USB Speeds Flashcards

1
Q

Low Speed

A

1.5 Mbps 3 meters

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2
Q

Full Speed

A

12 Mbps 5 meters

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3
Q

USB 2.0

A

Mbps 5 meters

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4
Q

USB 3.0

A

backward compatible; 5 Gbps per 3 meters

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5
Q

What are the voltages are associated with a standard Molex connector?

A

12V, 5V

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6
Q

Your coworker Patrick has a Core i5 3.1 GHz CPU and wants you to tell him what the maximum multiplier is. What do you tell him?

A

100 and 31

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7
Q

You are tasked with installing a new SATA revision 3.0 hard drive controller so that the computer can access hard drives at 6Gb/s. Which step list will most likely prevent errors?

A
  1. Apply system updates.
  2. Update with the BIOS.
  3. Install the card.
  4. Install the driver
  5. Upgrade the card’s firmware
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8
Q

Which of the following data rates are supported by PC3-10600 memory?

A

1333 MT/s and 1066 MT/s

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9
Q

Which of the following can be used to verify settings between the computer and a connected modem?

A

AT&V

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10
Q

One of your customers is running Windows 7 on a PC that has a 2 GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, and a 64 MB video card. The customer tells you that performance is slow when Aero is enabled. Which of the following solutions increases performance on the computer?

A

Upgrading the video card.

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11
Q

Which of the following is the data transfer rate of DMI version 2.0?

A

20 Gb/s

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12
Q

Which of the following measurements is the typical latency of a SATA hard drive?

A

4.2 ms

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13
Q

Which of the following is defined as the movement of electric charge?

A

Amperage

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14
Q

which of the following are the standard voltages in the United States for a home and for the internal workings of a PC?

A

120 V AC, 12 V DC

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15
Q

Which of the following symptoms would indicate to you that there is a power supply issue?

A

Frequent failure of hard drives

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16
Q

You are building a new PC for a customer. Which of the following is the most valid reason why you would select SATA 3.0 over the original SATA 2.0?

A

You are trying to optimize the system for audio and video

17
Q

Which of the following is the best tool to use to reach a screw that has fallen into a computer case and out of reach?

A

Extension magnet. The computer has to be turned off. Plastic tweezers would be an option if listed here.

18
Q

Which of the following are the Intel and AMD names for CPU virtualization?

A

VT-x and AMD-V

19
Q

At 12x speed, how much data can a Bluray drive read per second?

A

432 Mb/s

20
Q

A coworker notices that the battery light on a laptop is flashing when the laptop is flashing when the laptop is in a docking station. Which of the following steps should be performed first to fix the problem?

A

Reseat in the docking station

21
Q

A computer’s CPU overheats and shuts down the system intermittently. Which of the following steps should taken to fix the problem?

A

Check to see if the heat sink is secure

Check if the fan is connected

22
Q

A burning smell comes from the computer. Which is the following is the most likely source?

A

Power Supply