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Hardware IV

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

William would like to use full-disk encryption on his laptop. He is worried about slow performance, though, so he has requested that the laptop have an onboard hardware-based cryptographic processor. Based on this requirement, what should William ensure the laptop contains?

a)

AES

b)

TPM

c)

PAM

d)

FDE

2.

You just installed an SSD into a laptop to increase the storage speed of the device. Which of the following should you configure to increase the lifespan of the newly installed SSD?

a)

Disable regularly scheduled defragmentation of the SSD

b)

Enable the power-saving mode of the SSD

c)

Disable memory caching on the SSD

d)

Enable the paging file within the operating system

3.

John is setting up 100 Windows 10 computers for a new corporate office. He wants to ensure that unauthorized applications are prevented from being installed during the bootup process. What feature should he ensure is enabled?

a)

Secure Boot

b)

BIOS password required

c)

Full disk encryption

d)

RAM integrity checking

4.

Which of the following printer configuration settings controls the size of the paper used for the print job?

a)

Duplex

b)

Quality

c)

Tray

d)

Orientation

5.

A user wants to print a large job on both the front and back sides of the paper. Which of the following settings should the technician advise the user to change in the printer settings?

a)

Orientation

b)

Collate

c)

Transparency

d)

Duplex

6.

Which option would you MOST likely use to configure PXE to set up remote imaging on a computer during a deployment?

a)

Power management configuration

b)

BIOS boot option

c)

Windows boot menu

d)

Secure boot configuration

7.

A computer technician is configuring a NAS for a company to store their corporate data. The technician has installed two 1 TB hard drives operating at 7200 RPM in a RAID 1 configuration. How much usable storage space is contained in the NAS?

a)

2 TB

b)

1 TB

c)

0.5 TB

d)

1.5 TB

8.

You have been asked to install a network cable inside a conduit placed underground and connected to two buildings located about 1 KM apart. Which of the following cable types should you choose?

a)

Plenum

b)

Shielded

c)

Fiber

d)

Coaxial

9.

The accounting department has been relocated to a new area of the building, which is more than 70 meters away from the closest IDF. To comply with an SLA that requires that 10Gb speeds be provided, what type of media should be installed?

a)

CAT 5e

b)

CAT 6a

c)

802.11n

d)

802.11ac

10.

You are attempting to build a new gaming workstation and have just finished installing the motherboard and the processor. You are about to begin installing two memory modules, and notice 4 DIMM sockets on the motherboard labeled 0, 1, 2, and 3. Two of these are colored red, and two are colored blue. Which of the following should you do FIRST?

a)

Install 2 DDR4 memory modules into slots 2 and 3

b)

Install 2 DDR4 memory modules into the blue slots

c)

Install 2 DDR4 memory modules into the red slots

d)

Consult the motherboard's manual

e)

Install 2 DDR4 memory modules into slots 0 and 1

11.

You want to boot from a removable USB device to troubleshoot your Windows 10 laptop. During your rebooting of the machine, which key should you press to enter the boot order menu?

a)

F12

b)

F11

c)

Command + R

d)

F8

12.

What is the name of the printer concept that is used a page description language that produces higher quality outputs at the expense of speed?

a)

Internet Printing Protocol

b)

PostScript

c)

Line Printer Daemon

d)

Printer control language

13.

Samuel is building a backup file server, and he wants to ensure that he can minimize downtime. Which of the following considerations should be MOST important when choosing a storage controller card for this server?

a)

Support for the fastest speeds available

b)

Support for hot-swappable drives

c)

Providing the least expensive option available

d)

Support for at least 100 TB of connected storage

14.

You just bought a new Virtual Reality headset to use with your computer. To ensure your computer is ready to support the new VR games, which of the following should you install?

a)

A Bluetooth adapter

b)

A dedicated graphics card

c)

A larger hard drive

d)

A RAID 5 array

15.

What RAID level requires at least three hard disks to operate?

a)

RAID 1

b)

RAID 5

c)

RAID 10

d)

RAID 0

16.

A user wants to print 2 copies of a 3-page report at once. The user would like the pages to come out of the printer in the order of pages 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 instead of pages 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3. What printer setting should the user enable for this print job to achieve this result?

a)

Collate

b)

Duplex

c)

Orientation

d)

Transparency

17.

Which of the following sequence of events properly identifies the steps of a laser printer’s imaging process?

a)

Processing, charging, exposing, developing, transferring, fusing, and cleaning

b)

Cleaning, charging, developing, exposing, transferring, fusing, and processing

c)

Charging, processing, exposing, transferring, developing, fusing, and cleaning

d)

Developing, processing, charging, exposing, cleaning, transferring, and fusing