NPower Benchmark (Leap) – Questions With Answers
You notice the following lines of code in a program
food_1 = "banana"
food_2 = "brisket"
food_3 = "carrot"
What would be an appropriate action to take to remove the repetitive variable
names? Right Ans - Use an Array
What do you expect the output of the following to be?
def awesome_thing(x, y):
If x == 1:
answer = x + y
print("Answer: " + answer)
else:
answer = x * y
print("Answer: " + answer)
awesome_thing(2, 4) Right Ans - Answer 8
Your team needs to collaborate on the yearly report. However, you are in
different regional offices. What's the best approach? Right Ans - Document
sharing
_____________allows text-based communication between users as both a stand
alone application or embedded in other software. Right Ans - Instant
messaging software
Your company is expanding their offices overseas. You need to be able to
conduct meetings online with audio, video, and chat functionality. What type
of software would be best? Right Ans - Conferencing software
Your boss asked you to create diagrams and flowcharts for the sales process.
She also wants you to show different floor plans for rearranging the desks on
the sales floor. What type of application would be best? Right Ans - Visual
diagramming software
,You are a small business manager and need to manage payroll, invoices, pay
bills and track all financial activity for the company. What type of application
would be best? Right Ans - Accounting software
You would like to manage budgeting, scheduling, and resources for building
the new server room to your office complex. You would also like to track and
report on the progress. What type of application would be best? Right Ans -
Project management
You have been asked to show the sales performance of the 4th quarter at a
company meeting. They would like to see charts and graphs, as well as the
new commercial for the holiday sale. What type of application would be best?
Right Ans - Presentation
HTTP Port# Right Ans - 80
POP3 port# Right Ans - 110
HTTPS Port# Right Ans - 443
SMTP Port# Right Ans - 25
IMAP Port# Right Ans - 143
DNS Port# Right Ans - 53
DHCP Port# Right Ans - 67, 68
Telnet port# Right Ans - 23
A company is developing a student management program. Which of the
following BEST describes the grade level of a student object? Right Ans -
Attribute
A company requires a database for a new application. Which of the following
methods will be used to start the process? Right Ans - CREATE
,A company wants to keep a business expenses. Which of the following is the
BEST software for this task? Right Ans - Accounting
A company will begin to allow staff to work from home by means of formal
request. Which of the following is the best way for the company to document
this change? Right Ans - Written policy
A computer will be used to store data on a network that all users must have
access all the time. It will be used to share printers. Which of the following
operating systems types would be the best choice? Right Ans - Server
A coworker tells Joe, an employee, that the company's time off policy has been
updated. Joe goes to the company's time off page, but it looks like it has not
been updated. When Joe looks at the page on his coworkers computer, it has
changed. Which of the following should Joe do to make sure he can view the
updated page on his company? Right Ans - Clear his web browser cache
A database administrator needs to add new details about products to an
inventory table, including pricing, product number and unit of measure.
Which of the following best meets these requirements? Right Ans - Record
A developer is writing a web application and wants to ensure the most people
possible can use the application. On which of the following aspects of the web
browser should the developer focus? Right Ans - Compatibility
David buys a new desktop computer and then connects a cable that allows the
computer to connect to the web. Which of the following ports would most
likely be used? Right Ans - Ethernet
A large company has two remote locations. One location is responsible for
completing daily backups of the other location network over the internet.
Which of the following internet service types should be used? Right Ans -
Fiber optic
A manager asks an administrator to copy a set of files and folders to a remote
location each day to create a redundant copy. The administrator sets up a job
that performs the needed function. Which of the following features of the
operating system best accomplishes this purpose? Right Ans - Task
scheduling
, A network architect has created an outline of an idea for a process that an
organization uses as a primary financial source. Which of the following would
best protect this process from other organizations? Right Ans - Copyright
A security report says that a company needs to reduce the attack surface on
its workstation. Which of the following best meets this recommendation?
Right Ans - Change the default password
A technician is installing a new wireless router for video streaming. This
technician must ensure there is enough throughput to accommodate high-
definition files. Which of the following should the technician choose for the
highest theoretical speed? Right Ans - 802.11ac
A technician plugs a USB camera into a laptop but the camera is not
recognized. The technician has determined there is no faulty hardware. Which
of the following is the next installation step the technician should take?
Right Ans - Download the driver from the manufacturers website.
A user is concerned that a new application the company is using , which is
hosted in the cloud, has access to the users name and address. Which of the
following documents would be the best for the user to read to address these
concerns? Right Ans - End-user license agreement
A user is purchasing a machine and wants to include ports that can transfer
data, video and sound the fastest. Which of the following is the best port to fit
this need? Right Ans - Thunderbolt
A user of the shared laptop creates a folder and stores personal data in the
folder. The user wants to encrypt the folder so no one else can read the data.
However, the user cannot encrypt the other data on the laptop since it is
shared. Which of the following types of encryption does this describe?
Right Ans - File-level encryption
A user wants to connect a PC to the wired network to gain access to the
intranet and internet. Which of the following computing components would
enable this functionality? Right Ans - NIC
You notice the following lines of code in a program
food_1 = "banana"
food_2 = "brisket"
food_3 = "carrot"
What would be an appropriate action to take to remove the repetitive variable
names? Right Ans - Use an Array
What do you expect the output of the following to be?
def awesome_thing(x, y):
If x == 1:
answer = x + y
print("Answer: " + answer)
else:
answer = x * y
print("Answer: " + answer)
awesome_thing(2, 4) Right Ans - Answer 8
Your team needs to collaborate on the yearly report. However, you are in
different regional offices. What's the best approach? Right Ans - Document
sharing
_____________allows text-based communication between users as both a stand
alone application or embedded in other software. Right Ans - Instant
messaging software
Your company is expanding their offices overseas. You need to be able to
conduct meetings online with audio, video, and chat functionality. What type
of software would be best? Right Ans - Conferencing software
Your boss asked you to create diagrams and flowcharts for the sales process.
She also wants you to show different floor plans for rearranging the desks on
the sales floor. What type of application would be best? Right Ans - Visual
diagramming software
,You are a small business manager and need to manage payroll, invoices, pay
bills and track all financial activity for the company. What type of application
would be best? Right Ans - Accounting software
You would like to manage budgeting, scheduling, and resources for building
the new server room to your office complex. You would also like to track and
report on the progress. What type of application would be best? Right Ans -
Project management
You have been asked to show the sales performance of the 4th quarter at a
company meeting. They would like to see charts and graphs, as well as the
new commercial for the holiday sale. What type of application would be best?
Right Ans - Presentation
HTTP Port# Right Ans - 80
POP3 port# Right Ans - 110
HTTPS Port# Right Ans - 443
SMTP Port# Right Ans - 25
IMAP Port# Right Ans - 143
DNS Port# Right Ans - 53
DHCP Port# Right Ans - 67, 68
Telnet port# Right Ans - 23
A company is developing a student management program. Which of the
following BEST describes the grade level of a student object? Right Ans -
Attribute
A company requires a database for a new application. Which of the following
methods will be used to start the process? Right Ans - CREATE
,A company wants to keep a business expenses. Which of the following is the
BEST software for this task? Right Ans - Accounting
A company will begin to allow staff to work from home by means of formal
request. Which of the following is the best way for the company to document
this change? Right Ans - Written policy
A computer will be used to store data on a network that all users must have
access all the time. It will be used to share printers. Which of the following
operating systems types would be the best choice? Right Ans - Server
A coworker tells Joe, an employee, that the company's time off policy has been
updated. Joe goes to the company's time off page, but it looks like it has not
been updated. When Joe looks at the page on his coworkers computer, it has
changed. Which of the following should Joe do to make sure he can view the
updated page on his company? Right Ans - Clear his web browser cache
A database administrator needs to add new details about products to an
inventory table, including pricing, product number and unit of measure.
Which of the following best meets these requirements? Right Ans - Record
A developer is writing a web application and wants to ensure the most people
possible can use the application. On which of the following aspects of the web
browser should the developer focus? Right Ans - Compatibility
David buys a new desktop computer and then connects a cable that allows the
computer to connect to the web. Which of the following ports would most
likely be used? Right Ans - Ethernet
A large company has two remote locations. One location is responsible for
completing daily backups of the other location network over the internet.
Which of the following internet service types should be used? Right Ans -
Fiber optic
A manager asks an administrator to copy a set of files and folders to a remote
location each day to create a redundant copy. The administrator sets up a job
that performs the needed function. Which of the following features of the
operating system best accomplishes this purpose? Right Ans - Task
scheduling
, A network architect has created an outline of an idea for a process that an
organization uses as a primary financial source. Which of the following would
best protect this process from other organizations? Right Ans - Copyright
A security report says that a company needs to reduce the attack surface on
its workstation. Which of the following best meets this recommendation?
Right Ans - Change the default password
A technician is installing a new wireless router for video streaming. This
technician must ensure there is enough throughput to accommodate high-
definition files. Which of the following should the technician choose for the
highest theoretical speed? Right Ans - 802.11ac
A technician plugs a USB camera into a laptop but the camera is not
recognized. The technician has determined there is no faulty hardware. Which
of the following is the next installation step the technician should take?
Right Ans - Download the driver from the manufacturers website.
A user is concerned that a new application the company is using , which is
hosted in the cloud, has access to the users name and address. Which of the
following documents would be the best for the user to read to address these
concerns? Right Ans - End-user license agreement
A user is purchasing a machine and wants to include ports that can transfer
data, video and sound the fastest. Which of the following is the best port to fit
this need? Right Ans - Thunderbolt
A user of the shared laptop creates a folder and stores personal data in the
folder. The user wants to encrypt the folder so no one else can read the data.
However, the user cannot encrypt the other data on the laptop since it is
shared. Which of the following types of encryption does this describe?
Right Ans - File-level encryption
A user wants to connect a PC to the wired network to gain access to the
intranet and internet. Which of the following computing components would
enable this functionality? Right Ans - NIC
