BASICS OF HARDWARE AND NETWORKING

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

80
53
21
25
2-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 packet
3-Network Interface Card works in which layer?

Transport layer
Data link layer
Physical layer
Network
4-Which protocol works with UDP?

TFTP
FTP
HTTP
DNS
5-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
Fsck
7-Which is the protocol that is used to send e-mail messages to mail servers?

TCP/IP
SMTP
IMAP4
POP3
8-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-Threading
9-How many contact pins are there in a DDR2 SDRAM?

184
210
240

168
10-Which is the memory standard that is related to PC100?

DDR SDRAM
SDRAM
EDORAM
DDR2 SDRAM
11-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
512MB
14-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 Manager
16-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 right
17-A parallel port (LPT) is a ______________ connector used to connect printers.

25-Pin DB
18-Pin DB
15-Pin DB
9-Pin DB
18-Every computer connected to the Internet uses a common protocol knows as ___________

NETBIOS
NETBEUI
HTTP

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

SNMP
NNTP
TELNET
PING
20-Which protocol is known for unreliable packet delivery?

TCP/IP
HTTP
UDP
TCP
21-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
143
22-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.log
23-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 Mode
24-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
RDRAM
26-ESD occurs between two objects that have ________________

same electrical potentials

different electrical potentials
clamping speed and clamping voltage is high
parallel communication
27-How many pins does a serial port connector have?

9
15
25
6
28-What is the default resolution of a VGA monitor?

640*480
800*600
320*130
1024*764
29-What allows faster access?

RAM
ROM
Virtual Memory
Pen Drive
30-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 female
31-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
POST
32-What type of bus is used in laptops?

ISA
EISA
PCMCIA

PCI
33-The fastest bus in a motherboard is called-

PCI bus
FSB
BSB
ISA
34-For large networks ______ topology is used.

Bus
Star
Ring
Hybrid
35-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.log
36-Using a portion of hard disk space to serve as RAM is called ___________.

Active partition
Memory Dump
Virtual Memory
RDRAM