Answers are marked with a '*'.
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CORE
21. Modems use ________________ transmission.
a. synchronous
*b. asynchronous
c. timed interval
d. ata
e. bank
22. CD-Roms typically hold ______ of data.
a. 100 meg
b. 500 meg
*c. 650 meg
d. 1000 meg
e. 350 meg
e
23. The terms "red book", "yellow book", and "orange book" refer to:
a. scsi
b. ide
c. floppy drive technology
*d. CD-Rom standards
e. none of the above
24. CD-Roms are read by _________.
a. magnetic heads
b. electronic sensors
c. stepper motors
*d. laser diodes
e. titanium servos
25. Which of the following can cause CDs to be misread? Select all that apply.
*a. smudges
*b. finger prints
*c. scratches
*d. cracks
*e. slight melting
26. CD-Rom drives typically have which of the following interfaces? Select all that apply.
a. serial
*b. parallel
*c. ide
*d. scsi
e. esdi
27. CD-Rom drives have which connectors? Select all that apply.
*a. molex
b. berg
*c. data cable
*d. audio cable
e. arcnet
28. In a computer with an eide adapter, where should you connect an ATA CD-Rom drive?
a. on the floppy bus
b. on the primary ide
*c. on the secondary ide
d. on the scsi bus
e. none of the above
29. Your IDE CD-Rom drive is attached to the primary IDE adapter with your hard drive. How should its jumpers be set?
a. as a master
*b. as a slave
c. as neutral
d. auto detect
e. to 001
30. What does MSCDEX.EXE do?
a. configures hard drives
b. it's a scsi driver
c. bios setup
*d. It's a CD-Rom DOS driver
e. nothing, I just made it up
