Chapter Test

NOTE

All chapter tests are available as PDF files on the companion CD so that you can mark up your own printed copies instead of writing in this book.

1:What is a processor?

  1. The brain of the computer

  2. Storage for all the information you process

  3. An interconnect technology

2:If you get a series of beeps at start up, which of the following has failed?

  1. BootROM

  2. POST

  3. BootX

3:If the computer stops responding with the spinning gear visible, where is the computer in the startup sequence?

  1. BootROM

  2. POST

  3. Kernel

4:What is visible when a Macintosh has started up successfully?

  1. The Finder desktop

  2. The “happy Macintosh” image

  3. The Mac OS X panel activity

5:When can you release the C key and still have the Macintosh start up from an optical disc?

  1. After the black ...

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