CIT 111 Practice Exam for NOCTI

A customer comes into a computer parts and service store. The customer is looking for a device to help a person with accessibility issues input instructions into a laptop by using a pen. What device should the store owner recommend to accomplish the required task?

stylus

What are two cables that are used to connect a computer to a printer?

serial and FireWire

normal, banner, booklet, or poster

print layout

A librarian is complaining about the following printer issue: The printer control panel displays no image. What are two possible causes of this issue?

The contrast of the screen may be set too low AND printer is not turned on.

Which hardware upgrade would allow the processor in a gaming PC to provide the optimal gaming performance?

large amounts of fast RAM

Which type of motherboard expansion slot sends data one bit at a time over a serial bus?

PCIe

A technician has assembled a new computer and must now configure the BIOS. At which point must be a key be pressed to start the BIOS setup program?

during the POST

A client packet is received by a server. The packet has a destination port number of 25. What service application is the client requesting?

SMTP

What should a technician do before working on a computer?

reove any watch and jewelry

A user notices that the data transfer rate for the gigabit NIC in the user computer is much slower than expected. What is a possible cause for the problem?

switch connection speed was set to 10/100 Mb/s

What is a characteristic of thin clients?

they require a network connection to access storage and processor resources

What are two methods to connect to a printer wirelessly?

IEEE 802.11 standards AND Bluetooth

A client packet is received by a server. The packet has a destination port number of 23. What service application is the client requesting?

Telnet

A customer comes into a computer parts and service store. The customer is looking for a device to scan some old family photos into a laptop. What device should the store owner recommend to accomplish the required task?

flatbed scanner

A network administrator is setting up a web server for a small advertising office and is concerned with data availability. The administrator wishes to implement disk fault tolerance using the minimum number of disks required. Which RAID level should the administrator choose?

RAID 1

Which filtering method uses the physical address to specify exactly which device is allowed or blocked from sending data on a network?

MAC address filtering

How many bits are used to represent the host address of a computer with the IP address of 192.168.1.25 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0?

8

A customer comes into a computer parts and service store. The customer is looking for a device to allow secure access to the main doors of the company by swiping an ID card. What device should the store owner recommend to accomplish the required task?

magstripe reader

Which type of input device can identify users based on their voice?

biometric identification device

Which two PC components communicate with the CPU through the Southbridge chipset?

64-bit gigabit Ethernet adapter and hard drive

A customer comes into a computer parts and service store. The customer is looking for a device to display a promotional presentation to a large audience at a conference. What device should the store owner recommend to accomplish the required task?

projector

Which type of server would be used to keep a historical record of messages from monitored network devices?

syslog

A technician is configuring the channel on a wireless router to either 1, 6, or 11. What is the purpose of adjusting the channel?

to avoid interference from nearby wireless devices

A data analyst has asked a technician to help protect locally stored data by installing a RAID. What is the minimum number of drives the technician has to install if configuring a RAID level 1?

2

Which type of motherboard expansion slot has four types ranging from x1 to x16 with each type having a different length of expansion slot?

PCIe