Saturday, October 6, 2007

Practice Test Question: Plug and Play

Three correct choices out of four
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34.
What hardware/software must support the plug-and-play concept to ensure that it works properly when peripheral devices are installed on a server? (Select three)
 


Plug-and-play operating system


Plug-and-play peripheral device


Plug-and-play motherboard


Plug-and-play system BIOS

- Explanation


When a peripheral device is installed, the peripheral device, operating system and the system BIOS must support the plug-and-play concept for it to work.


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Practice Test Question: POST - one short beep

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32.
During POST you hear one short beep. What does this signify?
 


Bad RAM


A defective system board


Post completed successfully


Bad video

- Explanation


One short beep is generated after the POST has completed successfully, indicating that all devices are functioning properly and the control is now being handed over to the OS.


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Practice Test Question: SCSI drives

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29.
You install a SCSI 2 Ultra host adapter with 4 drives. After you bring up the system you notice that only 2 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

- Explanation


Each device on a SCSI bus has to have its own unique SCSI ID or device conflicts will occur. The host adapter should be set to ID 7 and the boot device should be 0. Any mismatch in this configuration will lead to devices not being recognized.


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