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Connectors Computer Assembly Computer Basics Boot Sequence Potpourri 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Connectors 100 A technician is installing a new power supply in a computer. Which type of power connector should be used to connect to PATA hard drive? Berg Mini-Molex Molex 20-pin ATX connector What is Molex

Connectors 200 A technician is installing a new power supply in a computer. Which type of power connector should be used to connect to a floppy drive? Berg Molex 20-pin ATX connector SATA connector What is Berg

Connectors 300 When installing SATA devices, how many pins are in a SATA data cable connector? 7 34 40 80 184 What is 7

Connectors 400 Which additional 4-pin or 6-pin power connector is required by some motherboards? AUX Berg Parallel SCSI What is AUX

Connectors 500 How many pins are in a SATA power connector? 34 –pin What is 15-pin

Computer Assembly 100 When building a computer, which two components are normally installed in 3.5-inch drive bays? (Choose two) Hard drive Optical drive Floppy drive Flash drive Video card What is hard drive and floppy drive

Computer Assembly 200 A technician is installing a new CPU in a ZIF socket on a motherboard. What is the primary way of securing the CPU in the place? Thermal compound Thermal pad Locking lever screws What is locking lever

Computer Assembly 300 A technician is assembling a new computer. Which two components are often easier to install before mounting the motherboard in the case? Choose two) CPU Memory NIC Sound Card What is CPU and Memory

Computer Assembly 400 A technician has been asked to install a floppy drive that will have the drive letter B. How can this task be accomplished by the technician? Assign the drive letter in BIOS Can be configured using jumper settings on the drive Should be connected using the second floppy drive controller Can be connected to the middle connector of a three connector floppy drive cable. What is option 4

Computer Assembly 500 Which drive is installed in 5.2-inch drive bays and can be accessed without opening the case? Hard drive DVD drive Floppy drive SCSI drive What is DVD drive

Computer Basics 100 A technician is troubleshooting a malfunctioning floppy drive and observes that the floppy drive light remains lit constantly. How should the technician attempt to repair the problem? Remove the floppy drive using Add/Remove hardware Replace the floppy drive Connect the data cable making sure the colored stripe is aligned with pin 1 on the drive and the motherboard Change the jumper setting to master for the floppy drive What is option 3

Computer Basics 200 A field technician is installing a wireless 802.11g NIC in a computer, but is unsure about the expansion slots available. Which two types of wireless NICs should the technician have available? (Choose two) PCIe AGP SCSI PCI SATA What is PCIe and PCI

Computer Basics 300 Why do some technicians put thermal compound on the CPU before installing it? To help keep the CPU in place To keep someone from stealing it To help keep the CPU cool To increase the speed of data transfer What is to help keep the CPU cool

Computer Basics 400 A video adapter card is the interface between what? Computer and display monitor Computer and the printer Motherboard and the display monitor Computer and the graphics software What is Computer and Display Monitor

Computer Basics 500 What is the functionality of a wireless NIC? To provide the enough bandwidth to transfer data over the internet Enables a computer to connect to a wireless network It is the interface between the computer and motherboard It provides the means to increase your processor speed What is option 2

Boot Sequence 100 What system runs a test of the internal components? Motherboard CMOS BIOS POST What is BIOS

Boot Sequence 200 What is the system test of internal components called? POST CMOS Boot Sequence Hardware configuration What is POST

Boot Sequence 300 What happens when POST finds a problem? It shuts down the computer It initiates the proper beep code It sends the error code message to the motherboard manufacturer Uses backup files to automatically repair the problem What is it initiates the proper beep code

Boot Sequence 400 If you wanted to change some of the computer system settings, where would you do it? You can’t, you have to call the motherboard manufacturer In the control panel under “system settings” In the BIOS setup program In the POST setup program What is in the BIOS setup program

Boot Sequence 500 The configuration settings data for the hardware components on your computer are saved here. CMOS BIOS DIMM RIMM What is CMOS

Potpourri 100 Adapter cards must be compatible with what? The operating system The display monitor CPU Expansions slot on the motherboard What is the expansion slots on the motherboard

Potpourri 200 Adding more RAM to your computer will have little effect on the performance of your computer. True False What is False

Potpourri 300 Why would you want to update your video adapter card? To improve the longevity of your display monitor There is no reason to update your graphics card. It will provide little benefit. To provide better graphics capabilities for games and graphics programs. To increase the speed of your computer by using less resources. What is option 3

Potpourri 400 Which port is typically used for external wireless NICs? Parallel PS/2 SCSI USB What is USB

Potpourri 500 Which solution should be used to clean a CPU and heat sink? Soap and water Rubbing alcohol A diluted ammonia solution Isopropyl alcohol What is isopropyl alcohol

Double Jeopardy What cable connects the optical drive to the motherboard? Berg Molex PATA SATA A: What is PATA?

Double Jeopardy Subject: Connectors