ITE 6.0 A+ Cert Practice Exam 1 Part 1

A technician is building a thick client workstation that would be used to run a database and wants to ensure the best protection against errors. What type of memory would be best suited for this?

• ECC

• RDRAM

• DDR3

• DDR2

Which two motherboard components connect to the Northbridge chipset? (Choose two.)

• NIC

• video card

• USB 3.0 devices

• FireWire devices

• RAM

Which two motherboard components are directly managed by the Southbridge chipset? (Choose two.)

• RAM

• CPU

• video card

• USB 3.0 devices

• FireWire devices

Which RAID level allows for extension of a dynamic volume without any redundancy?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5

Which adapter would a technician install in a desktop computer to enable a video signal to be recorded from a video recorder to the computer hard drive?

• video adapter

• TV tuner card

• video capture card

• network interface card

What is a characteristic of DDR SDRAM?

• It transfers data twice per clock cycle compared to once per clock cycle for SDRAM.

• DDR SDRAM modules have double the number of pins of SDRAM memory modules.

• It is dynamic memory whereas SDRAM is static memory.

• It operates at double the voltage of SDRAM memory.

A user has just upgraded a gaming system with 8GB of DDR3 800 MHz RAM and still finds that the system lags during gameplay. The system has a high end graphics card, liquid cooling, and a 7,200 rpm EIDE drive. What can the user do to improve system performance?

• Change the voltage setting for the RAM.

• Replace the EIDE drive with an SSD.

• Replace the liquid cooling system with a high speed ball bearing fan cooling system.

• Add two more case fans.

A user has connected a USB 3.0 device to a computer using a 3 ft (1m) USB 3.0 cable. However, instead of an expected data transfer rate of up to 5 Gb/s, the user notes a data transfer rate of no more than 450 Mb/s. What is the most probable reason for this lower than expected data transfer rate?

• The device was connected to a USB 2.0 port on the computer.

• The cable used exceeds the maximum length that allows USB 3.0 to transfer data at 5Gb/s.

• The device was connected to a USB 1.1 port on the computer.

• The USB 3.0 cable is faulty.

A user is connecting a home entertainment system and wants to use one cable to carry all the digital video and audio signals from the source device to the LCD TV. What type of cable should the user use?

• DVI-D

• HDMI

• VGA

• S-Video

A user needs to connect a cable to the PC to deliver digital video signals only. Which type of cable should be used?

• VGA

• HDMI

• DVI-D

• composite

• Mini-HDMI