Mobile Devices Flashcards
Your client wants you to upgrade the RAM, wireless cards, and storage in a collection of laptops from different vendors. Which of the following do you need to perform the work successfully? (Choose all that apply.)
Service manual for each model
Specialized tools
Specifications
All of the above
All of the above
A service manual provides detailed teardown and reassembly instructions; specialized tools help you open cases without breaking parts; and specifications inform you of standard features and supported upgrades
You are specifying the components you want in a killer gaming laptop. Which of the following standards provides the best opportunity for high-performance mass storage?
SATA
USB
M.2
M.2
M.2 drives using NVMe are the fastest mass storage devices
Which of the following laptop components typically requires the least disassembly to swap or upgrade?
Hard drive
RAM
CPU
RAM
Most laptops with upgradeable RAM have the modules under an easy-to-remove panel on the bottom of the case
our client wants to switch from SATA hard disk to SATA SSD storage in their fleet of laptops. Which of the following advice is most likely to be correct?
Buy M.2 drives because all laptops have M.2 slots.
SSDs are no faster than hard disk drives, so don’t bother switching.
Replacing hard disk drives with SSDs can provide better performance.
Replacing hard disk drives with SSDs can provide better performance.
SSDs in the SATA form factor provide faster performance than SATA hard disk drives
Your client has stripped components from retired laptops to use for replacements in more recent laptops. Which of the following is most likely to be compatible with a newer laptop?
Hard drive
RAM
Wireless card
Hard drive
As long as a SATA 2.5-inch hard drive will physically fit into a laptop, it can be used as a replacement (a few hard drives are too thick for some laptops, but that is rare)
Your client has a cracked laptop screen, but the laptop still works. Which of the following might be the most cost-effective solution?
Replace the display panel
Replace the display assembly
Replace the laptop
Replace the display panel
Replace the display panel. The other components in the display assembly are working, so replacing only the panel is likely to be cheaper and probably faster than swapping the entire display assembly
Your client decided to have a laptop display assembly swapped. Now, the wireless doesn’t work. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
Webcam plugged into wireless card
Wi-Fi card not reconnected to wireless antennas
Wi-Fi wires broken during swap
Wi-Fi card not reconnected to wireless antennas
The Wi-Fi card is in the laptop base, so the wireless antenna wires must be disconnected to swap a display assembly. It’s easy to forget to reattach them
A user reports that the laptop isn’t displaying anything. However, when you plug in an external display, the laptop can be used. Which of the following would you check first?
Digitizer
Microphone
Inverter
Inverter
Check the inverter (on laptops so equipped). When it fails, the built-in display becomes extremely dim
The wireless antennas in a laptop display assembly are usually located where?
Lower left and right corners of the display
Top center of the display
Top left and right corners of the display
Top left and right corners of the display
The antennas usually are located in the upper left and right corners of the display assembly
Your client uses a laptop for live chats with her salesforce, but her webcam has failed. The weekly chat is in two hours. What should you do?
Arrange for an express swap of her display assembly
Connect a USB webcam
Reimage a spare laptop
Connect a USB webcam
A USB webcam will work fine, may have better image quality than the built-in webcam, and can be installed and configured in plenty of time for the meeting
You are providing phone support for a user who wants to switch from her laptop’s built-in display to an external display. Which of the following should you do first?
Ask the user to describe the symbols on the special function keys to determine the correct key(s) to use
Tell the user to use the same key combination that you use on your laptop
Tell the user to check the laptop’s instruction manual
Ask the user to describe the symbols on the special function keys to determine the correct key(s) to use
Looking at the keyboard markings is the first (and usually best) way to figure out the keys to use. The instruction manual is also helpful, but is often not available. You might need to prompt the user to describe some symbols to you
Your client is concerned about unauthorized Bluetooth connections to his laptop, but he can’t find a function key to control Bluetooth. Which of the following is the best advice to give?
Keep looking for the Bluetooth key
Use Airplane mode to turn off Bluetooth
Use the operating system to manage Bluetooth
Use the operating system to manage Bluetooth
Bluetooth, whether built-in or provided with a USB adapter, can be managed via the operating system
Your client wants to buy laptops that can be expanded with additional ports not found in the base unit. The types of laptops your client is considering are designed to use which of the following?
Port replicator
USB hub
Docking station
Docking station
A docking station provides features not found in the base unit. For example, the Microsoft Surface Dock for Surface Pro includes a Gigabit Ethernet port (the Surface Pro itself doesn’t have one)
While teaching a Microsoft Excel class, you instruct your students to press the F2 key to edit a formula. Some of your students must press and hold an additional key on their laptops to edit a formula. Which of the following keys would they need to press?
ALT
FN
CTRL
FN
Some laptops use the special function keys as the primary function for function keys. On those computers, the user must hold down the FN key along with F2 to edit an Excel formula
Your client is a traveling salesperson on a business call and has forgotten the keyboard for her hybrid laptop at home. Which of the following is not a likely workaround?
Onscreen keyboard
Bluetooth keyboard
PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 keyboard
A PS/2 keyboard port is found on a few old laptops and some desktops, but not on hybrid laptop/tablet computers