Retest #2

Question 1

Cloud service providers (CSPs) help organizations save time and money by hosting virtual resources on their hardware. What do CSPs use to ensure efficiency while providing services to customers?

Answer 1

Shared Resources

Question 2

A company asked a network engineer to provide a solution that will allow a hosted application to be highly available if one or more servers are offline. They have plenty of resources to provide a cluster of servers that can run the application. Still, the company is looking for direction on making the application seamlessly available to customers. What solution would the engineer implement for this request?

Answer 2

Load balancers

Question 3

A user replaces an older laptop that has a thin film transistor (TFT) display that uses crystals that rotate. Which TFT technology does the display use?

Answer 3

IPS In plane Switching

Question 4

A security administrator checks computer components that rely on the unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) feature that helps prevent malicious software applications from being hijacked. What is this component?

Answer 4

Secure boot

Question 5

A company is building a new office space and data center. They would like network segmentation to ensure that only certain servers and workstations can access sensitive data. What type of devices will be the foundation of that type of network?

Answer 5

Managed switches

Question 6

A technician installs a type of computer memory into a laptop built using integrated circuits. What is this called?

Answer 6

SODIMM

Question 7

What is a possible source of data corruption?

Answer 7

Sectors or blocks fail

Question 8

A computer has multiple hard drives installed, but the second hard drive does not show up in Windows Explorer. What is a possible problem?

Answer 8

Cable or connector fault

Question 9

The TIA/EIA-568-C Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standards have specific recommendations for health care facilities with Power over Ethernet (PoE) 802.3bt installations, and for running distribution system cable to wireless access points. Which Cat does this refer to?

Answer 9

Cat 6A

Question 10

Each Ethernet network interface card (NIC) port has a unique hardware/physical identifier used for network routing and switching. What is this unique hardware or physical identifier?

Answer 10

Media Access Control Address

Question 11

A user calls to report that they cannot connect to the internet and various other internal resources from their laptop. After a technician asks them what IP address their Windows laptop has, they report it has an address of 169.254.0.115. What problem is the user’s laptop having?

Answer 11

The laptop cannot get an address from the DHCP server

Question 12

What features of the cloud allow multiple users to simultaneously access content and work collaboratively while tracking edits by each user?

Answer 12

File Synchronization

Question 13

A user, who is new to computers, inspects a laptop to become acquainted with all the physical features. The user finds a small hole in the top bezel of the display. What feature is this?

Answer 13

Microphone

Question 14

A company building is under construction and a technician is getting ready to install communication wires. What can a technician use to make the installation simpler?

Answer 14

Plenum

Question 15

A company meets with an IT consultant about building a small data center within their facility. The company would house all its servers in this data center, and each server would have local disks set up for all the servers and PCs to share over the network. The consultant would question this method and suggest installing which storage solution into the data center?

Answer 15

Storage Area Network

Question 16

A technician needs to add a more secure and reliable additional memory space that assigns memory locations to process in 4 kilobytes chunks called pages. What can the technician use?

Answer 16

Virtual RAM

Question 17

Which application protocol underpins file and printer sharing on Windows networks and usually runs directly over the TCP/445 port?

Answer 17

Server Message Block

Question 18

How can a technician diagnose capacitor swelling?

Answer 18

Physical Inspection

Question 19

A network administrator is looking at a user’s box which seems to have intermittent connectivity issues. Which of the following should they do first?

Answer 19

Check the physical cords

Question 20

An artist looks to achieve greater precision when creating digital drawings. Which input device will help achieve this goal?

Answer 20

Touch pen

Question 21

A technician works on a faulty unit and needs to remove and replace a power supply unit (PSU) without opening the case and without the server losing power. What is this configuration?

Answer 21

Redundant Power Supply

Question 22

What are the manufacturers’ specific recommendations for cleaning and maintaining laser printers? (Select all that apply.)

Answer 22

Whip with soft cloth and use toner safe vacuum

Question 23

The IP address range 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 is not routable on the internet. Which class of private addresses is this considered?

Answer 23

Class B

Question 24

IT systems administrators for a company have been busy configuring a fleet of new smartphones for users. Instructions that the administrators follow to configure the devices include using a host address and entering a domain as an optional parameter. Which corporate email service does the company use?

Answer 24

Microsoft Exchange