Hardware Reference
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Review Questions
1.
If you turn on a PC and you don't see anything onscreen or hear any fans spinning, what is
the most likely reason?
A.
Defective monitor
B.
Bad power supply
C.
Wrong type of network adapter
D.
Broken fan
2.
What does a POST card help diagnose?
A.
Startup problems where nothing is displayed onscreen
B.
Startup problems resulting in a BIOS error message
C.
Overheating problems
D.
Application problems
3.
If you see a text error message onscreen as the computer boots up, with gray text on a black
background, the message is most likely coming from
.
A.
Windows
B.
An application
C.
BIOS
D.
The Internet
4.
A BSOD, or Blue Screen of Death, is a(n) message from Windows
indicating that a serious error has occurred, possibly involving hardware.
A.
EXIT
B.
HALT
C.
QUIT
D.
STOP
5.
The is a graphical interface you can access by booting from the
Windows Setup CD when you need to repair Windows.
A.
Recovery Console
B.
Recovery Environment
C.
Restore Mode
D.
Directory Service
