CompTia a+ Hardware

M.2

What solid-state hard drive form factor is 22mmwide with lengths ranging from 30mm to 42mm, 60 mm and longer?

mSATA

Which of the following drive types is NOT available in a 3.5“ form factor?

Install them in a1,b1,c1, and d1

A motherboard has 16 ram slots and support qaud-channel feature, with four ram slots for each channel. all of the 16 slots are black and labelled a1,a2,a3,a4,b1,b2,b3,b4 and so on. How should one module of 4 ram be installed in order to take full advantage of the quad-channel feature?

Cleaning

A fluorescent lamp is supposed to discharge the photosensitive drum in which step of a laser printer imaging process

Nano-ITX

Which motherboard form factor has dimensions of 4.7”x 4.7”?

Install a macOS printer driver on the print server

A corporate office designer is visiting your local office. He then attempts to print from his Macbook to a networked printer, but nothing happens. However, the other people in your office can still print to the device using their windows devices. Which of the following actions would MOST likely solve this problem?

DVD-R DS, DL

The optical disk standard that offers the highest capacity is ______.

RG-G

What type of cable should be used to support digital cable television signals?

Charging

During what stage of the laser printer imaging process does a wire of roller transmit a strong, uniform negative charge to the imaging drum’s surface?

40 Gbps

The maximum throughput of a device plugged into a Thunderbolt 4 port on a Macbook Pro is _____,

IPS (liquid-crystal displays)

A small meeting room needs a large display with a wide viewing angle. Which of the following LCD technologies would be MOST suitable to be employed im this case?

Thunderbolt

Which of the following PC peripheral connection types is the most probable choice for compatibility if a peripheral requires a data speed of 20 Gbps and requires a power supple of 9 W when connected to a PC?

AirPrint

Which of the following services will allow its users to print conveniently from their iPads OR iPhones?

2 Gbps

The data rate of a single lane of PCIe 4 is __________.

28,800 Mbps

A workstation’s specifications indicates that it supports DDR4 3600 RAM modules. The throughput allowed by the modules is __________.

Cat 6

You must upgrade a twisted pair cable that connects two networking closets. The overall distance is only 20 meters, and it must operate at a speed of 10 Gbps. What is the LOWEST type of cable that can be ised to replace it?

SATA 3.2

Which SATA version connects SATA drives to the PCIe bus on the motherboard, increasing data throughput considerably over 600 MBps?

Cat 5

A cable in a network is only capable of 100Mbps maximum speed. What type of cable is this?

Email

Scanning

Printing

Faxing

Modern networked MFDs (Multifunction Displays) offer which of the following features?

DDR3

A desktop computer’s motherboard documentation mentions 240-pin DIMM slots. On this motherboard, what kind of DIMM is used?

Plenum

Which of the following UTP network cables will NOT produce poisonous gas when burnt?

Print a test page

After a printer driver has been installed on a Windows client computer’ what should be done next to make sure the printer had been installed correctly?

Triple BDXL

A technician must install an optical disk system capable of burning disks storing up to 60GB of data at a time. What is the minimum of technology to overcome this threshold?

1 GBps

The data throughput that a PCIe x1 v 3.0 lane can provide is _______.

Impact

You’re loading paper into a tractor-feed printer’ which necessitates aligning the holes with pins on the paper-forwarding mechanism. What kind of printer do you have?

TPM (Trusted Platform Module)

Which of the following is a standard for a secure cryptographic keys to secure hardware (and the system boot process)?

SMB (Server message block)

When documents are scanned from a large multifunction device and sent to a corporate server, the ________ protocol is commonly used.

Hybrid

___________ drives are the combination of a conventional magnetic hard drive and a substantial amount of solid-state storage.

KVM switch

Your server closet houses four servers. You must have access to each of them, but not at the same time . Which device will allow you to share a single set of input and output devices across all four servers?

Server

What kind of motherboard has multiple CPUs and a lot of RAM and is sometimes seen in a networking rack?

Four

You will need to have at least _______ hard drives set up in a RAID-10 storage array for a computer.

STP has a layer of foil shielding inside the cable insulation

STP is distinguished from UTP by which of the following properties?

Developing

Complete the following sentence: “In the laser printer imaging process after the exposing step comes the __________ step.”

Power Connections

A Molex connector functions as ________.

2 TB

You have three hard disks, each of which a 1 TB in size. How much usable storage space will you have after installing them as a RAID-5 array in a computer?

MiniUSB, microUSB

From left to right, the two types of connectors shown are _______

Password-proct in the BIOS/UEFI settings

Which of the following options is the BEST way to prevent unauthorized users from starting your OS?

Upgrading the printer’s firmware

An automatic document feeder (ADF) on a laser printer which was sold by the manufacturer and is compatible with the printer had just been installed on a laser printer. The printer, however, does not take the papers from the feeder. Which of the following actions might solve the problem?

PCIe

The connector shown in the picture is____________.

RJ-11

What are the MOST common twisted pair connectors used with telephone wire?

White/orange, orange, white green, blue, white/blue, green, white/ brown, brown.

You are working as an IT supporter for your company. Recently, you have been charged with creating some UP cables from a roll of bulk cable. And your firm is using the T568B standard. Which of the following orders is the CORRECT one for wires in the connectors?

HVPS (high voltage power supply)

Which component of a laser printer converts alternating current (AC) into usable energy for the charging and transfer corona?

IDE (integrated drive electronics)

Which of the following is NOT a communication interface used byb SSDs to send data across a motherboard?

ATX12V motherboard power

The top white connector in this picture has a function of________.

Install the PCL (Printer Control Language ) driver

A user mostly uses his printer to print documents, therefore, he wants to release the computer so that ot can execute other task more quickly. Which printer driver should he install to meet his needs?

DIMM AND SODIMM

What are the MOST common RAM slots found in desktop and laptop computers, respectively

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)

Which of the data cables pictured here was a parallel standard for connecting numerous hard drives to the motherboard?

SATA

Four motherboard connectors being shown in this picture are _____.

PC5 41600

Which of the following RAM modules would suit with the motherboard specification that call for 5,200 MHz DDR RAM?

UEFI

Which of the following system components allows the use of Secure Boot technology?

6.7” x 6.7”

The size of a mini-ITX motherboard is ________.

DB9

PS/2

Before USB, what serial connector type was commonly used for communication, keyboards, mouse, or game controllers?

Inkjet

Which home and office printing method normally uses an ink reservoir contained in a cartridge that occasionally needs to be replaced as its medium to generate images on paper.

You can put a x8 card into an x16 slot but it will run at x1 speed.

Your motherboard contains three PCIe x16 4.0 slots, but it does not enable PCIe adapter card up-uplugging. Which of the following statements is correct ?

RAID-0

Which RAID level should be implemented to only enhance the speed of a system?

Install both drives and implement RAID-1

You are given two hard drives by a client and he wants you to increase the fault tolerance of his computer’s storage system. Which of the following is the BEST solution to meet his requirement?

USB-C

The Apple Thunderbolt cable is fully compatible with ________ standard.

HSM (hardware security module)

What hardware device is used to save encryption keys , making them more secure because they are never directly loaded into the memory of a server?

DVI

What type of video connector is being shown in this picture?

Multithreading

Which CPU technology enables the use of two logical cores for every physical core?

Fuser assembly

Every piece of paper that comes out of a user’s laser printer has toner on it. Which component must be replace in order to heat up and melt the toner into the paper?

SC

What kind of connector is being shown in this image?

Punchdown block

What type of connectivity device is typically used to end network connections in a telecommunications closet.

Fusing

In the laser printer imaging process, __________ step comes right before the cleaning step.

PCI

A motherboard, which features a white expansion slot, has a divider on the opposite end of a PCIe connector as shown in this image. This expansion slot is a _________ slot.

Punch downblock

Which network connectivity devices is illustrated in this image?

DDR3 & DDR4

Name the type RAM modules being shown in this image, from top to bottom.

Developing

Toner is attracted to the imaging drum in which of the following steps of a laser printer imaging process?

VGA

Which of the following connectors is typically found on an analog LCD?

Laser

____________ printers can potentially emit harmful ozone into the atmosphere so some of the will be equipped with an ozone filter.

LC

What type of connector is being shown in this image?

Mild soap and water

To clear a dirty inkjet printer paper pick-up roller, which of the following items should be used?

RFID

Which of the following connection types is not commonly built into a network-enabled device?

SATA

What type of peripheral connector is being illustrated in this picture?

It tranfers a positive charge to the paper

What is the function of the transfer corona assembly in a laser printer?

Multisocket

The server motherboard in this image features a CPU on the right and a slot on the left for a second processor. Which of the following terms is the CORRECT name for this motherboard?

ATX

Which motherboard form factor, measuring 12” x 9.6”, is popular in desktop computer?

Nano-ITX

Three of these four motherboard form factors can be installed in the same case style, EXCEPT ____________.

Security

The most important things to be taken into consideration when installing a network connected multifunction device with direct scanning and emailing ability is _______.

Serial

This data cable type sends data only one bit at a time, however the sending speed is extremely high. What type of cable is this?

Automatic document feeder

In order to digitalize a huge number of documents, a company decides to use a printer to scan those records. Which if the following devices could be installed on their printer to minimize the time spent on this work?

Modular

You’re thinking of getting a power supply with interchangable cables that plug and out of the power supply so you may have exactly the connectors you need without taking up more space in the case. What kind of power supply is this?

Mini-HDMI

A tablet’s spec indicates that is supports HDMI connection, however, the port mounted on he tablet id smaller than the usual HDMI port. What type of video connection would be typical for this small form factor device?

USB Type B

What type of peripheral connector is being shown in this picture?

NIC (Network Interface Card)

What expansion card sohuld be installed to help a computer communicate with the other computers via a wireless network?

Filament

An extrusion 3D printer, which is used to print small plastics part, is running out of input (consumable) materials. Which of the following is the correct name of the required input material for this printer?

260

How many pins does a DDR4 SODIMM have?

Impact

Which of the following printer types would work best with carbonless, multipart forms?

Carriage motor and belt?

An inkjet printer’s printhead does not appear to move to the correct spot. Which of the following components of the printer might cause this problem?

Audio

What type of front-panel or top-panel connector interfaces using a normal 3.5 mm jack?

DisplayPort

This laptop expansion port is intended to be an industry standard to replace VGA and DVI ports and backward compatible with both standards. What is this port?

Install the PostScript driver

A new printer is manufactured with two drivers: a PostScript driver and a Printer Control Language (PCL) driver. this printer will be used to mostly print graphics. Which driver would be more preferable in this case?

The RAM modules can have different speeds and sizes, as long as they are the same type.

Which of the following statements is TRUE when installing two RAM modules into a dual channel motherboard?

TN

Of the following LCD display technologies which one has the fast response times?

Thermal paste

In order to get an efficient and effective heat exchange away from the CPU, which of the following is the most common solution?

Fibre Channel HBA

What item will need to be installed in a server to attach it to a SAN (Storage Area Network) of a company?

SSD (Solid State Drive)

The socket in this picture is used to connect which of the following items?

Placement of the module key (notch)

Although the DDR4 and DDR5 Dimms have the same number of pins, you can still distinguish them by the _________.

SSD (Solid State Drive)

What type of drive would be the best choice when access speed id prioritized over disk space?

L1

In a computer, which level of cache is normally the smallest and closest to the processor die?