A+ 901 Test 9

Question 1

Which of the following connector types are used with twisted-pair copper cabling?

Answer 1

RJ-45

RJ-11

Question 2

What are the characteristic features of the RJ-11 connector?

Answer 2

Used with telephone cabling

Copper cabling connector

Question 3

Which of the connector types listed below plugs into a port of an Ethernet NIC?

Answer 3

RJ-45

Question 4

What are the characteristic features of the RJ-45 connector?

Answer 4

Used with Ethernet network cabling

Copper cabling connector

Question 5

A single copper-based Thunderbolt cable provides the capability for a simultaneous transfer of:

Answer 5

Data from connected PCI Express (PCIe) devices
DC power
Data from connected DisplayPort devices

Question 6

Which of the following answers lists the maximum allowable length for Thunderbolt copper cabling?

Answer 6

3 meters

Question 7

What is the maximum length of a fiber-optic Thunderbolt cable?

Answer 7

60 meters

Question 8

Thunderbolt v1 supports data transfer rates of:

Answer 8

20 Gbps (total bandwidth)
10 Gbps per channel

Question 9

Thunderbolt v2 allows for combining two physical channels into a single logical channel which results in a maximum available throughput of up to:

Answer 9

20 Gbps

Question 10

Thunderbolt v3 increases the bandwidth offered by its predecessors to:

Answer 10

40 Gbps

Question 11

Connector types used with Thunderbolt devices include:

Answer 11

Mini DisplayPort (MDP)
USB Type-C

Question 12

Which of the following answers list(s) examples of wireless connectivity media?

Answer 12

RF
IR
NFC
Bluetooth

Question 13

The 15-pin ATX PSU SATA power connector supplies electrical power at the voltage(s) of:

Answer 13

+3.3 V
+5 V
+12 V

Question 14

Which of the auxiliary PC connectors is used for supplying dedicated power to the CPU?

Answer 14

4/8-pin 12v

Question 15

Which of the following connectors would be used to increase the power consumption limit for a high-end graphics card?

Answer 15

PCIe 6/8-pin

Question 16

The optional 6-pin PCIe connector increases the maximum allowable power consumption of a PCIe card by additional 75 Watts.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The optional 8-pin PCIe power connector increases the power consumption limit for connected device to:

Answer 17

150 W

Question 18

ATX PSU connectors providing main power to the PC motherboard consist of:

Answer 18

20 pins

24 pins

Question 19

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).

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which of the acronyms listed below refers to the type of electric current supplied to most of the internal PC components?

Answer 20

DC

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Which of the hardware requirements listed below should be given priority while assembling a custom graphic/CAD/CAM design workstation?

Answer 22

High-end GPU
Multicore CPU
Maximum amount of RAM

Question 23

What type of hardware components would be the most important for an A/V editing workstation?

Answer 23

Specialized sound card
Dual monitors
Specialized GPU
High-capacity fast HDD

Question 24

For best performance, a custom workstation designed for virtualization tasks requires:

Answer 24

Maximum amount of RAM

Multicore CPU

Question 25

Which of the following hardware requirements should be given priority while building a PC designed for computer gaming?

Answer 25

Multicore CPU
Specialized GPU
High-end cooling
High definition sound card