PC Hardware
- What is FSB?
- What are Vcore and Vi/o?
- On what type of socket can you install a Pentium 4 CPU?
- What is SMP?
- Which Intel and AMD processors support SMP?
- How do LGA sockets differ from PGA and SEC?
- What is the difference between Pentium 4 and Pentium Core 2 Duo? Explain the new technology.
- How does IRQ priority works?
- What technology enables you to upgrade your computer's BIOS by simply using a software?
- What happens if you dissemble the battery located on the Mother-Board?
- How do L1, L2, and L3 work?
- How should we install RAM on a Dual-Channel Motherboard?
- What is the advantage of serial over parallel bus?
- Is USB using serial or parallel bus? What about Firewire?
- How much power is supplied to each USB port?
- When should you change your bus-powered USB hub to a self-powered USB hub?
- What is a UPS?
- What is the difference between standby and online UPS?
- What is LBA (in Hard-Disks)?
- How many Hard Disks can you install on an E-IDE controller?
- Can you configure two hard disks to use the Master setting on the same PC?
- What is the difference between Narrow-SCSI and Wide-SCSI?
- What is SAS?
- What are the three main reasons for using RAID?
- Is RAID 0 considered to be a redundant Solution? Why?
- How many disks can be used for RAID 1?
- How RAID 5 works?
- What is the smallest number of disks required for RAID5?
- What other types of RAID do you know?
- What are the six steps for laser printing?
- What is the difference between PCI-EX x1 and PCI-EX x16?
Microsoft-based Operating Systems
- What is the difference between a workgroup and a domain?
- What are the major advantages of working in a domain model?
- What types of operating system installation methods do you know?
- What is an answer file?
- How would you create an answer file for Windows XP? How would you create one for Windows Vista?
- How do you perform an unattended installation on Windows XP?
- What is Sysprep?
- How do you use Sysprep?
- What is the major difference between Newsid and Sysprep?
- What is the function of the pagefile.sys file?
- What is the function of the hiberfil.sys file?
- What is the Registry?
- How can you edit the Registry? Name at least 3 ways of doing that.
- What should you do if you receive a message stating: "The following file is missing or corrupt: 'WINDOWS'SYSTEM32'CONFIG'SYSTEM"?
- How would you repair an unsuccessful driver update?
- When should you use each of the fallowing tools: System Restore, LKGC and Recovery Console?
- How do you set different print priority for different users?
- How can you reset user's passwords if you don't know his current password?
- What's the difference between changing a user's password and resetting it?
- You want to grant a user the right to perform backups – should you add him to the administrators group?
- What is MMC?
- What is gpedit.msc?
- How would you use the MMC to manage other servers on your network?
- You set a local policy for your Stand-alone XP Professional – would the local policy effects the administrators group?
- What new in the Windows Vista Local Policy?
- What is the difference between User Privileges and User Permissions?
- What is Safe Mode?
- Which logs can be found in Event Viewer?
- What is msconfig? On which OS can it be found?
- Can you upgrade XP Home Edition to Server 2003?
- Which permission will you grant a user for a folder he need to be able to create and delete files in, if you do not want him to be able to change permissions for the folder?
- What is the difference between clearing the "allow" permission and checking the "deny"?
Networking
- What is a NIC?
- What is a MAC Address?
- When would you use a crosslink cable?
- What are the main advantages and disadvantages of Fiber-Optic-based networks?
- What is the difference between a Hub and a Switch?
- On which OSI layer can a router be found?
- What is CSMA/CD?
- What is multicast?
- What is Broadcast?
- What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
- Describe some of the settings that are added by TCP and by UDP to the packet's header.
- What are TCP Ports? Name a few.
- What is a TCP Session?
- What three elements make up a socket?
- What will happen if you leave the default gateway information empty while manually configuring TCP/IP?
- What will happen if you execute the following command: "arp –d *"?
- What is ICMP?
- When would you use the ping command with the "-t" switch?
- What command-line tool would help you discover for which port numbers your computer is listening?
- What is APIPA? How would you recognize it?
- What is a Cyclic Redundancy Check?
- What would you type in at a command prompt to view the IP settings for the computer that you are sitting at?
- What command would you type in at a command prompt to view the IP address of the remote computer?
- What is the W Value for class B?
- What is the Net ID of an IP Address of 18.9.25.3 with Subnet Mask of 255.0.0.0?
- What is CIDR?
- What is 255.255.255.255 used for?
- What is the maximum number of hosts for a Class B Network?
- What is the (default) class type of 195.152.12.1?
- What is the subnet mask for 10.0.10.1/17?
- What is the result when changing from a subnet mask of 255.255.224.0 to a subnet mask of 255.255.240.0?
- How can you access a shared folder from a remote computer? Name at least 3 methods.