CompTIA A+ – Hardware

The IEEE 1394 (FireWire) standard is often compared to USB.

IEEE 1394, USB, IEEE 1394, USB, IEEE 1394

Which of the following standards provides for data transfer rates up to 800 Mpbs with a maximum cable length of 100 meters?

IEEE 1394b

How many devices does a single IEEE 1394 bus support?

63

What is the maximum cable length for the IEEE 1394a standard?

4.5 meters

What is the maximum data transfer rate of an IEEE 1394a device?

400 Mbps

Which IEEE version supports peer-to-peer transmission of data?

1394.3

Which of the following components is necessary to keep the real-time clock running?

CMOS battery

Which of the following components is a non-volatile memory technology for saving system settings when the computer is powered off?

EEPROM chips

Which of the following components is an example of firmware?

BIOS/UEFI

Which of the following is a general term for the program that holds system information related to the starting of a computer?

CMOS

What is the role of the CMOS in a modern computer?

Saves information about the system devices

Which of the following could be detrimental while flashing the BIOS?

Loss of power

Which of the following situations is most likely to require a system BIOS update?

You are upgrading a processor

When do you need to upgrade the system BIOS?

Whenever a BIOS update provides functionality that is not currently supported buy that is required by the operating system of hardware

When you boot the computer, it hangs after asking you for the current time and date.

The CMOS battery has failed

What is the name for the routine that tests the motherboard, memory, disk controllers, video, keyboard and other system hardware?

POST

What technology was designed to replace the BIOS and is a firmware solution for controlling the startup process and loading the computer operating system into memory?

UEFI

Which of the following are improvements over BIOS that are provided by UEFI?

Supports drives larger than 2.2 TB, Supports 64-bit firmware device drivers, Faster startup times

For a special project, you have been asked to recommend that lowest profile desktop computers available. You are attempting to put together the specifications for these machines.

Riser

Which of the following expansion buses are most commonly used for vides cards in modern computer systems?

PCI Express

Which of the following expansion buses is most commonly used for devices such as sound cards, modems, and network cards?

PCI

Which expansion bus is best for high-speed, high-resolution, three-dimensional graphics?

PCIe

You are installing and updated driver for a hardware device on your system.

The driver has been tested by Microsoft, The driver file has not been altered

You have a legacy non-Plug-andPlay device that must be installed under Windows.

Device Manager

Which of the following terms describes a PC card that you can insert and remove without rebooting the computer?

Hot-swappable

Which of the following expansion buses in most commonly used for devics such as sound cards, modems, and network cards?

PCI

Which expansion bus is best for high-speed, high-resolution, three-dimensional graphics?

PCIe

You want to build a computer that can stand upright on a desk and takes up the least amount of space possible.

Micro-ATX slim tower

Which of the following form factors does not have expansion slots on the motherboard, but instead uses a riser card for expansion cards?

NLX

You decided to upgrade your PC with a faster processor.

Use the Mini-ATX motherboard in the ATX case

You need to purchase a case that meets the following criteria: Compatible with most form factors, at least two external and internal bays

ATX mid-tower

Which motherboard form factor allows for low-consumption power supplies?

Mini-ITX

Use the above diagram to match the case type

Mini-ITX Tower, Micro-ATX Slim Tower, Micro-ATX Tower, ATX Mid-Tower, ATX Full-Tower

Which of the following processor features is used to dynamically reduce power consumption based on current operating conditions?

Throttling

Where should the thermal paste go when installing a processor?

Between the heat sink and CPU

Which of the following actions is not recommended for keeping your computer cool?

Remove unused expansion card slot covers

You have a system that has been overheating. Which of the following actions will not help to keep the system cool?

Removing the case side panel

What is the correct order for installing a processor for proper cooling?

CPU, thermal paste, heat sink, fan

Which of the following accurately describes case fans?

Pull cool air from the front and blow hot air out the back, Create a pressurized system inside the case

Which of the following will ensure optimal system cooling?

Keep the ambient temp below 80, leave space between the case and any walls or obstructions, Bundle cables together and secure unused cables to the case

Which of the following characteristics accurately describe passive heat sinks?

More reliable than active heat sinks

Which of the following thermal solutions might you find on memory modules? Passive heat sink

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Match the cooling system types on the left with the appropriate characteristics and uses on the right.

Active heat sink, Liquid cooling, Active heat sink, Active heat sink, Power supply, Passive heat sink, Liquid cooling, Passive heat sink

To which of the following objects should thermal paste be applied?

CPU

Which of the following devices would you add to a computer if you needed to take inventory at a retail store by scanning the UPC symbols on products?

Bar Code reader

You have three computers in your office.

KVM

Which of the following is considered an input devices?

Touchscreen

What type of peripheral device is typically found on a notebook computer and allows the user to control the cursor with a finger?

Touch pad

Match the peripheral devices on the left with the descriptions or examples on the right.

Smart card reader, Digitizer, Smart card reader, Biometric scanner, Digitizer, Biometric scanner, Barcode reader

You recently installed a fiber-optic network board in an expansion slot in your system’s motherboard.

Driver

You have just finished installing Windows on a system that contains four physical hard disks.

Unallocated

Match the disk status on the left with the corresponding description on the right.

Initializing, Healthy, Unavailable, Offline

You have a DVD-ROM disc with no label and you want to know if it has any important files on it.

No Media

You have four volumes on a basic hard disk.

Healthy (Logical Drive)

You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. You convert the disk to dynamic.

Healthy

You have a disk in you system that is displayed in the Disk management utility as shown in the image below.

Not Initialized

What is the difference between UXGA and WUXGA displays?

WUXGA has a widescreen aspect ratio

Which of the following are true of the SXGA screen resolution?

5:4 aspect ratio, 1280 x 1024

Which of the following terms describes the difference between white and black in an LCD monitor?

Contrast ratio

You have purchases a 1600 x 1200 LCD monitor and connected it to the DVI-I port on your computer using a DVI-D cable.

Change the screen resolution to the native resolution of the monitor

Which of the following video card connectors provides digital video output?

DVI-D, HDMI

How many pins are on a VGA connector?

D-shaped with 15 pins

Which of the following statements are true about the DisplayPort interface for connecting video monitor to computers?

DisplayPort can send both video and audio signals over the same cable, DisplayPort uses a lower voltage that DVI or HDMI

Which of the following is true of moden LCD monitors regarding backlighting?

LEDs are used to backlight the screen

You are putting together a gaming system and need to make sure you get a display that meets your needs.

LCD display with TN panel

You are putting together a system for a graphic artist and need to make sure you get a display that meets her needs.

LCD display with IPS panel

You have a friend who is offering to sell the monitor and video card from his gaming system along with several PC games.

Buy your friend’s games, monitor, and video card. Swap out both you video card and monitor.

Select the aspect ratio that applies to the display types listed.

4:3, 16:10, 16:9

You are looking at a femal TRS connector on the computer.

Speaker

You purchased a new LED monitor for your computer

DisplayPort cable

You are connecting an older, dot matris printer to a computer.

Parallel port

You are providing telephone support for a user who is trying to connect a computer to a projector.

D-shaped with 15 pins

Consider the external ports for a typical PC system

HDMI, Thunderbolt, IEEE 1394, USB, VGA, DVI, RJ45, RJ11, Fiber S/PDIF, Audio Jack

Consider the cable connectors used by various peripheral devices

External Storage Device G, Analog Monitor D, Video Camera C, HDTV A, Dial-up Modem H, Digital Monitor (without audio) E, Network Adapter F, Headphones B

Which of the following are considered computer hardware?

Printer, Motherboard

Which compiuter function takes data through a series of procedures as defined by a set of instructions?

Processing

You need to replace a broken monitor on a desktop system. You decide to replace it with a spare monitor that wasn’t being used.

Standardization

Which of the following are considered input devices?

Scanner, Keyboard, Microphone

Drag the computer function of the left with its associated hardware component on the right

Hard disk – Storage, Printer – Output, Keyboard – Input, CPU – Processing, Speakers – Output, RAM – Processing, DVD-RW – Storage, Microphone – Input

Which connector on the back of a computer is used to attach a mouse to a modem PC system?

USB A

You are looking at a high-density(three-row) female DB-15 connector on the computer as shown in the figure below. What device uses this connector?

VGA/SVGA monitors

You are helping a customer over the phone who needs to connect a monitor that uses a digital interface.

DVI

You have been tasked with designing a workstation that will run Vmware Workstation virtualization software.

RAM configured to run in quad-channel mode, 64-bit processor with 8 cores

You want to purchase a home theater computer system.

HTPC form factor, Video card with HDMI output

You are purchasing a PC system that will be used as a file and print server in a small business.

RAID 1+0 array, 64-bit multi-core processor

You are purchasing several PC system that will be used as thin clients in a large organization.

Gigabit Ethernet adapter

You own a custom PC retail store. A small business client ask you to build three workstations for her organization.

Thin Client PC – Intel Celeron, Video Editing Workstation – Intel Core i7, Virtualization on Workstation – AMD

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer.

Home Office Server – 2 TB, Gaming PC – 1000 W power supply, Thick Client Workstation – 400 W power supply

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer.

CAD/CAM – 2 GB, Virtualization Workstation – 32 G, Home Theater PC – HDMI

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer.

Home officer server – 2 TB, Gaming PC – 1000 W power supply, Home Theater PC – HDMI, Virtualization Workstation – AMD, Thin Client Workstation – Intel Celeron, Audio/Video Editing Workstation

You have installed a device in you system and have run the Add device wizard from the Control Panel.

The device does not support plug and play

Most devices that you install in a system require little to no configuration

I/O address, IRQ, DMA channel

Device manufacturers are constantly finding bugs, vulnerabilities, or better ways for their devices to communicate with the operating system.

Obtain the latest driver from the manufacturer’s website before installing the device

As a member of the help desk administration team you’ve been assigned to update the driver for the network adapter that is installed on most of the machines in your department.

Device Manager

For which type of device will you typically install the driver before you connect the device to your system?

USB devices

On a linux system, what is the name of the directory where you will find a text file called devices

/proc

Which of the following is true of most newer SATA drives?

They can be added to or removed from a system without shutting down the computer

Match the system resources on the left with the descriptions of examples on the right.

I/O address, IRQ, DMA, IRQ, I/O

Which of the following statements is true regarding single- and double-sided memory?

Single-sided memory uses half the number of memory modules as double-sided memory of the same capacity

Which of the following are true regarding a dual-channel memory bandwidth configuration?

The memory controller must support dual-channels, Bandwidth is increased by 5-15%

You have a computer with Pentium 4 CPU and two PC-2400 DDR modules.

All memory will operate at 300 MHz

You have a computer that has four DDR2 memory slots.

3 GB

You have an existing system that has a single DDR3 memory module installed.

Purchase additional modules that are the same as what is currently installed, check the motherboard documentation to find which moduels are supported.

You want to upgrade all memory in your system with the fastest memory available.

Choose the type of memory that is suppoerted by your motherboard

You want to build a new system that supports 6 GB of memory.

64-bit processor

Which of the following is the most common method for removing RAM from a motherboard?

Move the tabs holding the RAM out of the way; pull straight up to remove the RAM

What type of RAM might slow system performance because it holds memory addresses or data to improve stability on systems with more than 1 GB of RAM before it is transferred to the memory controller?

Buffered

With a memory module read request, there is a delay between the time of the data request and the time the data is available for output from the memory module

CAS Latency

You are in a carpeted office lighted by fluorescent bulbs.

Electrostratic discharge (ESD)

Which of the following motherboard power connectors typically connect directly to the motherboard?

24-pin motherboard power, 4-pin CPU power

Which of the following is an advantage of purchasing a motherboard with integrated graphics and audio?

Lower overall system cost

Which function does a motherboard’s chipset perform?

Facilitates communication between the processor, memory, and peripheral devices.

Which expansion slot is best for high-end dedicated video cards?

PCIe x16

Match each of the motherboard components on the left with the appropriate description on the right.

CMOS battery, Expansion slots, Southbridge, Flash memory, Northbridge, Non-volatile BIOS memory

Consider the following diagram of a typical motherboard.

PCI, PCIe x16, PCIe x1, Case fan power, CPU power, CPU, Memory, Power supply, SATA, Front/top panel, USB, IEEE 1394

Consider the expansion and memory slots highlighted on the motherboard diagram below.

Image

Consider the connectors highlighted on the motherboard diagram below.

Image

Consider the connectors highlighted on the motherboard diagram below.

Image

You are in the process of installing a motherboard in a system case.

Standoffs

Which of the following objects is installed between the system case and the motherboard’s back I/O ports?

Faceplate

Which of the following connectors are part of the system case and connect to header pins on the motherboard?

Power switch, HDD LED activity

You have a computer system with a dual-core processor.

Read the motherboard documentation to identify which processors are supported.

Upon reviewing the specifications for a motherboard, you find that it uses a 1155 CPU socket.

Intel

Upon reviewing the specifications for a motherboard, you find that it uses an F CPU socket.

AMD

Match each CPU socket on the left with the appropriate CPU it is designed to support on the right.

775, AM3+, 1366, FM1, 775, 1366, AM3+

A user calls to complain that her computer is behaving erratically.

Replace the motherboard

Which of the following will most likely contain SODIMM memory?

Notebook computers

Which of the following is an upgrade to SODIMM standard?

UniDIMM

Which of the following are terms used to identify memory modules?

DIMM

What is the approximate bus speed of DDR2 memory rated at PC2-5300?

333 MHz

Which of the following memory ratings identifies the fastest memory?

DDR3-1600

Which memory rating identifies the fastest memory?

DDR3-2000

Assuming the same operating frequency, what are the advantages of DDR3 over DDR2?

DDR3 doubles the data transfer rate of DDR2, DDR3 uses less power than DDR2

Assuming the same operating frequency, what are the advantages of DDR4 over DDR3?

DDR4 uses less power than DDR3, DDR4 doubles the data transfer rate of DDR3

Your motherboard has sockets for 184-pin DIMM RAM. Which type of RAM should you install?

DDR

What is the theoretical capacity of a DDR4 standard system memory module?

512 GB

A customer needs to use several applications.

Memory

Consider the memory modules shown in the image below.

DDR, DDR3, DDR4, DDR2, 200-pin SODIMM, 144-pin SODIMM, UniDIMM

You have a CD-RW drive that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the read speed of the drive?

48x

Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?

Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc

Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks?

BD-RE

Which of the following are optical storage devices?

DVD, CD, BD

Match the labels on the left with the characteristics listed on the right

Compact Disk (CD), Compact Disk (CD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), Blu-ray Disc (BD), Blu-ray Disc (BD)

Which of the following are printer languages?

Escape codes, PostScript, PCL

You’ve just set up a color laser printer on a customer’s Window workstation.

Edit the printer, Verify that it is working

You have just set up a new laser printer for the company president on her Windows workstation.

Edit the printer properties to configure device-specific settings.

Which of the following allows a compuer to communicate with a printer?

Print driver

Which of the following virtual printing options allows you to convert a word document into a .jpg file?

Print to Image

You’re responsible for ordering consumables for your organization’s printers.

Toner cartridges recommended by the printer manufacturer.

Which of the following problems is common for dot matrix printers?

Paper scraps are caught in the feed mechanism

you replaced the print cartridge on an inkjet printer.

Calibrate the printer

You installed a new toner cartridge in a company-owned laser printer and did some maintenance tasks you noticed that needed to be done.

Reset the Page count

You’re conducting scheduled maintenance on a laser printer.

Use an anti-static vaccuum.

You replaced the ink cartridges in a color inkjet printer.

Printer cartridge calibration

Why would you recommend a dye sublimation printer?

When print jobs are detailed photographic reproductions.

Which of the following would be a good reason to not recommend a solid ink printer?

The user has a surplus of toner cartridges and would like a printer that can be used with these.

Which of the following printers would produce the highest print quality?

600 DPI

Which type of printer uses an inked ribbon?

Dot matrix

Which type of printer has the poorest print quality because the image is created using fairly large dots?

Dot matrix

Need to look up

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Which type of printer heats the ink in its print head to print?

Bubble jet (inkjet)

You have been asked to recomment a printer that will be used in a travel agency.

Impact

Which of the following components are found in dot matrix printers?

Platen, Tractor feed

Which type of printer uses a drim, plastic toner, and fuser to create a printed page?

Laser

Which type of printer uses lasers and electrical charges to transfer image to paper?

Laser

Which component in a laser printer prepares the photosensitive drum for writing by causing it to receive a negative electrostatic charge?

Primary corona

Which component is a laser printer charges the paper to attract toner?

Transfer roller

Which component in a laser printer applies toner to the drum, causing the toner to stick to the charged area on the drum?

Developing roller

Which term refers to the portion of the hard drive where print jobs are stored before going to the print device?

Print queue

What is a ZIF socket?

A special socket for inserting and securing a processor

What is the purpose of cache memory?

Allows a processor to access data more quickly

Which feature on Intel chips allows a single processor to run two threads in parallel, instead of processing single threads linearly?

Hyper-threading

You have an AMD processor and an Intel processor, both of which have the same speed rating.

Performance will depend on other factors such as cache and other features.

Which of the following refers to placing two processors on a single processor chip or die?

Multi-core

What is true of processor cache?

L1 is typically unique to processor core, L3 is shared between all cores

What is the biggest advantage of 64-bit processors over 32-bit processors?

The ability to use over 4 GB of memory

Which of the following is a characteristic of a multi-processor system?

Multiple processor sockets on the motherboard

Which of the following statements are true?

32-bit processors use only the IA-32 instruction set (also referred to as x86), 64-bit processors use the x86-64 instruction set (also referred to as x64)

You have a computer system with an Intel Core i3

Read the motherboard documentation to identify which processors are supported.

You would like to upgrade the processor in your system to a 64-bit processor.

Operating system

You want to add a second processor to your dual-processor system

Match the speed to the new processor with the speed of the existing processor

Your computer has one single core processor installed

Replace the existing processor

You have a computer with a dual core 64-bit processor that uses the x86-x64 instruction set.

Install the application normally

You test installing a second CPU. You remove the terminating resistor from the second CPU slot

Replace the terminating resistor in the slot that was occupied by the second CPU.

Assuming all other processor specifications are the same, which of the following processor sizes will consume the least amount of power?

32 nm

You have a desktop computer that you want to upgrade. You add several internal components and external components.

Watt rating

You have a laptop with a dual core processor with the following characteristics: 1024 MB L2 cache, 125 watts

90 Watts

You need to replace the power supply in your home desktop computer.

form factor, output wattage, processor connector

You are building a new computer from both new and used parts.

Use an adapter cable to connect two 4-pin Molex connectors to the 8-pin PCIe connector

Which of the following components converts AC to DC?

Power supply

Which of the following voltage are provided by an ATX power supply

3.3, 5, 12

Which of the following statements are true regarding power supply wattage?

The wattage requirement for each individual circuit uses formule w = v x a, The watt rating indicates how much power can be supplied to various devices.

Your company relocated you to their United Kingdom officer in London.

Toggle the voltage switch on the power supply to the different voltage.

You have a motherboard that uses a 24-pin ATX connector

A power supply with a 20-pin ATX and a +4-pin connector, A power supply with a 24-pin ATX connector only

Which of the following functions does and ATX power supply perform?

Aids in thermal management, converts ac to dc

Which of the following devices uses the 4-pin peripheralk (Molex) connector?

PATA CD-ROM, Case fan

You need to replace the power supply in your home desktop computer. Which of the following specifications are the mostly likely to affect your power supply choice?

Form factor, output wattage, Type and number of connectors

You are testing the power supply in a PC system by measuring the voltage available on the 4-pin Molex connector.

Nothing, the power supply is working normally

You are testing the power supply in a PC system by measuring the voltage available on the 4-pin Molex connector. The voltage on the yellow wire is +10.1 volts.

Replace the power supply

To test a power supply, you want to use a multimeter to measure the voltage on a molex hard disk drive connector.

Pins 15 and 16, Pins 16 and 17

You have a desktop computer that uses a 250 watt power supply. You recently added a 4-disk RAID 10 array to the system and now it spontaneously shuts down.

Upgrade to a power supply that provides more watts.

Which power supply featur helps prevent circuit overloads by balancing the current flow?

Dual rail

You are trying to troubleshoot a power supply issue with a voltmeter.

plus minus 12v, plus minus 5v

You are servicing a client’s computer that has been randomly restarting.

The power supply is failing and should be replaced.

You want to use a multimeter to test a power supply’s voltage.

Pins 15 and 16, Pins 16 and 17

An employee submitted a support ticket stating that her computer will not turn on.

Make sure the power cord is pluegged into the wall, Make sure the surge protector is turned on.

What is an advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1?

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You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer’s desktop workstation. What ins the minimum number of hard disks that can be used to configure RAID 5?

3

Which of the following drive configurations uses striping without fault tolerance?

RAID 0

You have a computer with three hard disks. A RAID 0 volume uses space on Disk 1 and Disk 2. A RAID 1 volumes uses space on Disk 2 and Disk 3. Disk 2 failes. Which of the following is true?

Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on RAID 0 volume is not.

Which RAID configuration level provides increased performance using only two disks?

RAID 0

You are configuring a new system and want to use a RAID 0 array for the operating system using SATA disks and the RAID functionality built into the motherboard.

Load the RAID drivers during operating system installation

Your computer currently runs Windows 7 Enterprise edition. You want to create a RAID 5 array using three newly-installed SATA disks. When you go to Disk Managemenr, the option to create the RAID 5 array is not available.

Install an add-on RAID controller

You have an existing computer running windows 7 enterprise. You want to configure a RAID 1 array in the computer.

Install the drivers for the RAID controller

You have been asked to implement a RAID 10 solution for a video editor’s desktop workstation.

4

Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with fault tolerance?

RAID 5

You have a motherboard with 4 built-in SATA connectors.

4

A manager wants you to install a Serial ATA hard drive into his compuer, but the motherboard does not have a serial ATA connector.

Install a Serial ATA host adapter in an expansion slot

Which of the following tasks would you complete as part of a SATA installation?

Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive

Which of the following is the most common disk interface used for optical drives on home and office computers?

SATA

Which interface is primarily used for internal hard drives in modern desktop PC Systems?

SATA

Which generation of SATA storage devices does the following?

SATA3

Which SATA storage device standard does the following? Integrates data and device power into a single cable, Uses a connector and port that are neither L-shaped nor rectangular

eSATAp

You recently purchases a new sound card and installed it in a free PCI slot in your computer.

Check the vendor’s web site for an updated driver

You would like to install windows on a computer that previously had another operating system installed on it, but you are not sure if the audio card is compatible.

Check the manufacturer website for compatibility information

You have just purchased a new plug-and-play sound card that uses a PCI slot.

Check the HCL to make sure the device is compatible with the version of windows running on your system, Download the latest driver from the manufacturer’s web site.

What is a DB-15 connector on a sound card typically used for?

Joystick, MIDI port

Which port on a sound card should you connect a non-amplified microphone to?

Mic In

Which of the following features are typically available through TRS ports on a sound card?

Microphone in, Speaker out

You want to purchase a motherboard that has integrated sound with digital audio output.

S/PDIF

You are building one of your customers a home theater PC (HTPC) to connecto to an HDTV and high-definition audio system.

Dolby Digital, DTS support, or SDDS support, S/PDIF output

Which component is responsible for converting digital audio into sound that can be played on speakers?

DAC

What method does an SDHC card use for storing data?

Reprogrammable memory

Which storage device uses aluminum platters for storing data?

Hard disk

Which of the following is typically used for large data backups of servers?

DLT tape

You need a storage device that has very large storage capacity, is fast, and is relatively inexpensive.

Hard Disk

Which of the following are advantages of solid state storage compared to hard drives?

No moving parts, Lower power requirements

Which of the following is not an advantage of SSDs over HDDs?

Inexpensive

What method does an eMMC card use for storing data?

Non-volatile memory chips

Which of the following are magnetic storage devices?

Tape drive, Hard disk

Match the storage device types on the left with the description and benefits on the right.

Hard disk drive, Solid state drive, Optical disc, Hard disk drive, Solid state drive, optical disc

Which tool would be the best choice to remove and replace the motherboard BIOS chip?

IC extractor

You are removing screws within a computer, but several have fallen into places you can’t reach.

Extension magnet

You plug a USB 2.0 external storage device into a USB 3.0 port on your computer.

The device will work, but will only transfer at USB 2.0 speeds.

Which of the following devices typically use a microUSB connector?

smartphones

You need to connect a new USB scanner to the USB port on your computer.

Install the scanner drivers, then connect the scanner to the USB port and complete the Add a Device wizard when it pops up

Which is the most common interface for peripheral devices?

USB

Which of the following standards provides for data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps with a maximum cable length of 5 meters?

USB 2.0

What is the maximum data transfer speed for USB 3.0 devices?

5 Gbps

What type of USB 3.0 connector is shown here?

Type-A

What type of USB 2.0 connector is shown here?

MicroUSB

Match the USB connector types on the left with the image labels on the right.

1 – USB 3.0 Type-A, 2 – USB 3.0 Micro-B, 3 – USB 3.0 Type-B, 4 – USB 2.0 Type-A

Match the USB connector types on the left with the image labels on the right.

1 – USB 2.0 Type-B, 2 – microUSB, 3 – miniUSB, 4 – USB 3.0 Micro-B

Which of the following expansion buses are most commonly used for video cards in modern computer systems?

PCI Express

You are in the process of building a new computer.

Purchase two identical video cards.

You are in the process of building a new computer. You would like to configure your computer to use SLI to improve

Connect at least on monitor to the graphics card, Purchase a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots, Purchase tow graphics cards with SLI and similar specifications.

You are installing a High-end PCIe x16 video card in a new computer.

Connect a 6- or 8-pin power connector to the video card.

A customer wants to add an additional video card to her computer so she can play the latest conputer games.

The motherboard should support either SLI or Crossfire, For the best performance, both video cards should be identical

You want to be able to watch and record live TV on your computer.

Purchase a card that supports ATSC, Connect the TV input to the tuner card coaxial cable and F-type connectors.

You’ve just installed a new video card in a employee’s window workstation.

Download and install the latest driver from the video card manufacturer’s website.

You are building an HTPC (home theater PC) that will be connected to an HDTV.

HDCP

Match the video card types on the left with the appropriate characteristics on the right.

Dedicated video cards, dedicated video cards, dedicated video cards, integrated video cards, intergrated video cards, integrated video cards.

Your company has decided to hire a full-time video editor.

Resolution, Refresh rate

You need to connect a monitor that provides an HDMI port and a VGA port to a video adapter in a PC system that uses a DVI-D connector.

Use an adapter to connect the monitor HDMI port to the DVI-D connector on the PC.