FAQs – Netgear
Hardware
1. What are the different expansion slots in a desktop?
2. What are the different expansion slots in a laptop?
3. Explain the difference between a RAM ,ROM and harddisk?
4. In which port(s) of a computer are the following devices connected?
a. Monitor
b. Router
c. Switch
d. Keyboard/Mouse
e. Printer
5. What is a hot-swappable device?
6. What is the function of CMOS?
7. How many KB = 3 Mb?
8. What are the different versions/standards of USB?
9. What are the different slots to connect a harddisk to the motherboard?
10. What is the function of a processor?
OS
1. How can we install a PCI wired NIC in a desktop with windows XP(give the procedure
step-by-step)?
2. What are the different file systems used with windows OS?
3. What are the OS versions of MAC OS X?
4. What is the difference between an OS version, service pack and edition?
5. What is the use of System Restore?
6. How can we check the IP address of a wired NIC in Windows 7?
7. Explain the errors associated with the following error codes in the Device Manager?
a. Code 10
b. Code 22
c. Code 28
8. What is driver rollback and driver signing?
9. What is the difference between Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance?
10. How can we stop the service Wireless Zero Configuration in Windows XP?
11. Give the navigation to Device Manager in
a. Windows XP
b. Windows 7
12. How do we disable the Windows Firewall in windows Vista?
13. Give the navigation to clear the browsing history in IE.
14. What is the default browser and media player of MAC OS?
15. How to check the IP address of MAC OS X Snow Leopard?
16. How to check the version of a Mac computer?
17. How to check use the Ping utility in Macintosh?
18. What is the default browser and media player in Macintosh?
19. How to clear the browsing history of Safari browser?
Networking
1. What are the different types of data transmission between 2 computers?
2. What are the different types of Wired Transmission Media?
3. What are the different categories of UTP cables(give their respective data rates)?
4. What is the OSI model? What are the 7 layers of the OSI model?
5. Describe the basic function of each of the 7 layers of the OSI model.
6. Name the device(any 1) used in the following layers
a. Transport Layer
b. Network Layer
c. Data link Layer
d. Physical Layer
7. Differentiate TCP and UDP.
8. Explain the working of a switch by giving an example where 2 PCs connected to the
switch try to send data from one to the other.
9. What is the difference between an IP address and a MAC address(give atleast 3 basic
differences)?
10. How can we the check the MAC address of a windows Vista computer?
11. What are the different classes of IP address(give their exact range)?
12. What is a subnet mask? What are the default subnet masks of Classes A,B and C?
13. What is a private and public IP address? Give the range for private IP addresses of
classes A, B and C.
14. When does a computer get an autoconfiguration IP address?
15. If I ping [Link] from a PC that has autoconfiguration IP address, what would be the
message displayed?
16. Give the navigation to assign a Static IP address in Windows XP, Windows Vista and
Windows 7.
17. When we type ipconfig and press enter and get only the message ‘Windows IP
Configuration’, what is the problem?
18. What is the reason for getting the error message Unknown host when we type ping
[Link] from a computer connected to a modem?
19. What is the difference between a router and a switch?(Give atleast 3 differences)
20. What are the different types of modems?
21. What is the authentication used with cable modem and DSL modem.
22. If 2 computers are connected to a switch and a cable modem is also connected to the
same switch, how many computers can go online with the modem?(give the proper
reason)
23. What is DHCP? Explain the step-by-step process by which a PC connected to a router’s
LAN port gets the IP address from the router.
24. What is the function of NAT? Explain how PAT works in a router using the PAT table with
an example.
25. If a PC connected to a DSL modem in the NAT mode is able to access the internet, how
should we configure the router for this internet connection?
26. A Cable modem is connected to router’s WAN port and the computer is connected to
the router’s LAN port. Computer’s IP address after connecting to the router is
[Link] with no Default Gateway value. What is the reason and how can we
troubleshoot the problem?
27. When do we Clone the MAC address of a PC in the router? Explain the reason.
28. After connecting 2 computers to a router, there is an error message called windows IP
conflict in the second computer. What could be the reason?
29. After connecting a computer to a router’s LAN port, the LAN port light of the router is
not on. What could be the reasons for this?
30. When a computer is connected to a DSL modem in the bridge mode and is able to
access the internet, what would be the IP address of the computer?
