A+ 801 pt. 2
Which of the following BEST describes the cable used to connect PATA drive to a motherboard?
40 pin cable
Which of the following ports is used for HTTPS communications?
443
In which of the following widths are the ExpressCards available?
54 millimeters 34 millimeters
Which of the following ports should you block to prohibit HTTP traffic?
80
A user calls to explain a problem he is having with his computer. After a few minutes of discussion he begins talking about his children. What should you do?
Respectfully direct the conversation back to his computer problem.
Which of the following connector types would you MOST likely use to connect a sound card to a Dolby 5.1 speaker system?
S/PDIF
Which of the following types of cables can be used to connect a hard disk internally to a computer?
SATA IDE
What type of memory goes in a laptop?
SO-DIMM
Which of the following is true regarding SSDs?
SSDs are more shock resistant than other drive types.
Which of the following is a difference between SSDs and HDDs?
SSDs use less energy the HDDs
Which of the following protocols is the BEST alternative to Telnet?
SSH (Secure Shell)
Which of the following connectors should you use to transfer data by using pulses of light?
ST
Which of the following key combinations should you use to open Task Manager on a laptop computer running Windows 7?
CTRL+Shift+ESC
Which of the following classes of fire suppression systems can be used on combustible metals?
Class D
Which of the following Intel CPUs can be used with an LGA 1366 socket?
Core I7 Xeon Celeron
What type of memory goes in a desktop?
DDR SDRAM
Which of the following types of SDRAM DIMMs can process a maximum of 3200 bytes of information per clock cycle?
DDR400 (200 MHz clock speed x 2 processes x 8bytes) = 3200 bytes
You start your Windows XP computer and discover that you can not connect to a network share. You open a command prompt and type ipconfig and notice that your computer is using 169.254.15.23 for an IP address. Which of the following services is unavailable?
DHCP
What type of memory goes in servers?
ECC RAM
Which of the following are most likely to cause a CPU to fail?
ESD and heat
Which of the following cables would you find SC or ST connectors?
Fiber optic
When should you report to management the presence of prohibited material found on a employees workstation?
immediately after the material has been identified
The Best reason to use Character Map is to
insert non traditional symbols into a document
You are troubleshooting a Windows XP computer that is unable to gain access to network resources. You want to determine the network address configuration of the computer. Which of the following commands should you use?
ipconfig
Which of the following is always true regarding the center pin on a laptop power jack?
it conducts DC
The jumpers on an IDE hard disk are typically used to select the:
master,slave or cable select configuration
Your home network includes a Windows Vista computer. You have several spare disks, and you need to implement additional storage on the computer in a manner that will tolerate the failure of one disk without suffering any performance deterioration. The computer is not equipped with any RAID controllers. Which of the following types of volumes should you implement?
mirrored volume
What are Class D IP addresses used for?
multicast use
Which of the following are MOST likely to transmit data by using LEDs?
multimode fiber optic cables
What advantage does a dot-matrix printer have?
multipart form printing
You are installing a 2nd DVD drive into your computer. The jumper on the current DVD is installed on the CS pins. Where should you install the jumper on the new DVD drive that will be connected to the same 40 pin ribbon cable?
on the CS pins
Which of the following components in a computer typically retain power when a computer is shut down normally?
power supply- the motherboard
Which of the following is a characteristic of thermal printers?
require special paper
Your home network has 3 computers that connect to the internet through a router and a DSL modem. You have forgotten the username and password to the router. Which of the following should you do to gain access to the router?
reset the router
Which of the following types of cables would you MOST likely use to connect offices that are 5 miles apart?
single mode fiber optic cable
Which of the following can protect against abnormally high voltages?
surge protector
Datais accessed sequentially from which of the following types of drives/
tape drives
Which of the following is a Class A private IP address?
10.0.0.0
Which of the following defines the MAXIMUM speed at which a USB 1.1 devices can transfer data?
12 Mbps
Which of the following is the amount of current typically used to power the motors on hard disk drives?
12.0 volts
Which of the following is a Loopback address?
127.0.0.0
Which of the following is a Class B private IP address?
172.16.0.0
Which of the following is a class C private IP address?
192.168.0.0
What is the maximum number of processes that can be performed by DDR SDRAM during a single clock cycle?
2
Which of the following checks the status of memory during POST?
BIOS
a security admin has set a computers boot sequence to ensure that the hard drive is read before any other drive. Which of the following should the security admin implement to prevent a user from changing this sequence?
BIOS password
Which of the following is a UTP cable type that has a Maximum bandwidth of 10,000 Mbps?
CAT 6
Which of the following is defined IEEE1394 standard?
Firewire
Which of the following computer components uses rotating platters to store data?
HDD
TCP port 80 is the default port used by which of the following protocols?
HTTP
You want to configure a Windows XP computer to connect to the Windows Update Web site to search for drivers when a new device is connected to the computer. You open the System Properties dialog box to accomplish your task. Which of the following tabs should you use?
Hardware
Which of the following cable types uses a 40 pin connectors?
IDE cable
Parallel communications are defined by which standard?
IEEE 1284
Which of the following does DHCP automatically assign?
IP addresses
You recently shared a USB 2.0 printer connected to your Windows 7 computer so that other users can print to it. A user calls and reports that he has installed the shared printer on his Windows XP computer, but it is not printing correctly. the user also reports that he is able to print successfully to a different shared printer on the network. You open the printer properties dialog box of your shared printer and successfully print a test page. Which of the following should you do NEXT?
Install the Windows XP driver for the printer on your computer
Which of the following BEST describes the star topology?
It is a topology that has a central connectivity device to which all hosts on the network segment connect.
The route from a Corporate LAN to a telecommuter
LAN-Switch-router-firewall-internet service provider-cable modem-telecommuter
Which of the following can be used to protect an internal network by changing the IP address of packets sent by hosts to an external network, such as the Internet?
NAT
Which of the following PSU connectors is typically used to supply power directly to a motherboard?
P1
Which of the following is the main advantage of PCIe over AGP?
PCIe provides faster data transfer rate
Which of the following devices is typically used with laptops and has 68 pins?
PCMCIA card
Which of the following devices is primarily used to access information by scanning two-dimensional matrix codes?
QR code scanner
Which of the following RAID levels stripes data at the byte level?
RAID 3
Which of the following RAID levels uses disk striping and writes parity information across all drives in the array?
RAID 5
Which of the following statements are true regarding RDRAM?
RDRAM requires passive sticks to be placed in unused slots- RDRAM uses 184 pins for desktop computers
Which of the following connectors is MOST often used to terminate POTS connections?
RJ-11
Which of the following are MORE likely to be used on a laptop computer than a desktop computer?
Standby mode- processor throttling
Which of the following types of PCMCIA cards can be inserted into a Type III PCMCIA slot?
Type III, II, and I
A printed manual contains configuration codes composed of vertical lines. Which of the following are you MOST likely to configure by using those codes?
UPC code scanner
You have been tasked with connecting an external hard drive to a computer. Which of the following connectors should you use?
USB
You want to connect a mouse to a computer that has a malfunctioning touch screen. However a new OS service pack is being installed. Therefore the computer cannot be power cycled. Which of the following mouse types should you use?
USB
Which of the following connectors are used to transfer only analog video signals?
VGA and DVI-A
You have a home network with several computers that connect to the Internet through a router. The computers connect directly to the router, and the router is connected to a cable modem. Which of the following would indicate that you should reset your router?
You can not connect to the Internet through the router but you can connect to the Internet when attached directly to the cable modem.
Which of the following devices is required in order to connect a router to a T1 line?
a CSU/DSU
A technician assigns all data to one of the following categories: proprietary, confidential, available to public, and internal use only. By making these assignments, which of the following is the technician implementing?
a classification of information
Which of the following BEST describes a QR code scanner?
a device used to scan 2 dimensional matrix codes
Which of the following devices would use an RJ-11 cable?
a dial up modem
Which of the following BEST describes an advantage of using a docking station with a laptop?
a docking station provides additional ports
Which of the following could cause interference on an 802.11g network because it operates in the same frequency range with a 100 percent duty cycle?
an analog video camera
In Which of the following locations is it most appropriate to use CAT5 STP cable?
an office next to a buildings electrical generator room.
Which of the following is an example of physically securing a laptop?
attaching a cable lock to a laptop and a desk
Which of the following statements BEST describes Bluetooth?
bluetooth can be used to connect peripheral devices to a computer
Which of the following would MOST likely be a violation of the confidentiality rules of a company?
discussing you company's trade secrets with a client
Which of the following offers the fastest data transfer speeds?
eSata
What are Class E IP addresses used for?
experimental use
What type of storage is used in USB thumb drive?
flash memory
Which of the following devices is MOST likely to require the use of mini connector
floppy drive
You install a new 10/100/1000 NIC in your workstation. to Which of the following devices are you MOST likely to connect the workstation?
gigabit switch
Which of the following might an older workstation need in order to connect to a new 802.11n WAP?
the installation of a new wireless NIC
Which of the following is true when you use a multimeter to test the output from a computer power supply?
the multimeter should be set to DC
Which of the following is typically used as the default SSID on a consumer grade wireless router?
the name of the manufacturer
You notice a Perform Printer Maintenance message on your company's HP laser Jet printer. You select clear maintenance message form the configure device menu. Which of the following statements is correct?
the printer will redisplay the message after 10,000 print jobs
Which of the following is stored in CMOS?
the system time and date- the device specific parameters used by the BIOS
Which of the following is the BEST reason to use KVM?
to allow multiple PCs to share a common display
For which of the following reasons should you use a laptop case?
to provide shock prevention while traveling
Shoulder surfing is BEST described as:
watching a user enter logon information on a keyboard
You are a support technician at your company. Which of the following situations should you direct a telephone call from a user to your supervisor?
when the users problem is outside the scope of your duties.
Which of the following situations should you avoid wearing an antistatic wrist strap
when you are discharging a CRT monitor
Which of the following is typically located in the laptops display bezel?
wireless antenna
Your new notebook computer includes an internal IEEE 802.11g wireless NIC. After you configure the NIC, you discover that you cannot connect to your wireless access point, which uses IEEE 802.11a standard. Which of the following is the cause of the problem?
your notebooks wireless NIC and your wireless access point use incompatible standards.
