Hardware (25%)

220-1201 · 75 questions

• A small-form-factor PC needs a motherboard smaller than microATX. Which form factor on a desktop board list fits that case?
• Pages from a laser printer smear when a finger touches the toner. A new toner cartridge did not stop the smear. Which maintenance part is failing?
• A nurses' station needs a monitor that stays readable from the side. Fast motion is not the priority. Which panel type fits?
• A school has four identical disks. The array must keep working after one disk fails, and it must keep more usable space than a two-disk mirror. Which RAID level fits?
• A desktop with a manual input selector was set for a 110-120 VAC office and then plugged into a 220-240 VAC circuit. It will not power on. Which setting should be checked first?
• A new copper run must link a PC to a switch. The shop standard is T568B, and both ends must use the same pair order. Which termination is correct?
• A copper run must cross the space above a drop ceiling that is used as an air return. Which cable rating belongs in that space?
• A courthouse technician enables the firmware control that will not start an operating system whose boot files fail a signature check. Which control is that?
• A hospital printer must hold each job until the nurse badges in at the device, so pages are not left in the output tray. Which feature is that?
• A laptop upgrade calls for more memory. The desktop DIMM in the kit will not enter the laptop slot. Which module should be ordered?
• A desktop build needs the fast gumstick drive that seats on the motherboard and uses NVMe. Which part is that?
• A file server must stay powered on while a technician pulls one power supply out. Which power design allows that?
• A copper run between a gatehouse and a barn will be buried in the ground. Which cable rating belongs in that trench?
• A technician removed a processor's heat sink. The old compound on the heat spreader is dry and cracked. What should be done before the sink goes back on?
• A receipt printer feeds paper and prints blank pages. It is a thermal printer, and the paper's coated side faces away from the heating element. Which fix belongs?
• A racing simulator needs the panel that responds fastest. Wide viewing angles are not the priority. Which panel type fits?
• A registrar has two disks and wants each one to hold a live copy of the other, so either disk can fail and the files remain. Which RAID level fits?
• A label printer has only a USB port. It is attached to one front-desk PC, and the other front-desk PCs need to print labels too. Which setup does that?
• A new fiber patch panel uses the small square connector with a latch, the size commonly paired on modern equipment. Which connector is that?
• A lab PC should stop casual users from changing the firmware boot order. Which control locks those firmware settings?
• A database server should detect and correct single-bit memory errors. Which memory feature does that?
• An older laptop uses a fluorescent backlight. The image is barely visible unless a flashlight is held against the panel, and the brightness setting is already at maximum. Which part is failing?
• A clinic printer must keep a record of who printed each job. Which printer feature provides that record?
• A desktop hard disk is not spinning. The technician checks the power-supply rail that feeds drive motors. Which rail is that?
• A fiber run between two buildings uses laser optics and is specified for a single path of light down the fiber. Which cable matches?
• A new graphics card requires more wattage than the desktop's power supply can provide. Which change lets the card run?
• A desktop must store cryptographic keys in a dedicated chip on the motherboard. Which component does that?
• An impact printer that prints multipart forms has gone faint. The pins still strike. Which maintenance restores the darkness?
• A video desk has four disks. The array should mirror and stripe, and it must keep working after one disk fails. Which RAID level fits?
• A photo desk needs a monitor that can show a wide range of colors. Motion and viewing angle are already acceptable on the current candidates. Which trait should decide the purchase?
• A presentation PC must send picture and sound to a television on a single cable. The television's input is HDMI. Which cable fits?
• A workstation cools the processor with a sealed loop of liquid and a radiator, instead of a tower of metal fins. Which cooling design is that?
• A school wants the lab printer to print on both sides of each sheet so it uses less paper. Which feature does that?
• A power supply's motherboard lead splits so it can plug into either a 20-pin or a 24-pin motherboard connector. Which lead is that?
• A records server has four disks. The array must keep working even if any two of those disks fail. Which RAID level fits?
• A full-size graphics card must be installed in the long motherboard slot that graphics cards are built to use. Which slot is that?
• A copper run must pass beside a large motor, and interference on the link is the concern. Which cable addresses that concern?
• A desktop's only internal drive bay is the wide 3.5-inch bay. A technician arrived with a laptop-sized disk. Which drive fits the bay?
• A desktop manual says to install two matched memory modules in the colored pair of slots so the memory path is wider. Which feature is that?
• Virtual machines on a workstation run poorly until a processor feature that accelerates guests is turned on in firmware. Which feature is that?
• A clerk must scan a thick stack of forms without placing each page on the glass. Which scanner feature feeds that stack?
• A sports desk wants smoother motion. Color range and viewing angle are already acceptable on the panels being compared. Which trait should decide the purchase?
• A monitor's video input is DisplayPort. The PC should use the digital cable that mates with that input. Which cable is that?
• A desktop must plug into the wall jack that accepts the wider eight-position connector, not the narrower telephone plug. Which connector is that?
• A desktop needs a spinning hard drive that can seek faster than the slow archive drive already on the shelf. Which drive characteristic matters?
• A clinic copier should send a scanned page to a staff mailbox. Which feature does that?
• A processor was installed with thermal paste and no heatsink or fan. The desktop shuts down as soon as the processor starts working. Which part is missing?
• A builder wants a power supply that lets unused cables stay in the box, so only the cables the build needs are plugged in. Which supply feature is that?
• A laser printer's maintenance counter says the maintenance kit is due, and the pages are still readable. Which action follows that counter?
• An older monitor's digital input is DVI. The PC should use the cable that mates with that input. Which cable is that?
• A case has the full set of ATX standoffs, and the power supply is the ATX size. Which motherboard matches that case?
• A menu board needs deep black and a panel that makes its own light per pixel, with no separate backlight. The image changes often. Which panel fits?
• A layout application sends PostScript, and the shop printer must accept that page-description language. Which printer capability is required?
• A DDR4 module will not seat in a desktop slot built for a newer DDR generation. Which rule explains that?
• A laptop port is marked Thunderbolt, and one cable from that port must carry both a display signal and data. Which cable fits the port?
• A studio must bring a camera's video signal into a desktop so it can be recorded. Which card does that job?
• An older case fan takes a four-pin peripheral power plug from the power supply, not a SATA power plug. Which connector is that?
• A new disk was installed for UEFI boot, and the firmware is set to legacy mode. The PC does not boot that disk. Which firmware change fits?
• A photo kiosk wants strong contrast. Fast motion and wide viewing angles are already acceptable on the panels being compared. Which panel trait fits?
• Icons on a monitor look huge and blurry. The resolution is set far below the panel's native size, and raising it makes the icons a normal size. Which setting was wrong?
• A server board has one processor installed and an empty second processor socket. The manual says the board supports two processors. Which addition uses that empty socket?
• An external drive enclosure connects to a port labeled eSATA. Which cable mates with that port?
• An application installer built for x64 processors will not run on a tablet that uses an ARM processor. Which limit explains that?
• A desktop produces no sound from its speakers or its headset jack. A USB audio adapter plays sound from the same application. Which part has failed?
• An external drive is slow when it is plugged into a USB 2 port and clearly faster in the USB 3 port on the same desktop. Which port should the drive use?
• Two power supplies can deliver the same wattage to a desktop. One of them wastes less of its input as heat. Which rating distinguishes that supply?
• A monitor is advertised with a backlight made of many small LEDs rather than a single fluorescent lamp. Which backlight type is that?
• A coaxial cable from the cable provider screws onto a threaded connector. Which connector is that?
• A laser printer's documentation says it uses PCL, and a PostScript driver produces errors on that printer. Which driver matches the printer?
• A fiber run stays inside one building and is specified for many paths of light rather than a single laser path. Which fiber matches that specification?
• A technician must scan a thick bound book. The book will not pass through the sheet feeder. Which scanner surface should be used?
• Two monitors are the same physical size. One shows much sharper text. Which trait explains the sharper panel?
• A fiber panel uses a square connector that is larger than LC and pushes on rather than twisting like a bayonet. Which connector is that?
• An older laptop has a small SATA SSD slot that is not an M.2 slot. Which drive matches that slot?
• A processor will not drop into a motherboard socket. The socket pattern does not match the processor. Which limit explains that?