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A 64-bit EM64T chip
What type of Central Processing Chip (CPU) would a modern high-end server use?
Active liquid cooling
What type of cooling system would be best in a high-performance overclocked computer system?
The Devices and Printers folder
You have a new printer to install on your Windows computer. Where would you go in Windows to configure user-configurable settings for the printer?
It is used as a display interface and general peripheral interface
What is the main purpose of the Thunderbolt interface?
SODIMM
You need to increase the system memory of your laptop and decide to research the types of memory available. Which would fit in your laptop?
A contactless payment reader
What would you use a Near Field Communication connection for?
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Which is the most important processor on a motherboard?
Digital projector
What type of device uses Digital Light Processing (DLP)?
Power to the connected device
What does the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) not provide between equipment?
The General Purpose (GP) register
What part of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) determines whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit?
It retrieves each instruction or data file from memory and performs an action on it.
What function does the Central Processing Unit (CPU) perform in a computer?
Obtain a device driver from the manufacturer
Your new "Plug-and-Play" printer is not installing properly, even though Windows tried to find a driver using Windows Update. What else can you do to install the device?
Ethernet
You need to move the pictures from your digital camera to your computer. Which type of connection would NOT allow you to do this?
A wireless router
What type of device would use Radio Frequency (RF)?
A budget laptop designed for a low price tag
Which type of laptop would NOT use a 64-bit Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
It cannot use more than 4 GB of system memory
Which of the following is a limitation of a 32-bit processor in a workstation?
Thunderbolt
You have a new Apple workstation and you are looking for a port on the machine where you can plug in either a monitor or a peripheral. What type of port would you use?
USB Type C
You just bought a new smartphone that did not come with the necessary USB charging cable. In the instructions booklet, a picture of the charging cable depicts the device end of the cable as being flat on both sides and reversible. What type of cable do you need?
Use the "Extend these displays" setting
You have multiple monitors connected to your computer. How would you configure the screens to give you more "real estate" available for viewing?
USB 2.0
Which USB standard has a rate of 480 Mbps?
The SSD uses flash memory and the HDD uses platters
What is the main difference between a Solid State Drive (SSD) and a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?
On the motherboard
Where would you find the Front Side Bus (FSB) in a computer?
USB Type A
What type of USB connector would you plug into a host?
HDMI Type C
Which HDMI connector is also known as the Mini HDMI?
EIDE
Which of these is a hard drive interface standard?
Mouse
Which device is categorized as a Human Interface Device (HID)?
Monitor
Which peripheral device fills cells with color and uses transistors to vary intensity?
The Internet Protocol (IP) address
Your new device has a web-based configuration. What do you need to access the configuration page?
Opteron
Which brand of Central Processing Unit (CPU) would be found in a 32-bit server?
Both ends of a Firewire cable are the same
Which statement about Firewire or USB is true?
The motherboard
What is used to connect chipsets and sockets using buses?
It stores programs and data when the computer is running
What is the purpose of Random Access Memory (RAM)?
DVD-10 (Digital Video Disc)
You need to back up just over 9 GB of data from your hard drive to an optical disc so you can store it offsite. You want to use just one disc to keep costs down, and you want to leave as little unused space on the disc as possible. What type of optical media should you use?
Hard disk drive
Where would you place data for long-term storage?
VGA
Which connector is a legacy analog video interface?
The GPU is a dedicated processor for display functions
How is a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) different from a Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
Core Duo
Which brand of Central Processing Unit (CPU) would be found in a laptop?
Apple
Who created Mini DisplayPort?
A resolution of 640x480 with 4-bit color
What is the standard resolution of the Video Graphics Array (VGA)?
Lime
You added a speaker add-in card to your desktop computer and want to connect the card to an amplifier. Which color collar would the port you need have?
As an industrial application
For which reason would you use a Bluetooth Class 1 device with a range of 100m?
An Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) Central Processing Unit (CPU)
What type of central processor would you find in a mobile phone?
After the computer completes initial checking for hardware errors
After a computer starts up, when does the firmware or BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) run?
Display
After connecting a new monitor to your computer, you get a message saying the monitor is not set at the optimal resolution. Which Windows applet would you use to change the resolution?
Type the device's IP address into your web browser
You added a Small Office Home Office (SOHO) access point to your home network. How would you access the management page for the device?
RJ-45
What type of connector would you use to connect a wired router to an Ethernet network?
Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
Who created DisplayPort?
The Central Processing Unit (CPU)
A register is found within what part of the computer?
Bluetooth
What type of connection would you use to connect short-range wireless devices such as a keyboard or a mouse to a computer?
PS/2
Your keyboard no longer works and is not fixable. You look in the closet and find an old dusty keyboard with a cable that ends in a 6-pin purple-colored connector. What type of connector have you found?
A standard telephone
Into which device would you plug an RJ-11 connector?
A Solid State Drive (SSD)
Which of these is NOT part of a motherboard?
System memory data
Which is NOT carried by the expansion bus?
A wireless adapter
You have recently upgraded from a USB mouse to a wireless mouse. Once you remove the old mouse, what do you need to install to connect the wireless mouse to the computer?
Go to the Device Manager folder, right-click the device, and select "Uninstall Device."
You are removing an old device from your computer and want to ensure all of the old drivers are gone. Where in Windows would you go to delete the drivers?
A wireless network (Wi-Fi) card
What type of Network Interface Card (NIC) uses the 802.11b protocol?
An Atom brand Central Processing Unit (CPU)
What type of central processor would you find in a tablet?
OCR
You are using a scanner to scan a Word document into your computer. What type of software would you use to convert the image into a computer-editable text document?
Onboard cards and add-on cards operate in the same way
How are onboard and add-on Network Interface Cards (NIC) different?
Thunderbolt
You have a new external hard drive. Which of these ports could be used to connect to the device?
A form of flat-panel display equipment
What type of device would you connect using a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) port?
NTFS has larger partitions and supports extended attributes, allowing for file-level security permissions, compression, and encryption
What is an advantage that the New Technology File System (NTFS) has over the File Allocation Table (FAT)?
The Command Line Interface
Which of the following is NOT an example of a management Graphical User Interface (GUI) or interface snap-in or applet tool?
Use the Task Manager utility to end the task
If you can't end a task by closing it or ending it normally, what is the best way to "kill" the process?
Permissions
What is the set of rules that determines what actions you are allowed to perform on a computer and what resources you can access?
They often use one role to run network services and a different role to support specific functions for more users
Why are server operating systems likely to include software packages (or roles)?
Create ordinary user accounts for day-to-day access to the computer.
How can you implement access control/protection on your computer?
Control Panel
In the Windows operating system, where do you navigate to when you want to install new operating system features?
.exe
What type of file extension should be opened with caution, as it initiates instructions for the computer to carry out?
A mobile device operating system like Apple iOS
Which of the following is NOT an example of a workstation operating system?
Disk Management
You need to partition a disk into two separate drives. Where would you go to do this?
Services may be installed by Windows and by other applications, such as anti-virus, database, or backup software.
How do you install services on your computer?
Journaling will flush the cache at certain points in the journal.
Which option does NOT describe benefit of journaling in Linux?
Tasks are usually the actions that the user or CPU directs in the foreground. Processes and services run in the background.
How do you distinguish between tasks and processes/services?
FAT32 provides the best compatibility between different types of computers and devices
What advantage does the File Allocation Table 32 (FAT32) have over the New Technology File System (NTFS)?
Installing an Operating System (OS)
Using a bare metal backup allows you to skip which step of restoration?
chkdsk.exe
What system command would you enter to verify the logical integrity of a file system on a Windows machine?
An access control list (ACL)
What does a file management system use to control permissions for who is allowed to read, write, or control an object?
There was already a folder called New Folder in the directory at the time it was created
While browsing through a set of directories, you see a folder called New Folder (2). What can you tell about this folder?
The operating system will do the best job it can with the resources available
What manages memory on a computer?
Flash
Which format does NOT use a laser to read the data?
Providing an interface between user and machin
What is the basic function of an operating system?
OneDrive
What is the name of the cloud storage agent built into the latest versions of Windows?
OS X
What type of operating system is a .dmg file intended for?
System Restore
What Windows utility monitors the system for changes to core system files and drivers, as well as the registry?
Apple Mac workstations and laptops
What computer systems use the extended Hierarchical File System (HFS)?
FTP
Which protocol is designed to upload and download files between clients and servers?
Providing productivity applications such as word processing and spreadsheets
Which option is NOT among the basic functions of an operating system?
Device Manager
Where do you manage drivers on a computer?
The file may cause issues, since it is a format that was created in Word 2007 or later.
What happens when a user running Word 2003 tries to open a .docx file?
File systems are limited in terms of their maximum capacity and the size of individual files
What limitations should you consider when comparing different file systems?
Linux boxes
What computer systems use the 4th extended file system (Ext4)?
It is a compressed collection of one or more files
What is a file with a .zip extension?
The driver for that device is either missing or the wrong version
In the Device Manager window, you notice a yellow exclamation mark next to a specific device. What is most likely the problem?
GUIs make it easier for non-technical staff and home users to run and operate computers
What is the advantage of using a Graphic User Interface (GUI) over the Command Line Interface (CLI)?
A Type 1 hypervisor runs as a software application "within" a host's operating system
Which of these is NOT considered an aspect of a Type 1 hypervisor?
Compression
What type of software allows you to reduce the size of files for the sake of transferring them from one location to another?
\\GTSLEARNING\DocShare
Which of the following is a correct Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format for a shared folder?
SSD
What type of storage device is a hybrid device?
Inspect the properties of the executable file.
After installing an application, you experience difficulty getting it to run. What should you do?