ITE MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are two factors that must be considered when choosing a computer case?
(choose two) - Answers -The number of internal drive locations
The size of the motherboard and the power supply
A technician looks at a motherboard and sees a 24-pin connector. What component
would connect to the motherboard through the use of the 24-pin connector? - Answers
-Power supply
What electrical unit refers to the number of electrons moving through a circuit per
second? - Answers -Current
What characteristic of electricity is expressed in Watts? - Answers -The work required
to move electrons through a circuit multiplied by the number of electrons flowing through
a circuit per second
Which type of cache memory is primarily used as cache memory? - Answers -SDRAM
Refer to the exhibit. What type of adapter is shown? - Answers -Network Interface
Which component controls the communications and interactions between the CPU and
other components on the motherboard? - Answers -Chipset
Which two activities are normally controlled by the Northbridge part of the chipset? -
Answers -Access to the ram
Access to the video card
Which unit of measure is used to indicate the hard drive speed? - Answers -
Revolutions per minute
Which type of interface was originally developed for high-definition televisions and is
also popular to use with computers to connect audio and video devices? - Answers -
HDMI
Which two devices are considered input devices? (choose two? - Answers -Biometric
authentication device
Digital camera
What is indicated by the contrast ratio of a monitor? - Answers -The difference in the
intensity of light between the brightest white and darkest black that can be displayed
, What type of connector can be used to connect an internal hard drive to the
motherboard? - Answers -SATA
Which two factors must be considered when replacing old RAM modules in a PC?
(choose two) - Answers -The new RAM must be compatible with the motherboard
The speed of the new RAM must be supported by the chipset
Which term is used to define the wires on a motherboard that move data from one part
of the computer to another? - Answers -Bus
When a new PC is being built, which component has the most influence when selecting
a the case and power supply? - Answers -Motherboard
What is the function of the power supply? - Answers -To convert AC power to lower
voltage DC power
Which two considerations would be the greatest importance when building a workstation
that will run multiple virtual machines? (choose two) - Answers -Amount of RAM
Number of CPU cores
A user playing a game on a gaming PC with a standard EIDE 5400 RPM hard drive
finds the performance unsatisfactory. Which hard drive upgrade would improve
performance while providing more reliability and more energy efficiency? - Answers -An
SSD
What three components should be included in a computer that is used to create TV
commercials and music videos? (choose three) - Answers -Specialized video card
Large and fast hard drives
specialized audio card
What are two hardware requirements for computers that will be used to run multiple
virtual machines? - Answers -Large amounts of RAM
A multicore CPU
Which memory technology allows two memory modules to be accessed at the same
time? - Answers -Dual channel
Which security feature in modern CPUs protects memory areas that contain part of the
operation system from malware attacks? - Answers -execute disable bit
Drag the description on the left to its RAID level on the right - Answers -RAID 0
*data striping without redundancy
What are two factors that must be considered when choosing a computer case?
(choose two) - Answers -The number of internal drive locations
The size of the motherboard and the power supply
A technician looks at a motherboard and sees a 24-pin connector. What component
would connect to the motherboard through the use of the 24-pin connector? - Answers
-Power supply
What electrical unit refers to the number of electrons moving through a circuit per
second? - Answers -Current
What characteristic of electricity is expressed in Watts? - Answers -The work required
to move electrons through a circuit multiplied by the number of electrons flowing through
a circuit per second
Which type of cache memory is primarily used as cache memory? - Answers -SDRAM
Refer to the exhibit. What type of adapter is shown? - Answers -Network Interface
Which component controls the communications and interactions between the CPU and
other components on the motherboard? - Answers -Chipset
Which two activities are normally controlled by the Northbridge part of the chipset? -
Answers -Access to the ram
Access to the video card
Which unit of measure is used to indicate the hard drive speed? - Answers -
Revolutions per minute
Which type of interface was originally developed for high-definition televisions and is
also popular to use with computers to connect audio and video devices? - Answers -
HDMI
Which two devices are considered input devices? (choose two? - Answers -Biometric
authentication device
Digital camera
What is indicated by the contrast ratio of a monitor? - Answers -The difference in the
intensity of light between the brightest white and darkest black that can be displayed
, What type of connector can be used to connect an internal hard drive to the
motherboard? - Answers -SATA
Which two factors must be considered when replacing old RAM modules in a PC?
(choose two) - Answers -The new RAM must be compatible with the motherboard
The speed of the new RAM must be supported by the chipset
Which term is used to define the wires on a motherboard that move data from one part
of the computer to another? - Answers -Bus
When a new PC is being built, which component has the most influence when selecting
a the case and power supply? - Answers -Motherboard
What is the function of the power supply? - Answers -To convert AC power to lower
voltage DC power
Which two considerations would be the greatest importance when building a workstation
that will run multiple virtual machines? (choose two) - Answers -Amount of RAM
Number of CPU cores
A user playing a game on a gaming PC with a standard EIDE 5400 RPM hard drive
finds the performance unsatisfactory. Which hard drive upgrade would improve
performance while providing more reliability and more energy efficiency? - Answers -An
SSD
What three components should be included in a computer that is used to create TV
commercials and music videos? (choose three) - Answers -Specialized video card
Large and fast hard drives
specialized audio card
What are two hardware requirements for computers that will be used to run multiple
virtual machines? - Answers -Large amounts of RAM
A multicore CPU
Which memory technology allows two memory modules to be accessed at the same
time? - Answers -Dual channel
Which security feature in modern CPUs protects memory areas that contain part of the
operation system from malware attacks? - Answers -execute disable bit
Drag the description on the left to its RAID level on the right - Answers -RAID 0
*data striping without redundancy
