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What situation would most likely justify an investment in a Cat 6a cable instead of a Cat 6 cable?

The area has a lot of electromagnetic interference (EMI)

What cable should a technician use for running a network above a dropped ceiling being used for ventilation where the cable must be twisted pair and capable of Gigabit Ethernet speeds

Plenum-rated Cat 6a

What are characteristics of a coaxial network cable?

1. It has a conductor made from copper in the center
2. It has two concentric metallic conductors

What cabling types would a technician use when connecting the cable modem to the wall outlet?

RG-6

When connecting the satellite television signal to a HD 4K flat screen TV using a coaxial cable. what is the best type of coaxial cable to use?

RG-G

After purchasing a digital HD antenna to connect to your TV, what is the type of coaxial cable connector needed to make the connection?

F-type

What type of cable configuration is being used and what is the purpose for which it could be used for?

Crossover cable configuration to connect computers directly to one another for networking

What type of cable configuration is being used and what is the purpose for which it could be used for?

Patch (or straight-through) cable configuration used to connect computers to network devices, such as switches and hubs

What cable connector type is a cable using that requires a technician to press a cable connector locking tab to remove a faulty fiber optic network cable, and has two connector ends

LC

What are advantages to using fiber optic cabling for a network?

1. Immunity to EMI
2. Greater cable distances without a repeater

What fiber optic cable type allows for data transfers through the core using more than one light ray?

Multi-mode

What fiber optic cable type has a core diameter of around 10 microns?

Single-mode

What fiber optic cable type allows for cable lengths that can extend a great distance?

Single-mode

What fiber optic cable type allows for cable lengths that are limited in distance

Multi-mode

From A-D, label the correct component name for the fiber optic cable

A. Plastic Sheath

B. Protective Layer

C. Cladding

D. Central core

What is the cable type?

SC connector

What is the cable type?

ST connector

What is the cable type?

LC connector

What is the cable type?

MT-RJ

What is the wiring standard required on each end of a twisted-pair crossover cable that is connecting two network switches?

One end must be T568A, and the other must be T568B

What is the most likely reason for a external hard drive that requires a minimum transfer speed of 5 Gbps and needs 600 mA/15 volts of USB power to function to not work? The drive works on her co workers computer and additional cables are not required.

The external hard drive was connected to a USB 2.0 port, which doesn’t have the required data transfer speed

What is the port in the picture?

Parallel port

What port should you instruct a customer to look for on the back of their PC in order to connect it to a monitor that uses a digital interface?

DVI port

How would you describe a VGA port to someone who has no computer knowledge?

It’s D-shaped with 15 pins

What video card connectors can provide digital video output?

HDMI and DVI-D

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. HDMI
2. HDTV

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. Audio Jack
2. Headphones

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. DC
2. Video Camera

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. Serial adaptor
2. Analog monitor

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. DVI
2. Digital monitor (without audio)

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. RCA Cat6
2. Network adapter

What is the connector, and what is it likely used for?

1. USB 2.0
2. External storage device

What device is most likely to use a TRS connector on a computer?

Speaker

What is a common type of internal hard drive connector used to power internal computer components

Molex

What internal hard drive connector type is usually found only in high-end servers, mainframe computers, and RAID storage devices

SCSI

What internal hard drive connector type is frequently used in modern computers to connect hard drives to the motherboard

SATA

What internal hard drive connector type is an older technology where the cable connects to the motherboard and two devices

IDE

What internal hard drive connector type is a point-to-point interface typically found in enterprise-level storage systems, like RAID and tape drives

SAS

What two external hard drive cable connectors are hot-pluggable?

1. iSCSI
2. SAS

What is the cable type?

eSATA

What is the cable type?

SAS

What is the cable type?

iSCSI

What is the cable type?

SCSI

What SATA device would be best for a storage device that has the ability to integrate data and device power into a single cable, and uses a connector/port that isn’t L-shaped or rectangular?

eSATAp

What connector is shown?

eSATA

What is the port type?

HDMI

What is the port type?

Thunderbolt

What is the port type?

IEEE 1394

What is the port type?

USB

What is the port type?

VGA

What is the port type?

DVI

What is the port type?

RJ45

What is the port type?

RJ11

What is the port type?

Fiber S/PDIF

What is the port type?

Audio Jack

What type of 3.0 USB connector is shown?

MicroUSB

What devices are most likely to use a microUSB connector

1. Smartphones
2. Tablets

What USB connector type is shown?

microUSB

What USB connector type is shown?

miniUSB

What USB connector type is shown?

USB 3.0 Micro-B

What USB connector type is shown?

USB 2.0 Type A

What connector type is shown?

Molex 8981

What aspects of virtual memory can be configured on a windows workstation?

1. Paging file’s maximum size
2. The paging file’s location

What can you do in order to improve the performance of virtual memory in Windows?

Configure the paging file to be divided between two drives

Where should you place a paging file on a laptop that crashes and where you want the computer to create a memory dump when it does so.

On a system volume

What is the recommended size of a paging file under normal circumstances on a Windows 11 system with 16 GB of RAM installed

Equal to the amount of physical RAM

What is SO-DIMM memory most likely purchased for

A laptop computer

What is an upgrade to the SO-DIMM standard?

UniDIMM

What advantages does DDR3 have over DDR2, assuming the same operating frequency?

1. DDR3 doubles the data transfer rate of DDR2
2. DDR3 uses less power than DDR2

What memory rating identifies the fastest memory?

DDR3-2000

What type of RAM is pictured?

UniDIMM

What type of RAM is pictured?

144-pin SO-DIMM

What type of RAM is pictured?

200-pin SO-DIMM

What type of RAM is pictured?

DDR2 DIMM

What type of RAM is pictured?

DDR4 DIMM

What type of RAM is pictured?

DDR3 DIMM

What type of RAM is pictured?

DDR DIMM

What type of RAM would be best for a sales rep’s laptop.

Non-ECC memory (less expensive and parity isn’t required)

how do you quickly determine if a memory card is ECC-enabled?

Determine if the number of memory chips is divisible by 3 or 5

What should you do in order to make sure that the HDD is recognized as the boot drive automatically?

Connect the HDD to the lowest numbered SATA connector on the motherboard