MCSA/MCSE 2003 JumpStart
| 1. | How do you accomplish the physical configuration of a hardware device? | |
| 2. | What are the four hardware settings that you use to configure computer hardware? | |
| 3. | How does an interrupt work? | |
| 4. | Which interrupt does LPT2 typically use? | |
| 5. | True or false: All devices need a reserved area of memory in which to operate (similar to Video RAM). | |
| 6. | What I/O address range is typically assigned to the primary hard disk controller? | |
| 7. | How does DMA typically work? | |
| 8. | Which DMA channel is typically assigned to the floppy disk controller? | |
| 9. | What is a software driver? | |
| 10. | True or false: A software driver will work with any operating system as long as it follows the Software Driver Association guidelines. | |
| 11. | True or false: Two hardware devices can share the same IRQ. | |
| 12. | What does DMA stand for? | |
| 13. | What does I/O stand for? | |
| 14. | What does IRQ stand for? | |
Answers
| 1. | You use a DIP switch or jumper to accomplish the physical configuration of a hardware device. |
| 2. | Interrupts, base memory, I/O memory, DMA |
| 3. | An interrupt enables a hardware device to interrupt the microprocessor to request attention. When the request is satisfied, the microprocessor is free to carry out its responsibilities. |
| 4. | IRQ 5 |
| 5. | False. Not all devices need a reserved area of memory in which to operate. |
| 6. | 1F0-1F8 |
| 7. | DMA enables a device to transfer data directly to RAM without involving the processor. |
| 8. | DMA channel 2 |
| 9. | A software driver is a special program that tells the computer how to communicate with and control a hardware device. |
| 10. | False. There is no such thing as the Software Driver Association. Drivers are written for specific operating systems. |
| 11. | True, provided that each device has a different I/O address. |
| 12. | Direct memory access |
| 13. | Input/output |
| 14. | Interrupt request |
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