IT Essentials (ITE v6.0) Chapter 1 Exam Answers 100% 2016

1. What are two factors that must be considered when choosing a computer case? (Choose two.)

   • the size of the monitor
   • the speed of the memory
   • the number of internal drive locations
   • the size of the motherboard and the power supply
   • the number of LED indicators at the front of the case

2. A technician looks at a motherboard and sees a 24-pin connector. What component would connect to the motherboard through the use of this 24-pin connector?

   • power supply
   • video card
   • PATA optical drive
   • SATA drive
   • floppy drive

3. What electrical unit refers to the number of electrons moving through a circuit per second?

   • current
   • voltage
   • resistance
   • power

4. What characteristic of electricity is expressed in watts?

   • the amount of work required to move electrons through a circuit
   • the resistance to the flow of current in a circuit
   • the amount of electrons flowing through a circuit per second
   • the work required to move electrons through a circuit multiplied by the number of electrons flowing through a circuit per second

5. Which type of memory is primarily used as cache memory?

   • DRAM
   • RAM
   • ROM
   • SRAM

6. Refer to the exhibit. Which type of adapter is shown?

   
   

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   • sound
   • RAID
   • video
   • network interface

7. Which component controls the communications and interactions between the CPU and other components on the motherboard?

   • RAM
   • BIOS
   • CMOS
   • chipset

8. Which two activities are normally controlled by the Northbridge part of the chipset? (Choose two.)

   • communication between the CPU and the I/O ports
   • access to the RAM
   • communication between the CPU and the hard drive
   • access to the video card
   • communication between the CPU and the sound card

9. Which unit of measurement is used to indicate the hard drive speed?

   • revolutions per minute
   • gigabytes
   • pages per minute
   • clusters per minute

10. Which type of interface was originally developed for high-definition televisions and is also popular to use with computers to connect audio and video devices?

    • FireWire
    • DVI
    • HDMI
    • USB
    • VGA

11. Which two devices are considered input devices? (Choose two.)

    • biometric authentication device
    • printer
    • digital camera
    • projector
    • speakers

12. What is indicated by the contrast ratio of a monitor?

    • the difference in the intensity of light between the brightest white and darkest black that can be displayed
    • how often the picture image is refreshed
    • the total number of pixels that make up the picture
    • the ratio of the horizontal and vertical viewing areas of the monitor

13. What type of connector can be used to connect an internal hard drive to the motherboard?

    • USB
    • SATA
    • eSATA
    • Thunderbolt

14. Which two factors must be considered when replacing old RAM modules in a PC? (Choose two.)

    • The new RAM must be compatible with BIOS or UEFI.
    • The new RAM must be compatible with the motherboard.
    • The speed of the new RAM must be supported by the chipset.
    • The power supply must provide the voltage that is requred by the new RAM.
    • The new RAM must match the old RAM in terms of capacity and speed.

15. Which term is used to define the wires on a motherboard that move data from one part of a computer to another?

    • bus
    • I/O card
    • bridge
    • chipset

16. When a new PC is being built, which component has the most influence when selecting the case and power supply?

    • video card
    • sound card
    • RAM module
    • motherboard
    • hard disk type

17. What is the function of the power supply?

    • to convert AC power into a lower voltage DC power
    • to convert AC power into a higher voltage DC power
    • to convert DC power into a lower voltage AC power
    • to convert DC power into a higher voltage AC power

18. Which two considerations would be of the greatest importance when building a workstation that will run multiple virtual machines? (Choose two.)

    • amount of RAM
    • number of CPU cores
    • water cooling
    • powerful video card
    • high-end sound card

19. A user playing a game on a gaming PC with a standard EIDE 5400 RPM hard drive finds the performance unsatisfactory. Which hard drive upgrade would improve performance while providing more reliability and more energy efficiency?

    • a 7200 RPM EIDE hard drive
    • a 7200 RPM SATA hard drive
    • a 10,000 RPM SATA hard drive
    • an SSD

20. What three components should be included in a computer that is used to create TV commercials and music videos? (Choose three.)

    • extra DIN-6 ports
    • specialized video card
    • extra PS/2 ports
    • large and fast hard drives
    • VGA adaptors
    • specialized audio card

21. What are two hardware requirements for computers that will be used to run multiple virtual machines? (Choose two.)

    • large amounts of RAM
    • a multicore CPU
    • a high resolution video card
    • a high speed wireless adapter
    • multiple monitors

22. Which memory technology allows two memory modules to be accessed at the same time?

    • dual channel
    • double-sided
    • SRAM
    • ECC

23. Which security feature in modern CPUs protects memory areas that contain part of the operating system from malware attacks?

    • encryption
    • TPM
    • execute disable bit
    • LoJack

24. Drag the description on left to its RAID level on the right.

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25. Match the ports or cables with their descriptions. (Not all options are used.)

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