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ITC 190
Week 9 (10.01-10.05)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following devices would you add to a computer if you needed to take inventory at a retail store by scanning the UPC symbols on products? | Bar code reader |
| Which of the following devices authenticates users based on their physical features? | Biometric scanner |
| Jamie has been tasked with designing a solution for the paralegals in his office. They need to review old documents that are on paper files and create word processor documents from them that can be searched and cross-referenced. Which of the following dev | Digitizer; Scanner |
| Which of the following peripheral devices are designed specifically for playing games on a computer? | Joystick; Gamepad |
| Which of the following is considered a computer input device? | Touchscreen |
| You have three computers in your office. You would like to reduce the time it takes to switch from one computer to the next, and you would like to use only one keyboard, one monitor, and one mouse for all three computers. Which of the following devices BE | KVM |
| You are an IT professional that works with home users. One of your customers works from home and uses multiple Windows computers as well as an Apple Mac computer. Your customer wants to be able to switch between his computers without changing the keyboard | KVM switch |
| Smart card reader | Used to can hardware that contains an embedded microchip for authentication |
| Digitizer | Used to capture some type of analog signal and convert it into digital data; Graphics tablets mostly used by graphic artists to capture hand-drawn images |
| Smart card reader | Can be a stand-alone device or integrated with other peripherals, such as a keyboard |
| Biometric scanner | Used to scan users' physical features and use them to verify their identity |
| Barcode reader | Most commonly used in retail environments at checkout stands |
| Which peripheral device is best for capturing a customer's signature when they check out at a convenience store or supermarket? | Signature pad |
| What type of peripheral device is typically found on a laptop computer and allows the user to control the cursor with a finger? | Touch pad |
| Which of the following display technologies require backlighting? | LED; LCD |
| You are in charge of putting together the display design for a new conference center at your organization. The conference center will be in a large auditorium with 500 or more seats. Which of the following technologies will provide a large display for | DLP projector |
| You work as the IT administrator for a small news station. Jill, an employee in Building 2, works in the audio-video editing department and would like to increase her productivity. For example, she would like to be able to run multiple programs simultaneo | Configure Jill's computer with dual monitors |
| You are a trainer for your company and often teach courses in a classroom located on campus or in a hotel conference room. In your office, which is separate from the classroom, you have two external monitors connected to your laptop, and you are able t | Duplicate these displays |
| You are putting together a system for a graphic artist and need to make sure that you find a display that meets their needs. The display needs to have very good color reproduction quality and viewing angles. The display also needs to have proper cooling a | LCD display with IPS panel |
| You are putting together a gaming system and need to make sure that you find a display that meets your needs. The display needs to have a very good response time, and you would prefer that it be affordable and power-efficient. Which of the following di | LCD display with TN panel |
| Which of the following is true of modern LCD monitors in regards to backlighting? | LEDS are used to backlight the screen |
| WLED | The least expensive, thinnest, and most widely used type of LCD |
| RGB-LED | Superior accuracy (most expensive type of backlighting technology) |
| CCFL | Produces better colors than WLED (consumes more energy) |
| Full-array WLED | Able to dim specific regions of the screen |
| What are the disadvantages of plasma display technology? | The gasses inside the cells are sensitive to air pressure fluctuations; They generate much more heat than other display types |
| Ida, one of the employees in the sales department, needs a way to display her PowerPoint sales presentation to a large group of potential customers. She has asked you to set up the conference room in preparation for her presentation. You will need to purc | A large screen and a projector |
| For several years, your laptop's monitor has worked perfectly. However, shortly after turning on your laptop today, you notice that the dimness has increased on the screen. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? | The monitor's inverter has gone bad; The power adapter was accidentally unplugged |
| A customer complains that a recently purchased monitor no longer displays a picture. You verify that the monitor is powered on and that the video cable is securely fastened to the video port. Which of the following actions is the BEST to take next? | Check the brightness and contrast settings using the monitor's controls |
| You have purchased an LED monitor and connected it to the DVI-I port on your computer using a DVI-D cable. You configure the screen resolution to 1440 x 900 with 32-bit color. The display on the screen seems to be pixilated. Which of the following solu | Change the screen resolution to the native resolution of the monitor |
| You have just installed a new video card in a user's Windows workstation. When the system is powered on, the screen displays in 16 colors at 640 x 480 resolution. Which of the following will BEST resolve this problem? | Download and install the latest driver from the video card manufacturer's website |
| You have purchased a 1600 x 1200 LCD monitor and connected it to the DVI-I port on your computer using a DVI-D cable. You configure the screen resolution at 1280 x 1024 with 24-bit color. The display output seems to be fuzzy and stretched. Which of the | Change the screen resolution to the native resolution of the monitor |
| After using your LCD monitor for about three months, you notice a small black dot in one area of the screen. Regardless of what is shown on the monitor, the dot remains the same color and in the same location. Which of the following is the BEST method | Play a video designed to fix dead pixels |
| You recently upgraded a client's older workstation to Windows 11. The client has called to complain that the interface is very slow. For example, after clicking on the Start button, the Start menu slowly appears on the screen. Which of the following wi | Set the visual effects for best performance |
| The contrast on your projector's output is not displaying properly. In addition, the images continually flicker. What is the most likely cause of the projector's display problems? | A bulb is close to burning out |
| Which of the following projector issues would most likely be caused by poor air flow through dirty vents in the projector? | Intermittent shutdowns |
| Your projector is displaying the colors on the screen incorrectly. what is the most likely reason for this problem? | The source computer's resolution settings do not match the projector's resolution settings |
| You are installing an updated driver for a hardware device on your system. A dialog box pops up, indicating that Microsoft has digitally signed the driver. What does a digitally signed driver indicate? | The driver has been tested by Microsoft; The driver file has not been altered |
| Your company has decided to use only SATA drives in their systems. Which of the following is true of MOST newer SATA drives? | They can be added to or removed from a system without shutting down the computer |
| On a Linux system, what is the name of the directory where you will find a text file called devices that contains information about the devices that are configured on the system? | /proc |
| As the system administrator for a large financial institution, you have been assigned to upgrade the laptops for the sales representatives in your company. You have installed a 2-TB SSD drive in each of the laptops for quick access and storage of large | Use the Roll Back Driver option in Device Manager to use the original SSD driver version |
| Anna has been backing up her data on a hot swappable drive that is mounted on an external hard drive docking station. This docking station hold two drives. Anna would like to exchange one of the drives with a dribe of higher storage capacity. Which of the | Remove and replace the drive after using the Safely Remove Hardware feature to shut down the device |
| Jason owns a MacBook Pro and is having an issue with his USB drive. Which of the following tools could Jason use to view information about the USB drive controller? | System Information utility |
| As a member of the help desk team, you have been assigned to update the driver for the network adapter that is installed on most of the computers in your department. You have a copy of the latest driver on a USB flash drive. Which Windows utility allows y | Device Manager |
| Alice recently purchased a new cell phone. After her vacation, Alice decided to transfer her holiday photos to her computer to do some touchup work before sending the pictures to her children. When Alice attached her phone to her computer, she saw that | Device Manager |
| Which type of device do you typically install a driver for before you connect the device to your system? | USB devices |
| You have decided to purchase a new SSD drive for your Windows 11 workstation. Which of the following should you do before purchasing the SSD drive? | Check the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility (HCL) to make sure the SSD drive is compatible with Windows 11 |
| You have decided to install a new Ethernet network adapter in your Windows 11 desktop computer. After installing the card and booting to Windows, you notice that you have no network connection. After looking in Device Manager, you see that the new networ | Boot to Safe Mode and uninstall the network driver |
| Alice recently purchased a new cell phone. After her vacation, she decides to transfer her holiday photos to her computer, where she can do some touchup work before sending the pictures to her children. When Alice attaches her phone to her computer, sh | Device Manager |
| In which of the following situations would driver rollback be the BEST option to use? | You recently installed a new video driver, and now the system behaves erratically |
| You recently installed a fiber optic network board on an expansion slot in your system's motherboard. You no longer need to use the integrated UTP network board that's integrated in the motherboard. Click on the option you would use in the integrated n | Driver |
| A user complains that his USB scanner no longer works. You check Device Manager and see an icon with a black down arrow through it. What should you do? | Enable the device in Device Manager |
| You've just connected a new USB device to your Windows system. You used the installation disc that came with the device to install the drivers needed to support the device. Since the installation, the system frequently crashes when you try to access the n | Download and install the latest driver from the manufacturer's website |
| A user installs a new graphics application on her Windows system. During the installation process, the application prompts the user to load a custom video driver that has been optimized for the application. She does so and then completes the installation. | Revert the system to a restore point prior to installing the video driver; Use Device Manager to roll back the video driver |
| You've just installed a new device on your Windows system. After installation, you can't use the device. You check Device Manager and find an icon with a yellow exclamation mark. What is the BEST first step for resolving the device issue? | Download the latest driver from the manufacturer's website |
| You've just installed several devices to a computer at once, but now the computer fails to boot properly. Which of the following troubleshooting steps is the BEST to try first? | Remove all the newly added devices and install them one at a time |
| You're trying to connect a new USB device to your computer. You install the driver and then connect the device to an open USB port. The device does not work. Which of the following troubleshooting stpes is the BEST to try first? | Make sure the USB device is plugged in properly |
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