A+ 901 Test 9 Flashcards
Which of the following connector types are used with twisted-pair copper cabling?
RJ-45
RJ-11
What are the characteristic features of the RJ-11 connector?
Used with telephone cabling
Copper cabling connector
Which of the connector types listed below plugs into a port of an Ethernet NIC?
RJ-45
What are the characteristic features of the RJ-45 connector?
Used with Ethernet network cabling
Copper cabling connector
A single copper-based Thunderbolt cable provides the capability for a simultaneous transfer of:
Data from connected PCI Express (PCIe) devices
DC power
Data from connected DisplayPort devices
Which of the following answers lists the maximum allowable length for Thunderbolt copper cabling?
3 meters
What is the maximum length of a fiber-optic Thunderbolt cable?
60 meters
Thunderbolt v1 supports data transfer rates of:
20 Gbps (total bandwidth) 10 Gbps per channel
Thunderbolt v2 allows for combining two physical channels into a single logical channel which results in a maximum available throughput of up to:
20 Gbps
Thunderbolt v3 increases the bandwidth offered by its predecessors to:
40 Gbps
Connector types used with Thunderbolt devices include:
Mini DisplayPort (MDP) USB Type-C
Which of the following answers list(s) examples of wireless connectivity media?
RF
IR
NFC
Bluetooth
The 15-pin ATX PSU SATA power connector supplies electrical power at the voltage(s) of:
+3.3 V
+5 V
+12 V
Which of the auxiliary PC connectors is used for supplying dedicated power to the CPU?
4/8-pin 12v
Which of the following connectors would be used to increase the power consumption limit for a high-end graphics card?
PCIe 6/8-pin
The optional 6-pin PCIe connector increases the maximum allowable power consumption of a PCIe card by additional 75 Watts.
True
The optional 8-pin PCIe power connector increases the power consumption limit for connected device to:
150 W
ATX PSU connectors providing main power to the PC motherboard consist of:
20 pins
24 pins
PC Power Supply Units (PSUs) may accept an AC current of 110-120 volts (standard AC current in the United States and Canada) or 220-240 volts (European AC standard). A PSU might have either a manual selector switch on the back of the device for adjusting the supplied voltage (these types of PSUs are referred to as fixed-input devices), or automatically adapt to the supplied AC voltage (auto-switching PSUs).
True
Which of the acronyms listed below refers to the type of electric current supplied to most of the internal PC components?
DC
PC Power Supply Units (PSUs) capable of operating with either 110-120 or 220-240 volt power input ranges are referred to as dual rail PSUs.
True
Which of the hardware requirements listed below should be given priority while assembling a custom graphic/CAD/CAM design workstation?
High-end GPU
Multicore CPU
Maximum amount of RAM
What type of hardware components would be the most important for an A/V editing workstation?
Specialized sound card
Dual monitors
Specialized GPU
High-capacity fast HDD
For best performance, a custom workstation designed for virtualization tasks requires:
Maximum amount of RAM
Multicore CPU
Which of the following hardware requirements should be given priority while building a PC designed for computer gaming?
Multicore CPU
Specialized GPU
High-end cooling
High definition sound card
