells you the computer says he performed an illegal operation. What do you tell him?

Bring the computer in for repair.

Explain that he told the CPU to do something that the CPU can't do. Tell him not to do it again.

Choose OK and restart the program.

Tell him he's got a virus.

When you double click on a short cut that appears on the Windows Desktop why does the application not run?

Desktop shortcuts cannot be used in this way.

The shortcut file is corrupt and needs to be replaced.

The program file for that shortcut is corrupt or deleted.

The shortcut has a different icon from the default.

The customer is complaining that the program applications being displayed on the screen are missing lines, details, and other graphics. How should you change the setting?

increase the horizontal setting on the monitor

increase hardware graphics acceleration

reduce hardware graphics acceleration

decrease the vertical display settings on the monitor

Which one of the following terms refers to the snapshot of the system state that is used during a system restore?

registry backup

system console

Which component is not part of the Windows Security Center?

computer management

Windows Firewall

automatic updates

malware protection

Which utility enables you to reset a computer's network adapter?

network map

Windows Network Diagnostics

local area connection

You want to speed up disk-drive access in DOS by reserving a block of RAM and using it to swap data from the hard disk to RAM. Which one of the following allows you to accomplish this?

Virtual Memory

Which is the difference between a Search Engine and a Directory?

Search engines have a search box while directories are not searchable

Search engines are free while Directories charge money for their services

Most search engines use spiders while directories do not

Webmaster can submit their resource to a search engine, but not to a directory

ISDN stands for:

Interior Sector Direct None

Inferior Sector Data Net

Internal Select Data Nulls

Integrated Services Digital Network

The process that verifies that your login and password are correct is:

verification

authentication

access control

How many keys are used in public key encryption to encrypt and decrypt data?

The computer runs for various periods of time before giving an "out of memory" message. The possible reason is a:

badly seated memory chips

bad power supply

bad hard disk

The user says that after downloading a program from the Internet the computer will not boot. What is the first thing to ask the user?

Were any modem errors reported?

Was the downloaded software compatible with your system?

Did you scan the file for viruses before you opened it?

Is the network used for Internet access?

Which one of the following is not listed by the FBI National Computer Crime Squad (NCCS) as a computer crime?

installation of network monitoring software

major computer network intrusion

intrusion of the public phone system

pirated software

What term defines a computer crime where one person masquerades as someone else?

identity theft

When setting up a user's workstation, the angle of his/her forearm to his/her body should be at which degree?

What signals the processor to temporarily stop a running program to allow a handler to run instead?

_____ is a minimal operating system used to prepare a computer for Windows installation, to copy disk images from a network file server, and to initiate Windows Setup.

_____ is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards.

"Missing OS" could mean which of the following?

MBR is corrupted

DBR is corrupted

HDD has crashed

The system partition is corrupted

Which of the following key needs to be pressed while interrupting the OS loading process for the purpose of troubleshooting in Windows?

A processor for laptops is typically smaller, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses less _____ than its desktop counterpart.

electricity

As LCDs do not produce light themselves, they need to produce a visible image which is usually provided by a:

radio-luminescent panel

cathode ray tube

fluoride glow rod

What key combination in Windows brings up a menu where you can change your password?

Press CTRL+ALT+P and then click Change Password

Press SHIFT+ALT+DELETE and then click Change Password

Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and then click Change Password

Press SHIFT+ALT+P and then click Change Password

Typically, printer memory is most relevant to a _____ printer because they hold the entire image of each page in memory before printing.

Some printers require _____ to properly align the print device to the wallpaper.

firmware updates

calibration

The OS X operating system is based on:

"Hot Docking" means that:

a hot boot must be done before a device is removed/installed

power must be off to remove/install a device

a warm boot must be done before a device is removed/installed

power can be on to remove/install a device

The Windows operating system holds many configuration settings in the:

/etc directory

/opt directory

%systemroot% file

To rename file 1.txt to 2.txt in UNIX run the command:

build 1.txt 2.txt

rename 1.txt 2.txt

mv 1.txt 2.txt

cp 1.txt 2.txt

Which command makes a file read only?

Attrib +r "filename"

Read_only +r "filename"

Readonly /y "filename"

Attrib /r "filename"

What is the application used by chat rooms?

NTFS file systems limit the length of the file names to how many characters?

The system of pathways that is used for communication in a computer system is referred to as which of the following terms?

Cache memory

If one segment goes down on a _____ network, the remaining segments past that point also go down.

One option to consider enabling when moving to _____ Ethernet is jumbo frames.

TFTP uses the _____ protocol

A(n) _____ is an observable occurrence in an information system that actually happened at some point in time.

_____ is a type of virus which can replicate itself.

Which command can be used tp encrypt and decrypt large numbers of files and folders

The first hard disk in your computer is having one primary partition and one extended partition. The extended partition is divided into two logical drives D and E. When you install a second hard drive, you create a primary and extended partition. You create one logical drive only and format it. What would be the drive letter assigned to the first logical drive on the extended partition of the first hard disk?

What is the command syntax for assigning "Hidden" attribute to file C:\myfile?

ATTRIB R C:\MYFILE

ATTRIB +R C:\MYFILE

ATTRIB H C:\MYFILE

ATTRIB +H C:\MYFILE

Burns are the most common _____-related injury.

aeronautical

electrical shock

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