ITE MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND 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
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
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 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
*highest performance
RAID 1
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
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
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 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
*highest performance
RAID 1
