ICT Essentials Practice Exam #6

Teresa is visiting the library with her laptop. She is able to wirelessly connect her headphones so that she doesn't disturb other students while listening to a lecture. What type of wireless network device forms a personal area network (PAN) to connect Teresa's laptop to her headphones?

• Bluetooth

• 802.11

• Twisted pair

• 4G

Rossini's Gelato Parlor has numerous franchises across the U.S., Japan and Europe. Because the company has more than 10,000 employees, they need a network to exchange information from each gelato parlor shop. Which of the following networks would best suit the company?

• A metropolitan area network (MAN) because it's much larger than a local area network (LAN).

• A wide area network (WAN) because it connects two or more local area networks (LANs) together.

• A specialized area network (SAN) because the company focuses on one product line: gelato.

• A local area network (LAN) because the company has operations in three different regions: Europe, Japan and U.S.

Oscar is creating a slide show for his team. Beth says that she has the perfect piece of music to add to the slide show, which is located on her computer. Oscar looks in her computer and there are several different types of files. Beth says there is only one audio file. What file extensions should Oscar look for?

• .jpg, .png, .gif

• .wav, .mp3, .ogg

• .zip, .rar, .tar

• .doc, .docx

Which input device would you use to capture handwriting and sketching?

• Fingerprint scanner

• Barcode reader

• Game controller

• Stylus

Companies use computers for which of the following?

• Writing a thesis paper.

• Keep track of NCAA Final Four Tournament brackets.

• Managing a personal bank account.

• Managing product research and development.

In the client/server model, two computers must exchange data packets with each other to communicate information. Which protocol controls how data packets are transmitted across the network?

• TCP/IP

• SMTP

• HTTP

• DCHP

Robyn was admitted to the hospital for severe pain in her abdomen. After running some tests, the doctors conclude that Robyn has pancreatitis and needs surgery immediately. How does the hospital share information about her condition with the doctors, nurses and staff?

• The doctors and nurses rely on the staff to inform them verbally of the patient's updates and latest results.

• The doctors, nurses, and staff enter the patient's information into the hospital's computer network so that the information is available to the medical team.

• The doctors, nurses and staff manually enter the information onto the patient's chart to inform all parties and exchange information.

• The doctors, nurses and staff e-mail each other the latest test results, labs, and diagnosis summaries to keep each other informed of the patient's condition.

A small marketing company is expanding their services into the mobile app development market. Because each employee is working on a separate component of a mobile app project, they need all computers to connect to the same network server to exchange information easily and communicate simultaneously. What type of network topology would the company need?

• Mesh

• Star

• Bus

• Ring

Sally's company will routinely clean-up servers to remove old files, viruses and other threats. What should employees do to save all their files, in case their work gets lost, corrupted or wiped clean?

• Save a backup of all the files onto the computer's internal hard drive.

• Run virus scan of files and save a backup of all the files onto an external hard drive or USB device regularly.

• Save all the files in a proper file management system on the desktop.

• Upload all the files onto a personal Google Drive account.

Geoff, a PC repair technician, was tasked with refurbishing a laptop so that it can be resold. As Geoff begins to troubleshoot and inspect the laptop, he notices that the laptop may need a new circuit board. Many of the components are not making any connection. What internal component would Geoff need to replace to restore this faulty laptop?

• The hard drive

• The power supply

• The motherboard

• The CPU