Springfield A+ (Ch. 5-8)

On newer Apple computers, which physical interface has been replaced by Thunderbolt?

• FireWire

• HDMI

• Serial AT Attachment (SATA)

• USB

Which short-range wireless interface is used with smartphone technology for point-of-sale payments?

• Bluetooth

• Infrared (IR)

• Near field communication (NFC)

• Radio Frequency (RF)

Which A/V connection type uses three cables to carry the video signal?

• Component

• Composite

• Coaxial

• DisplayPort

Which connector type is used by both component and composite cables?

• BNC

• HD15

• Mini-DIN

• RCA

Which device connector is proprietary and uses an authentication chip to prevent unauthorized manufacturing?

• eSATA

• Lightning

• PS/2

• USB

Which of the following is a benefit of solid state drives over magnetic hard drives?

• Larger capacities available

• Less expensive per byte

• Faster boot and access speeds

• No maximum read/write limit

Which of the following are symptoms shown during the POST that could indicate a hard drive problem?

• An invalid boot disk error

• The BSOD

• S.M.A.R.T. error

• Fixed disk error

If after you install a new SATA hard drive, you receive a "hard drive not found" error, one reason for the error could be due to no boot disk being available.

• True

• False

Which of the following RAID levels incorporates disk striping?

• RAID 0

• RAID 1

• RAID 5

• RAID 10

After initial troubleshooting, your audio still isn't working right. Which utility can you use to check for internal Windows errors relating to sound?

• Control Panel Sound applet

• Control Panel Troubleshooting applet

• DirectX diagnostic utility

• MSINFO system information utility