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Question 1

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What are two factors that must be considered when choosing a computer case? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • the size of the monitor
  • the vendor that manufactured the motherboard
  • the number of external or internal drive locations
  • the size of the motherboard and the power supply
  • the number of LED indicators at the front of the case

Question 2

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What are the two connector types for the 1394a interface? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • 2-pin
  • 4-pin
  • 6-pin
  • 8-pin
  • 9-pin
  • 15-pin

Question 3

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What is a function of a KVM switch?
Answer
  • digitizes an image or document and sends the information to multiple computers
  • stores images from both digital still cameras and digital video cameras on magnetic media
  • provides capability to share a keyboard, a mouse, USB devices, and speakers with multiple computers
  • provides biometric identification to an individual user by the use of fingerprints, voice recognition,or a retinal scan

Question 4

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A student has passed the CompTIA A+ certification exam. Based on this passing score, for which job is the student now qualified?
Answer
  • network associate
  • security technician
  • network technician
  • network professional
  • PC hardware and software technician

Question 5

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Which type of ROM can be reprogrammed with software while it is still physically installed in the computer?
Answer
  • EEPROM
  • EPROM
  • PROM
  • ROM

Question 6

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Which type of computer resources are direct lines to the processor and are used by computer components to request attention from the CPU?
Answer
  • DMAs
  • I/O addresses
  • IRQs
  • memory addresses

Question 7

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Which three devices are considered output devices? (Choose three.)
Answer
  • fingerprint scanner
  • headphones
  • keyboard
  • monitor
  • mouse
  • printer

Question 8

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Which technology would be best to use for drive redundancy and data protection?
Answer
  • CD
  • DVD
  • PATA
  • RAID
  • SCSI

Question 9

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Which two devices are considered input devices? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • biometric authentication device
  • printer
  • digital camera
  • projector
  • speakers

Question 10

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Which two form factors are commonly used to build a new computer? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • BTX
  • NLQ
  • ATX
  • CLV
  • ECC

Question 11

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What is the function of a fan on top of a heat sink?
Answer
  • to cool the memory modules
  • to move the heat away from the CPU
  • to draw cool air into the computer case
  • to provide a water-cooling system for extremely fast CPUs

Question 12

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Which important feature is offered by the USB standard?
Answer
  • A single USB connection to a computer can support up to 255 separate devices.
  • It offers rates of around 580 Mb/sec in low-speed mode.
  • It allows up to 920 Mb/sec in the 2.0 version.
  • It can supply power from the computer to devices.

Question 13

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Which three system resources are commonly used for communication between the CPU or memory and other components in the computer? (Choose three.)
Answer
  • IRQ
  • DMA
  • UDP
  • I/O address
  • USB
  • PnP

Question 14

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Which memory module has a front side bus speed of 200 MHz?
Answer
  • DDR-333
  • DDR-400
  • DDR3-667
  • PC100 SDRAM

Question 15

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A technician receives a complaint of poor image quality after the user changes the native resolution. While investigating the complaint, the technician discovers there is a mismatch between native mode and the native resolution of the peripheral. Which item is configured incorrectly?
Answer
  • DLP
  • LCD
  • printer
  • scanner

Question 16

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What is a function of the operating system in a computer?
Answer
  • It defines the physical components in the computer.
  • It instructs the computer how to process information.
  • It provides instructions on how to access the Internet.
  • It identifies the type of firmware that is installed in the computer.

Question 17

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A technician creates a simple circuit that has a 9 V light bulb attached to a 9 V battery. The power output of the light bulb is 100 W. Which equation should be used to calculate how much current in amps is required to achieve the full 100 W output from the 9 V bulb?
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Answer
  • I = P/V = 100W/9V = 11.11A
  • I = P*V = 100W*9V = 900A
  • I = (P/2)*V = 50W*9V = 450A
  • I = P*2*V = 100W*(9V + 9V) = 8100A

Question 18

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Refer to the exhibit. Based on the advertisement that is shown, what is the native resolution of this computer system?
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Answer
  • 8x
  • 3 GB
  • 2.0 GHz
  • 1919 MB
  • 1280 x 800
  • 13.35 x 9.57

Question 19

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Which IEEE standard defines the FireWire technology?
Answer
  • 1284
  • 1394
  • 1451
  • 1539

Question 20

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How many FireWire devices can be supported by a single FireWire port?
Answer
  • 12
  • 25
  • 32
  • 54
  • 63
  • 127

Question 21

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Which type of memory is primarily used as cache memory?
Answer
  • DRAM
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • SRAM

Question 22

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Which two considerations would be of the greatest importance when building a workstation that will run multiple virtual machines? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • high-end sound card
  • number of CPU cores
  • water cooling
  • powerful video card
  • amount of RAM

Question 23

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A user playing a game on a gaming PC with a standard EIDE 5400 RPM hard drive finds the performance unsatisfactory. Which hard drive upgrade would improve performance while providing more reliability and using less power?
Answer
  • a 7200 RPM SATA hard drive
  • a 7200 RPM EIDE hard drive
  • an SSD
  • a 10,000 RPM SATA hard drive

Question 24

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Which hardware upgrade would allow the processor in a gaming PC to provide the optimal gaming performance?
Answer
  • a fast EIDE drive
  • large amounts of fast RAM
  • liquid cooling
  • a high capacity external hard drive

Question 25

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Which two storage devices use a magnetic medium for storing data? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • tape drive
  • solid state drive
  • hard disk drive
  • compact disk drive
  • blue-ray disk drive

Question 26

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Refer to the exhibit. Which type of adapter is shown?
Image:
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Answer
  • network interface
  • sound
  • video
  • RAID

Question 27

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Which component controls the communications and interactions between the CPU and other components on the motherboard?
Answer
  • RAM
  • CMOS
  • chipset
  • BIOS

Question 28

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Which two pieces of information are needed before selecting a power supply?
Answer
  • the total wattage of all components
  • the voltage requirements of peripheral devices
  • the form factor of the case
  • the type of CPU
  • the installed operating system

Question 29

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What are the 2 characteristics of RAID 0? (Choose 2 answers)
Answer
  • disk mirroring
  • combination of data striping and parity
  • highest performance
  • high performance and high protection because all data is duplicated
  • data striping without redundancy
  • ability of data to be rebuilt with information from the other drives

Question 30

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What are the 2 characteristics of RAID 1? (Choose 2 answers)
Answer
  • disk mirroring
  • combination of data striping and parity
  • highest performance
  • high performance and high protection because all data is duplicated
  • data striping without redundancy
  • ability of data to be rebuilt with information from the other drives

Question 31

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What are the 2 characteristics of RAID 5? (Choose 2 answers)
Answer
  • disk mirroring
  • combination of data striping and parity
  • highest performance
  • high performance and high protection because all data is duplicated
  • data striping without redundancy
  • ability of data to be rebuilt with information from the other drives

Question 32

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Which unit of measurement is used to indicate the hard drive speed?
Answer
  • pages per minute
  • gigabytes
  • revolutions per minute
  • clusters per minute

Question 33

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Refer to the exhibit. Which type of video card expansion slot is depicted?
Image:
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Answer
  • PCIe
  • ISA
  • PCI
  • AGP

Question 34

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What type of connector can be used to connect an eSATA interface to an external SATA drive?
Answer
  • 7-pin connector
  • 9-pin connector
  • 15-pin connector
  • 5-pin connector

Question 35

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Where can the input voltage selection be changed from 110 volts to 220 volts on a computer system?
Answer
  • on the motherboard
  • in the BIOS
  • on the back of the power supply
  • in the operating system control panel

Question 36

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Which one of the following is a 7-pin cable that connects to an external hard drive?
Answer
  • SCSI
  • PS/2
  • serial
  • parallel
  • eSATA

Question 37

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Which one of the following can support up to 15 devices and must be terminated at the end of the chain?
Answer
  • SCSI
  • PS/2
  • serial
  • parallel
  • eSATA

Question 38

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Which one of the following is a 6-pin mini-DIN connector for a keyboard or a mouse?
Answer
  • SCSI
  • PS/2
  • serial
  • parallel
  • eSATA

Question 39

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Which one of the following transmits 8 bits of data at one time and uses the IEEE 1284 standard?
Answer
  • SCSI
  • PS/2
  • serial
  • parallel
  • eSATA

Question 40

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Which one of the following uses either a DB-9 or DB-25 connector and transmits one bit of data at a time?
Answer
  • SCSI
  • PS/2
  • serial
  • parallel
  • eSATA

Question 41

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Refer to the exhibit. Which type of cable is shown in the graphic?
Image:
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Answer
  • USB
  • parallel
  • FireWire
  • serial

Question 42

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Which two activities are normally controlled by the Northbridge part of the chipset? (Choose two.)
Answer
  • communication between the CPU and the sound card
  • communication between the CPU and the hard drive
  • access to the RAM
  • communication between the CPU and the I/O ports
  • access to the video card

Question 43

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A technician looks at a motherboard and sees a 24-pin connector. What component would connect to the motherboard through the use of this 24-pin connector?
Answer
  • power supply
  • SATA drive
  • video card
  • PATA optical drive
  • floppy drive
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