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P.T.O.
MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name:………………….
Third Semester B.Voc. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CSS
Skill Course (for Software Development)
AUSD372: Computer Hardware Maintenance
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. What is BIOS
2. What is EIDE
3. What are tracks and sectors
4. What is SCSI
5. What is SIMM
6. What is PCI
7. What is USB
8. What is CMOS
9. What are sockets on motherboard
10. What is expanded memory
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, not exceeding a paragraph of 50 words.
11. What is a shadow memory Explain.
12. Explain the working of a floppy disk.
13. What is an AGP
14. Explain Flash memory.
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15. Compare raster scan and vector scan method of display.
16. What is an RMD Explain.
17. How do you rectify the problems of a keyboard
18. What is RIMM? Why do you need it
19. What are the possibilities to take care of, if the system doesn't boot
20. What is an SMPS Explain.
21. What is a cache memory
22. What is an EDO RAM Explain.
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, in a page of 100 words.
23. Explain RAID systems.
24. Differentiate between RAM and ROM.
25. Explain the need and steps for partitioning a hard drive.
26. Explain how the characters are displayed on a CRT screen.
27. Explain CMOS setup and its features.
28. Explain the working of a DVD.
29. Describe different types of display cards.
30. Explain the methods in trouble shooting a printer.
31. Explain different types of hard disk drives.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. Explain the architecture of a motherboard.
33. Explain in detail about semiconductor memory.
34. Explain various bus standards.
35. Explain in detail the working of a hard disk. Why hard disks require a controller
15 30 Marks)