Appendix A

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 1: PC Hardware

1. Port settings (parallel, serial, USB), drive types, boot sequence, date and time, and virus/security protections.

2. POST performs diagnostics, including checking the CPU, checking the RAM, and checking for the presence of a video card.

3. The multiplier.

4. Chipset.

5. Molex.

6. Error detection.

7. FireWire.

8. 650–700 MB.

9. False; only two devices can be placed in an IDE ribbon cable.

10. 34-pin ribbon cable.

Chapter 2: Networking

1. The default port for DNS is 53.

2. CAT6 transmits data at speed up to 10 Gbps.

3. IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses. IPv6 uses a 128-bit addressing scheme.

4. It is estimated that the 802.11n speeds might be able to reach 600 Mbps.

5. When MAC filtering ...

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