A+ Quiz

You just upgraded your AGP 2x card with an AGP 8x card. When you turn on the PC, you get nothing but a blank screen. What could the problem be ?

Which of the following UTP cables can be used as a 1000BaseT cable?

Which topology was often seen on early local area networks, has a very simple structure, but is prone to errors that can affect large parts of the topology at one time?

Which of the following devices is probably the safest and easiest to hot-swap on a PC ?

Of the following cables, which one has the ability to carry audio and video ?

A RAID controller is required in order to do which of the Following ?

After moving your PC to a different office, your internal modem can no longer detect a dial tone. What should you check? Select two

Jose is upgrading the memory on his laptop. The laptop has two slots for RAM, but one of the is currently being occupied. He has checked the qualified vendor list to ensure compatibility. After installing the new stick of RAM, the BIOS reports the original amount of memory. What should Jose do NEXT ?

What does ECC DRAM provide that non-ECC DRAM does not ?

The best way to clean an LCD monitor screeen is with a lint free cloth and ?

You are planning to build a home theater PC. You want to ensure that it blends in aesthetically within the room.

Which of the following form factors would be appropriate?

You are about to install a MicroATX motherboard in an ATX Computer case. What should you do First ?

You need to connect a computer to a switch that is in another building. A tunnel connects the two buildings, and you can run the cable through this tunnel, but you cannot use any repeaters in the tunnel. You're evaluating different cable types to meet your needs.

Which of the following cable types allows the maximum distance without a repeater?

Looking at the list of devices, which will give you the option of configuring master, slave and cable select ? (Choose three)

You are helping a business owner configure a network. The owner wants to connect five computers in the network, and all computers should be able to access the Internet through the network. In addition, the computers should have a layer of protection against potential attacks from the Internet.

Which of the following devices are needed? (Each correct answer presents part of a complete solution. Choose three.)

Which type of condition promote ESD ?

You need to connect a computer to a 100 Mbps switch. The switch is about 75 meters away. You have several cables in your supply cabinet. You want to choose a cable that doesn't exceed the distance requirements and will support the capabilities of the switch.

Which of the following cables should you use? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose three.)

You are setting up a RAID 5 drive array on your desktop PC. You have two 500-GB SATA HDD's. One of the drives is 7200 RPM and the other is 5400 RPM. Your RAID setup is unable to configure the RAID 5 Array. What is the problem

Aaron has a system with a single PCIe x16 slot along with three other PCIe slots. He inserts a PCIe graphics card and a PCI graphics card and connects a monitor to each of these cards. When he boots up his computer, which monitor will display the boot process?

You are connecting a computer to a switch, using CAT 5e cable. The computer is in a remote office, and the switch is located at the other end of the building. You want to make sure that you don't have excessive data loss due to the length of the cable.

What is the maximum length of this cable?

You are preparing to create some twisted-pair cables for a network. You want to ensure that you follow color-coding standards.

Which of the following choices are valid standards used with twisted pair cables? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

Which of the following goes into an AGP Slot ?

Scott's CRT Monitor is flickering. of the following choices, which is most likely cause this problem ?

What network topology is the primary type used in most large and small networks, and connects everything on the network directly to a central device?

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A user lives in a rural area and plans to use a dial-up Internet connection. He has a modem installed in his computer and a phone line.

Which of the following connection types is required to connect the modem to a phone line?

A new motherboard arrived, and you are asked to install it in a desktop computer. Unfortunately, the original motherboard has been removed, and there is no documentation indicating where the wires go.

Which of the following wires are most likely to go to the front panel connector? (Each correct answer presents part of a complete solution. Choose three.)

You frequently work on projects that require you to have multiple windows open at a time on your LCD monitor. You find that you're frequently repositioning or resizing the windows as you're working. You'd like to be able to keep all the windows open and viewable.

Which of the following choices is the best solution?

You are helping a user configure a SOHO network. You need to purchase a device that will connect the computers in the network but not connect different networks.

Which of the following choices could you use? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

A PC that constantly Loses time is probably losing its ?

You are planning to configure four computers that will be used in a scientific experiment. The scientists need the computer connections to have a high degree of redundancy and want each of the computers to be connected to all the other computers.

Which of the following topologies should you use?

Which of the following is the oldest types of keyboard connector?

Steve's PC has a Core i7 3.5-GHz processor and four DDR3 SDRAM slots on the motherboard with one 2-GB stick of RAM installed. He adds a second 2-GB stick to his PC, which should bring the total RAM in the system up to $GB. When he turns on the PC, however, only 2GB of RAM shows up during the RAM count. Which of the following is most likely the problem ?

What kind of network connection can you make with a crossover cable ? (Select two)

Which of the following describes WLAN best ?

What is the best refresh rate to use ?

You are working with a network that includes switches and routers. A technician asks you what the difference is between switches and routers. You want to provide him with accurate definitions.

Which of the following statements are correct? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

What kind of networking device repeats inbound traffic to every other port on the device?