Introduction to Personal Computer Hardware

What is an active cooling solution for a PC?

• Reduce the speed of the CPU.

• Add a heatsink to the CPU.

• Add an additional case fan.

• Use a painted computer case.

Which tool can protect computer components from the effects of ESD?

• antistatic wrist strap

• surge suppressor

• UPS

• SPS

A customer has a computer for a home business, but wants to have another computer as a web server. What would be the best solution for the customer to share the monitor, mouse, and keyboard between the two computers?

• access point

• KVM switch

• multipurpose device

• USB hub

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

• USB

• HDMI

• VGA

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

• sound

• RAID

• video

• network interface

Hard drives in a grocery warehouse keep failing because of vibrations in the warehouse environment. What would be a possible solution for this high failure rate?

• Install an SSD drive in each computer.

• Install a more powerful power supply in each computer.

• Install an antistatic mat under each computer.

• Install each computer in a specialized high airflow case.

• DVI to HDMI adapter

• Molex to SATA adapter

• USB to PS/2 adapter

• HDMI to VGA converter*

Which type of input device can identify users based on their voice?

• digitizer

• KVM switch

• scanner

• biometric identification device

A user complains that their computer is running very slowly. What solution would help to speed it up?

• Add more RAM.

• Use error correction code memory.

• Switch to L1 cache.

• Add more ROM.

Which RAM from the list provides the fastest performance?

• SDRAM

• DDR3 SDRAM

• SRAM

• DDR4 SDRAM