Lets make it an S-curve, though. So that the three middle levels would have the least difference between them, while the outlying levels of difficulty would have the greatest.
I like that idea.
OK, here's my first contribution for a question. "What is the purpose of the reset button and what does it do?"
I suggest this for level 1 or 2 (pending decision of names. 1 being the nOObiest and 10 being most expert).
The reason I suggest this is because when first getting a computer with one, I was scared to death to press it. In a vague uninformed way, I thought it would do something like reformat or delete data/proggies, or *gasp* bring up a DOS type BIOS screen (which really scared the bejebus outta me). I couldn't have articulated this at that time, cuz I didn't know what a reformat was LOL
Umm.. Next question could what is a reformat and what does it do?. That's maybe a little higher in the scale though.
Other stuff that amazed me back then. Defragg, file clean-up & general maintance things. I remember being amazed the first time i saw a defrag ran. The pc was getting really slow and a guy dropped by and defragged it. I remember thinking "Fvck, what a computer genius!"
So next question. What does the defrag found in systems tools and why is it neccessary/beneficial.
Of course they could also be quite few questions that concern definitions
What are:
CPU
MOtherboard
Ram
etc, you get the idea. All the basic components
Ok more ?s. Do current HDD require 40 pin 80 cable (or what kind of IDE cable do they need)
Will your optical drive be slowed by using an old 40pin, 40 iwre IDE cable?
To what component(s) of the PC do the following terms apply: Master, slave, cable select?
Whats the purpose of a jumper (can be used twice, in the contect of a mobo and a drive device)
Does a WD HDD require a jumper when alone in the master position on an IDE channel?
Does running the CPU frequency out of synch with the ram hinder performance in (a) an athlon XP system, (b) and AMD 64 bit system, (c) an Intel Pentium system ?
Do CPU's with long pipelines require/benefit more memory bandwith than others?
Who manufacturers cpu's with long pipelines? AMD or Intel
What are the family of CPU's developed by Intel
Same as above for AMD?
What do Micron, hynix, infineon, Sansung all manufacture? Bonus question, which generally OC's better?
What is a good proggie to test ram/memory with?
Same for CPU
An IDE cable has two positions to attach HDDs. Which position indicates Master, which for slave?
Do most current CPU's draw their ower from the 12v or 5v rail?
Same for gfx cards
Same for HDDs
What are methods for cooling CPU's (passive, air, water is what I'm getting at here)
Who is Bill Gates and why does he suck? (stole DOS and got rich, stole windows and got richer) J/K, although very true
What is a search engine?
What is/was gopher and Wais?
What is a GUI
Is AOL the "internet"?
LAN v WAN, what is
Internet v intranet
Whats token ring, or ethernet
Whats a router, hub, switch
If you install win 98se over top of itself will your data be lost?
If you seperate your HDD into multiple partitions, installing the OS on c: and Apps on d:, must you reinstall the apps after reformating and reinstalling the OS?
What's a registry?
What key generally brings up the console command in PC games?
What are console commands for?
What might the console command "showfps 1" or similar do?
Whats a dongle?
Don't wanna make this too long, so I'll stop here. Maybe some of those are decent enough to use?
Fern
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