Laptop Hardware

What are most batteries made out of?

Lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer

What is Li-ion?

Lithium-ion

What is LiPo?

Lithium-ion polymer

What is memory effect in batteries?

When a battery is frequently recharged, it loses its ability to hold a charge

What is the most used component of a laptop?

The keyboard

What is the most delicate part of the keyboard?

The laptop keys

What does SO-DIMM stand for

Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module

What is used in laptops to maintain memory?

SO-DIMMs

Do all computers have modular SO-DIMMs?

No

What would you have to do to replace a SO-DIMM that is soldered into the system board?

You’ll have to replace the entire board

What does HDD stand for?

Hard Disk Drive

What does SSD stand for?

Solid State Drive

What’s the difference between an SSD and an HDD

An HDD has a physical disk that stores data and SSD stores data in memory

What is this?

An HDD

What is this?

An SSD

What is an SSD M.2?

A smaller version of an SSD that does not need a SATA or power cable

What are the advantages of SSDs?

SSDs are silent, have a fast access time, and have less latency than HDD

What are the advantages of HDDs?

Better for large storage at a lower price but slower and less durable. Better for older computers

What does SATA stand for?

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

What is a SATA connection?

A connection that connects an SSD to the motherboard of a computer

What are the two ways you can change an HDD to an SSD

Installing an OS on the SSD and transfer the user data from the HDD to an SSD or imaging/cloning the HDD

What are the two ways to image a drive?

You can create an image file where you can only do it for one drive at a time, or image directly from one drive to another.

What does 802.11 do?

Connects to the network via LAN (Internet Access)

What does LAN stand for?

Local Area Network

What type of network is Bluetooth?

PAN

What does PAN stand for?

Personal Area Network

What are biometrics used for on a laptop?

To sign in or unlock to your laptop by using something that you are

What does NFC stand for?

Near-Field Communication

What is NFC used for?

Short distance networking for data transfers or authentication

A system administrator needs to upgrade a laptop from a hard drive to an SSD. Which of the following would provide the most efficient method of upgrading this system?

Create an image of the hard drive and restore to the SSD

A technician is upgrading the RAM on laptop computer. Which of the following would BEST describe the memory required for this upgrade?

SO-DIMM

A hospital would like to use a hands-free authentication system based on the user's proximity to the computer. Which of the following technologies would be the BEST choice for this system?

NFC

A user has logged into their laptop using a fingerprint reader on the laptop's keyboard tray. Which of the following would BEST describe this technology?

Biometrics

Which of the following would be the most efficient method of migrating from an HDD to an SSD?

Perform a drive-to-drive image

Which of the following would be MOST associated with M.2?

SSD

A manager in the shipping department needs to connect their laptop to wireless portable speakers while in the office. Which of these should be configured on their laptop?

Bluetooth