Exam 10: Power Supplies

The IEC-320 plug has three holes: the ____________________,the ____________________,and the ground.

Which of the following uses the soft power feature?

L-shaped power connectors are used for ____________________.

What are the ways in which power supplies can fail?

What type of voltage does a PC use?

____________________ is the amount of electrons moving past a certain point on a wire.

Every device in a PC requires a certain amount of ____________________ to function,derived from the amount of amps and volts it needs.

Older power supplies with 12V rails previously only supplied how much power?

How does a ground wire provide protection from overflow of electricity?

What is the purpose of a continuity test?

What is the correlation between volts,amperes,and wattage?

Modern ATX12V power supplies add the ____________________ connector,providing additional 12-volt power.

How can a UPS help regulate power to a computer?

How long does the ATX power supply remain on?

What UL rating should you look for on a surge suppressor?

You begin troubleshooting a computer that does not start.The fan in the power supply does not turn on when the PC is plugged into a known good AC outlet.What would you do?

Large sags in electricity are also known as __________.

The amount of amps and volts needed by a particular device to perform its function is expressed in ____________________.

What aspects of electric current can be measured using a multimeter?

What's a possible symptom of a power supply that is dying slowly?