Hardware Flashcards
A server administrator for a major transportation company is facing a crisis where ransomware has taken over and destroyed the primary and backup locations. Luckily there was an unaffected offline domain controller in a remote country where the administrator needed to fly to immediately and back up the contents via a USB hard drive. The administrator uses a hard drive running USB 3.2 that supports 10 Gbps speeds but must ensure the legacy server can support connectors. Which of the following are supported connectors? (Select all that apply.)
USB Micro
USB-A
USB-C
A help desk analyst is replacing an internal hard drive on a desktop. A technician had previously removed the hard drive, so the analyst did not have a chance to map which cable should go where. Which cable will provide power in a modern SATA setup?
15-pin
A marketing analyst is trying to connect an Apple device to a corporate PC, but the cable will not fit into the PC connections. What type of adapter should the analyst use?
USB
A new support technician is troubleshooting connectivity issues. The technician decides to troubleshoot the physical layer and traces the wire back to the networking closet. There, the support technician sees a large patch panel. Which of the following does the technician most likely see on the patch panel? (Select all that apply.)
Punchdown block
RJ45
RJ11
An information technology analyst is a huge fan of superhero movies and is excited about the new movies coming out, so the analyst decides to splurge and buy an 8K television. However, the analyst also wishes to connect a laptop to play games on the television but is unsure which cables support 8K. Which of the following would work? (Select all that apply.)
Premium High speed HDMI
Ultra high speed HDMI
Thunderbolt
A company has tasked a network administrator with running Ethernet cabling in an enterprise and is told to use the most popular type of network cable with an insulated jacket. Which of the following should the administrator use?
UTP
A server technician has received a non-standard external drive. It appears older since it does not connect to USB, but it is not recognized when connected. The technician suspects it needs to be powered. Which of the following should the technician try?
eSATAp
An audio-visual support technician assists a customer who normally uses a USB 3.0 display cable to connect, but the cable seems to have gone bad. What else could the technician likely use?
A USB device plugged into a Thunderbolt 3 port will function normally, but Thunderbolt devices will not work if connected to a USB port that is not Thunderbolt-enabled.
A helpdesk operator is working on an urgent task that needs completing immediately when the network goes down, even for the local area network. The helpdesk operator needs to transfer files from a particular computer onto another computer. What type of connector could the operator use to transfer files directly from computer to computer?
Using T568A at one end and T568B at the other creates a crossover cable. Crossover cables once connected computers directly, but Gigabit Ethernet interfaces can perform the crossover automatically, even if using a standard cable.
An organization has asked a helpdesk attendant to swap out a defective monitor since part of the monitor will not display colors correctly. They are curious about how the LCD monitor varies the color, so they look at the inner workings. What is each pixel addressed by to vary the intensity of RGB values?
Each pixel is addressed by a transistor to vary the intensity of each cell, therefore creating the gamut (range of colors) that the display can generate.
A data center administrator is setting up new fiber drops and needs a commonly used connector since they are specific only to multi-mode networks. Which connector should the administrator use?
ST
A helpdesk support professional is helping to set up a computer for a presentation not generally used for presentations. The helpdesk professional notices that the display connector has 15 pins. What type of cable will the computer need?
The 15-pin video graphics array (VGA) port was the standard analog video interface for PC devices for a very long time. Until a few years ago, most video cards and monitors included a VGA port, though it is starting to phase out completely now.
A parent has purchased an older laptop for their young child to do school work but finds the laptop has USB 1.1 connections. Which of the following should the parent use to be compatible?
USB 3 Type-A connections are physically compatible with USB 1.1 and 2.0 connections.
A firm has asked a forensics expert to review the contents of an older SCSI system. However, before acquiring the system, the components were separated to obscure the information on the system. What should the forensics expert do to the first device on the SCSI bus?
The forensic expert must terminate the first and last devices on a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus. Termination may be enabled internally on the device by switching or physically connecting a terminator pack to a device or the host adapter.
A server technician sets up a new server in their data center and opens the case to view the insides. The technician notices several hard drives inside. What type of setup does the server most likely have?
A serial attached SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), or SAS, is a dominant interface for enterprise-class storage devices in the PC workstation and server market.
An organization has asked a security analyst to review the contents of an external drive to see if the drive is reusable or if the organization needs to destroy it. However, the drive does not have a cable that connects to a USB. After finding an older computer that supports the cable type, it still does not seem to connect. The analyst notices that there appears to be a cable for what looks like power to the device. What type of cable should the analyst try using?
There is an external serial advanced technology attachment (eSATA) standard for the attachment of peripheral drives. eSATAp is a nonstandard powered port used by some vendors.
A network technician only needs to support network speeds of 100 Mbps. What is the lowest possible cabling standard the technician can use to accomplish this?
Cat 5
A server administrator considers installing error correction code (ECC) RAM into the critical server to help with integrity but is concerned about multiple bit errors. What can happen when the administrator installs ECC RAM?
System halt
ECC can detect errors of 2, 3, or 4 bits but cannot correct them. Instea
A data analyst is looking at a system with four 32-bit channels. The data analyst is most likely looking at what type of memory? (Select all that apply.)
DDR5
Dual channel
A systems administrator sets up dual-channel memory in a system to increase performance. Which of the following does NOT require support?
RAM devices
A PC operator is building out a new system to replace an engineering technician’s older system. The new system is rated 2400 MT/s. The engineer wants to maximize the amount of RAM. Which amount should they put in?
32 GB
A PC technician is researching why memory is not performing as expected. The technician tried installing quadruple channel memory, but it does not seem to be working as it should. What should the technician also check? (Select all that apply.)
Make sure the full complement is installed.
Check for mismatched modules.
Check for flex mode.
A computer operator is setting up memory in a computer and is curious how speed improvements occur to DDR RAM. So the operator begins researching. What will the computer operator find?
Increased bus speed
A network administrator is setting up a server to manage their routers and switches throughout the environment and push standardized configurations. The administrator wants to use memory which performs a hash calculation on the data value. What should the network administrator use?
RDIMM
