Hardware Final

What is the maximum distance you can run UTP cable?

100 meters

Which technology specializes in the creation of graphical content for the purpose of fabricating products?

CAD/CAM

Which of the following is an example of an IPv6 link-local address?

FE80::/10

Which TCP protocol uses port 443?

HTTPS

What coaxial cable standard is used for digital cable television?

RG-6

Which type of touchscreen uses a stylus?

Resistive

What devices transfer packets across multiple networks and use tables to store network addresses to determine the best destination?

Routers

Which drive-interface technology supports a bit rate of 6Gbps?

SATA3

Which two types of memory packaging are used chiefly in portable computing devices?

SODIMM and MicroDIMM

Which network service is also known as zero configuration networking?

apipa

Dual monitors benefit which custom configuration the most?

audio/video editing workstation

Which custom configuration might not host its own local OS?

thin client

Which of the following is not a common use for Bluetooth

to replace wi-fi

What QoS service level is described as "excellent load"?

3

What port number does SMTP with SSL use?

465

How many pins does a SATA data cable have?

7

Which of the following connector types has been used for both video and Ethernet?

BNC

Which LCD component is responsible for providing brightness?

Backlight

Which TWO of the following are graphics interfaces?

DVI and VGA

Which of the following is NOT a valid DVI standard? Question

DVI-A Dual Link

For a user with a tight budget, which Internet connection type is likely to be the most economical?

Dial-Up

What should you use with a laptop to avoid frequent insertion and removal of external input and video devices?

Docking Station

What device in a laser printer provides voltages to the corona wires?

HVPS

Where is the best place to find the laptop service manual?

Manufacturer's website

Which of the following is least likely to be needed in a gaming PC?

Maximized RAM

What service translates private IP addresses on your internal network to public IP addresses on the Internet?

NAT

Which of the following is a process run by the BIOS at bootup? Question

POST

Which interface is most commonly used for printer connectivity?

USB

A laptop has 1GB of installed memory, and uses shared video memory. If the video card is using 256MB, how much is left for the rest of the system?

768MB

Which of the following wireless IEEE standards operates exclusively in the 2.4GHz radio frequency?

802.11b

What is the list of rules that a firewall uses to make determinations on which traffic to block called?

ACL (Access Control List)

What screen size typically identifies a computer as a tablet?

Between 7 inches and 12 inches

What kind of memory modules include registers between the system's memory controller and the module's memory chips, registers that communicate in series with the memory controller and in parallel with the memory chips, easing the electrical strain on the memory controller?

Buffer

What is the minimum grade of UTP needed to provide 1Gbps transmissions?

CAT 5e

Which analog video standard is most often implemented as a single yellow RCA jack?

Composite

Using client-side virtualization, how many operating systems can be running on your computer at one time

Only limited by available resources

What is the name of the process used to configure two Bluetooth devices to communicate with each other?

Pairing

Which command is used to determine if another computer is reachable via TCP/IP?

Ping

You are going to run a network cable in the space above the drop ceiling in your office. What do you need to use?

Plenum

What is the name of the service that formats print jobs to get them ready for the printer?

Print Spooler

What is the correct order of the steps in the EP imaging process?

Processing, charging, exposing, developing, transferring, fusing, cleaning

Which RAID implementation produces a non-fault tolerant striped set that allows multiple physical disks to be treated as a single volume?

RAID 0

Which of the following technologies requires a minimum of four hard drives?

RAID 10

Which cloud feature allows users to immediately get additional storage space as needed?

Rapid elasticity

A laptop you are working on has several dead pixels on the display. How can you fix this?

Replace the display

Which of the following mail protocols is more likely than other mail protocols to use the same TCP port number when secure as it does when not secure?

SMTP

Which of the following is a common connector type for fiber-optic cable?

ST

On a laser printer, the printed characters on the left side of documents are faint compared to the letters on the right. How can you quickly resolve this problem?

Shake the toner cartridge.

What type of network cable would you need to complete a connection of 20 kilometers between sites?

Single-mode fiber

Which device is most likely to use NFC?

Smart Watch

Which of the following reasons best explains the rationale behind custom configurations for computer systems?

Some computers require specialized components.

What term is used to refer to a mobile device's mirroring of data with a conventional computer?

Synchronization

Which of the following operates on port 23?

Telnet

Pin 1 in the 568B twisted pair cabling standard is what color?

White and Orange

Which of the following is not a possible cause of paper jams in a laser printer?

Worn corona wire

In which step of the laser printer imaging process is a laser used to reduce the charge to -100VDC on areas of the photosensitive drum?

Writing

What is the name of the file on a DNS server that stores records?

Zone File

Despite being smaller and less capable than SSDs, which of the following flash-memory formats can be used as a built-in storage solution?

eMMC

What are the two common methods used to sync an iPhone?

iTunes and iCloud

Global Internet IPv6 addresses will look like which of the following examples?

2000::/3

On which port does FTP run by default?

21

How many pins do an ATX12V 2.0 power adapter have for the motherboard connector?

24

Which port is used to transfer mail between mail servers on a network?

25

Which type of printer can use ABS or PLA for printing?

3D Printer

How many GPS satellites must a GPS receiver be in contact with to calculate vertical position?

4

What is the capacity of a single layer of DVD-based optical media?

4.7 GB

Which of the following is NOT a common USB data rate? Question

5 Mbps

Which of the following 802.11x standards provides data transmission speeds up to 54Mbps in the 2.4GHz range?

802.11g

Which type of printers can be used with multipart forms?

Impact Printers

Which type of laptop hard drive is most resistant to shock damage from drops?

Hybrid

Which type of cloud service gives users extra network capacity but no software?

IaaS

Using a multimeter, what reading should you get from pin 9 on a laser printer?

+24v

What voltage does the corona wire or corona roller hold?

+600 VDC

Which voltage is applied to the paper to transfer the toner to the paper in an EP process laser printer?

+600 VDC

Which of the following is an output voltage of a computer's power supply?

-12VDC

Which suffix for CD technology denotes the ability to erase the disc and write to it again multiple times?

-RW

You configured an 802.11g network with three overlapping WAPs. What channels should they be set to? Question

1,6,11

Which of the following Ethernet standards uses multi-mode fiber with a maximum length of 300 meters?

1-GBaseSR

An autoswitching power adapter for a laptop accepts what approximate range of voltages as input?

100-240VAC

What is the maximum capacity of a standard microSD card?

128 GB

Which two of the following are possible pin counts for SODIMM modules?

144 and 200

Which of the following IPv4 addresses on your computer could indicate that it was unable to contact the DHCP server on the network?

169.254.1.150

What is the most popular video resolution for computer monitors?

16:9

Which of the following addresses is a nonroutable IPv4 address?

172.35.193.1

In the GPS system, what type of code is used for civilian communication?

C Code

What is the term applied collectively to the Northbridge and Southbridge

Chipset

Which of the following is an equivalent term to allocation units, as they relate to hard drive technology?

Cluster

If a DHCP client is unable to reach a DHCP server, what will it do?

Configure itself with an APIPA or link-local address

Which printer part gets the toner from the photosensitive drum onto the paper?

Corona Assembly

Which two types of DIMMs share a pin count? Question

DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM

Which type of memory is implemented on 288-pin DIMMs?

DDR4 SDRAM

Which type of server gives host computers IP configuration information?

DHCP

Which impact printer has a printhead that contains a row of pins that are triggered in patterns that form letters and numbers as the printhead moves across the paper?

Dot-matrix printer

Which technology is specifically used on e-readers?

Electrophoretic ink

What is the purpose of S/MIME?

Encrypting email

What type of cable is immune to electromagnetic or radio-frequency interference? Question

Fibre Optic

Which type of device will often come with an OHRM?

Fitness Monitor

Which of the following terms refers to upgrading the firmware that the BIOS comprises?

Flashing

Where can you find applications for both Android and iOS devices?

From sources designed for the operating systems

A laptop isn't displaying an image on an external projector. What should you check first?

Function key

Which of the following laser printer components are most likely to cause a burn?

Fuser

What is the name of the European GNSS system?

Galileo

Which of the following is the highest quality digital video standard, which also supports digital audio and device control?

HDMI

Which laser printer component converts AC current into voltages the printer can use?

HVPS

What model describes network protocols?

OSI

What is the function of the laser in a laser printer?

It creates an image of the page on the drum.

What can you use to allow multiple computers to be controlled one at a time by the same keyboard and mouse and output to the same monitor? Question

KVM Switch

Which CPU technology places the pins on the motherboard instead of the chip?

LGA

Which of the following is a primary difference between laptops and desktops?

Laptop components need to produce less heat.

Which level of cache lies closest to the processor in the processor die?

Level 1

What is the smallest and fastest laptop internal expansion slot type?

M.2

Which type of Internet appliance will detect potential attacks for multiple computers and can take actions to stop them? `

NIPS

Which custom configuration needs to support media streaming?

Network attached storage

Which custom configuration is most likely to include a RAID array?

Network attached storage device

What is the primary difference between a conventional hard drive and a solid-state drive (SSD)?

The SSD has no moving parts

What causes a laser printer to print vertical black lines on documents?

There is a scratch on the EP drum

Which of the following is true about thin clients?

Thin clients require fewer components than standard clients.

Which of the following are common watch OSs?

Tizen and Watch OS

Which of the following components in a laser printer is responsible for transferring toner from the drum to the paper?

Transfer corona

What is the most reliable way to reduce the cost of connecting to the Internet on a mobile device?

Turn off cellular data and connect to a Wi-Fi network

Your company has decided to host its own website and maintain DNS on site. How many DNS servers are needed?

Two

Which type of hypervisor is also called a bare metal hypervisor?

Type 1

Which of the following acronyms represents the extensible technology that supersedes and improves upon the role that the BIOS plays in traditional systems?

UEFI

Which of the following is not an operating system commonly found on mobile devices?

UNIX

What type of device centralizes security management?

UTM

What is the lowest grade of cable required to run 100BaseT?

UTP Cat5

What type of network is used to create secure point-to-point WAN connections?

VPN

Which of the following custom configurations requires maximum RAM and CPU cores?

Virtualization Workstation

Which of the following custom configurations is most likely to result in the most expensive hardware configuration?

Virtualization workstation

Which wireless encryption standard uses AES?

WPA2