Exam 1: Hardware

You want to control several physical computers using one monitor, one mouse, and one keyboard. What device do you need?

A manager's assistant wants to purchase an external hard drive that has a storage capacity of or near 500 GB and that can connect to computers using a wide variety of interfaces. For which of the following interface types is the assistant likely to find a compatible external hard drive? Choose three.

You are asked to explain motherboard chipsets to an IT intern. How do you describe the use of chipsets? (choose all that apply)

When replacing a CPU, where do you apply the thermal compound?

A colleague is building a Home Server PC with Windows 7 OS. You remind your colleague to remember the following when building the system, EXCEPT:

While working on a computer you notice RDRAM memory is installed. What are some of the disadvantages of using RDRAM? Choose two.

A user has connected their computer to their television. The connection usually works fine, but when they attempt to play a high-graphics game through their HDTV the screen goes blank. The game works fine on their monitor. What is most likely the issue?

Which of the following combinations of components can deliver the best performance on a computer?

You are installing SDRAM with the most recent (prior to 2013) DDR implementation. Which DDR is the most current implementation?

Which CPU cache is furthest from the CPU, but also the largest capacity?

A user wants to be able to easily connect her computer to her HD Television. Which connection would you recommend when she is searching for a new system?

How much physical memory does a 64-bit Windows 8 Professional computer support?

A user has a physically thin desktop computer that does not allow expansion cards to be installed as they normally would. What does the computer likely have to compensate for this?

A power user in the Art Department complains that his computer automatically shuts down after a few hours of work. The computer starts back up again, but if used, it will shut down again. What do you suspect may be an issue?

A customer is building a system to host a VMM. What would you recommend to the user?

An employee complains that her computer clock is running slow and her attempts to keep it updated fail by the following day. What is the most probable cause of this issue?

A user that is new to computer hardware moves an old IDE hard drive to a new system, but has trouble getting the new system to recognize the drive. What is a likely cause of the issue?

A DVD-RW drive rated to write at 8x, is equivalent to

You are searching for a new power supply for an ATX motherboard. On the power connector, what voltage would a red pin indicate?

A user has a set of earphones that use 1/4-inch mini-jacks as connectors and wants to use them with his computer. You recommend the user purchase an adapter to convert the earphone connector to which of the following: