Exam 220-901 Practice – Set B Flashcards
(100 cards)
A technician is tasked with setting up a workstation in a new location. The technician realizes there is no network connectivity and the workstation’s NIC does not have a link light. Given the connection in the wall is correctly labeled, which of the following would be BEST for the technician to use NEXT?
A. A multimeter
B. A tone generator
C. A cable tester
D. A punchdown tool
C. A cable tester
A customer asks a technician for a device that has the capability to easily connect a laptop to an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, and charge the battery. Which of the following devices should the technician recommend to the customer?
A. Lightning
B. KVM switch
C. USB 3.0
D. Docking station
D. Docking station
Which of the following devices is used to convert initially audible signals into digital signals to provide communication between two endpoints?
A. Bridge
B. Fax machine
C. Repeater
D. Modem
D. Modem
A company has multiple operating systems and printer models throughout their campus. None of the printers need to be physically secured and are openly accessible throughout the company. Which of the following would be the BEST way to share these print devices?
A. 802.11x
B. Print server
C. Local sharing
D. Bluetooth
B. Print server
Which of the following connectors can be used for video, audio, and storage devices?
A. DVI
B. DisplayPort
C. HDMI
D. Thunderbolt
D. Thunderbolt
A video projector shows the image from a laptop, but everything is colored blue. Which of the following is the MOST likely the cause?
A. Dead pixels
B. Video resolution
C. Failing lamp
D. VGA connection
D. VGA connection
Which of the following cable types has extra shielding built into the cable to guard against EMI?
A. UTP
B. Multimode
C. STP
D. Single-mode
C. STP
Peter, a technician, receives a report from Emily, an employee, that the payroll printer is printing checks but the characters are not legible. Emily already replaced the printer ribbon but the printing performance is still occurring. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A. Printer drum
B. Pickup rollers
C. Print head
D. Fuser assembly
C. Print head
A technician is troubleshooting an expansion card in a computer that allows the computer to receive faxes over a VoIP line. The telephone line connected to the expansion card is MOST likely which of the following cable types?
A. Coaxial B. CAT3 C. CAT6 D. Multi-mode fiber E. Single-mode fiber
C. CAT6
A user has requested a technician to upgrade a small form factor open source PC to facilitate video capture. Which of the following should be used?
A. IDE sound card
B. PCIe video card
C. Riser card
D. PS/2 adapter
C. Riser card
When connecting a PC to a high-definition TV, which of the following resolutions displays BEST on the device?
A. 800×600
B. 1600×1080
C. 1900×1200
D. 1920×1080
D. 1920×1080
A technician is building a new PC and notices that it has 8 DIMM sockets labeled 0 through 7. Four are white and four are blue. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?
A. Install the memory in the four white slots
B. Install the memory in the four blue slots
C. Consult the motherboard documentation
D. Install the memory in slots 0 through 3
E. Fill all slots with memory
C. Consult the motherboard documentation
Which of the following RAID levels extends the size of a volume without providing reliability or mirroring?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10
A. RAID 0
Which of the following memory types is MOST commonly found in servers?
A. RAMBUS
B. ECC SODIMM
C. ECC RAMBUS
D. ECC DIMM
D. ECC DIMM
Which of the following connector types is associated with a fiber connection?
A. RJ-45
B. RJ-11
C. LC
D. HDMI
C. LC
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber_connector
A technician observes another technician trying to steal a company laptop. Which of the following should the first technician do NEXT?
A. Confront the technician stealing the laptop
B. Preserve the laptop for evidence
C. Report through proper channels
D. Document the incident
C. Report through proper channels
Explanation:
Report through proper channels. Notify your immediate supervisor and he will escalate the issue to higher authorities.
Which of the following RAID types writes data identically to multiple drives at the same time?
A. RAID 0
B. RAID 1
C. RAID 5
D. RAID 10
B. RAID 1
Besides the CPU, which of the following components might have their own heatsink?
A. Audio card
B. RAID controller
C. Graphics card
D. Hard drive
C. Graphics card
A user has installed video editing software and hardware on a Windows PC. The PC met the minimum requirements of the hardware. The editing program loads very slowly and takes a very long time to render large files. Which of the following will MOST likely resolve this issue?
A. More memory and a reformatting of the hard disk are needed.
B. A second hard drive must be added and the Page file should be lowered.
C. More memory is not needed; the Windows Page file should be increased.
D. More memory and available hard disk space are needed.
D. More memory and available hard disk space are needed.
The process of voltage control to limit the volume of liquid delivered is used in:
A. laser printers.
B. thermal printers.
C. impact printers.
D. inkjet printers.
D. inkjet printers.
A SOHO environment utilizes network hardware address filtering to minimize unauthorized use of its network infrastructure. A technician has been asked to install a shared network printer in the environment. Which of the following MUST the technician know in order to add the printer to the environment?
A. IP address of the printer
B. MAC address of the printer
C. Subnet mask of the network
D. Firmware version of the printer
B. MAC address of the printer
A technician is diagnosing a laser printer that is consistently having issues picking up paper from the first tray. Which of the following items would the technician replace FIRST?
A. Toner
B. Transfer belt
C. Rollers
D. Imaging drum
C. Rollers
A technician servicing a user’s computer notices the user has a lot of desktop icons linking to inappropriate websites. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?
A. Report through proper channels
B. Track the evidence
C. Document all changes to the computer
D. Preserve the data and device
A. Report through proper channels
Explanation:
Notify your immediate supervisor and he can escalate the issue to higher authorities for proper investigation and mitigation.
Which of the following would typically require the use of a punchdown tool to connect a cable to the network switch?
A. Router
B. Repeater
C. Patch panel
D. PoE injector
C. Patch panel