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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

 

1. On a laser printer, what is used to electrically clean the photosensitive drum?A. The eraser lamp

B. Electrostatic discharge to the paper

C. The wiper brush

D. The transferring coil

 

2. Since the obsolescence of ISA as an expansion bus, what are the two bus types most likely to be seen in a computer, particularly one constructed since the mid-2000s?A. AGP and PCI-Express

B. PCI and AGP

C. PCI and PCI-Express

D. PCI-X and AGP

 

3. What device driver and interface do most scanners use?A. IEEE 1394.A

B. Video feed

C. TWAIN

D. Flash memory card

 

4. You're preparing a test configuration of USB connectivity on a system where you plan to connect 126 devices to one host. How many levels of external hubs will you be able to use to make this test configuration work?A. 5

B. 4

C. 3

D. 6

 

5. What is the maximum distance from the PC that a USB device can be, without a repeater?A. 10 meters

B. 30 meters

C. 5 meters

D. 20 meters

 

Exam: 027078RR - EXTERNAL I/O DEVICES

6. Which of the following devices is hot-pluggable?A. A keyboard attached by a DIN connector

B. A camera attached by a FireWire/iLink

C. A printer attached to a parallel port

D. A scanner attached by a SCSI adapter

 

7. Plug-and-play, the basis for all modern device installations on the Windows platform, is a technology jointly developed by which technology giants?A. Microsoft and Apple

B. Microsoft and Intel

C. Google and Apple

D. Apple and Intel

 

8. What is the maximum recommended length of a parallel cable?A. 50 feet

B. 10–15 feet

C. 20–25 feet

D. 25–30 feet

 

9. What is the major factor that deters businesses from purchasing a color laser printer?A. High support/maintenance price

B. Poor color management support

C. High purchase price

D. Output quality

 

10. What two classifications of device drivers have become standard for hardware on Windows machines since the introduction of Windows Vista?A. 16-bit and 32-bit

B. 32-bit and 64-bit

C. Virtual and 16-bit

D. 32-bit and virtual

 

11. To control color reproduction of an ink-jet printer, you would use theA. Color Management tab on the network printer screen.

B. Color Management selection on the control panel.

C. Color Management facility in the device driver.

D. Color Management tab on the Printer Properties screen.

 

12. FireWire/iLink connectors come in three types:A. Standard, Fixed, and ECP.

B. 6, 9, and 24 pin.

C. 6, 9, and 24 pin, but only 9 pins are used.

D. 4, 6, and 9 pin.

 

13. When installing a plug-and-play PCI card on your PC, what do you need to set?A. The DIP switches

B. Nothing

C. The IRQ

D. The jumpers

 

14. How much energy does a USB device need to receive from the bus to enumerate, meaning register its presence with the computer?A. 200 mA

B. 500 mA

C. 100 mA

D. 800 mA

 

15. Your company is moving one of your departments to another location, and one of the moving workers requires an old printer with a 36-pin parallel connection for some archival work. In the new office, you find that the printer needs to be moved away from the worker's desk to keep the area easily accessible. What is the maximum distance you can move the printer from the worker's desk and still have it function?A. 5 feet

B. 15 feet

C. 20 feet

D. 10 feet

 

16. What is the maximum number of USB devices that can be connected to a PC?A. 6 per card (3 input and 3 output)

B. 30

C. 126

D. Unlimited

 

17. Two technicians are discussing the problem of making the laser-printed color output look the same as the monitor. Technician A says that this problem is caused by the different color systems of the two devices. Technician B says that this problem has to do with the device's gamut differences. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Both technicians are correct.

B. Only Technician B is correct.

C. Only Technician A is correct.

D. Neither technician is correct.

 

18. During maintenance, one of your users asks for recommendations on cleaning a ball-style scroll mouse. What cleaning material will you tell this user to avoid using on the ball?A. Isopropyl alcohol

B. Lint-free cloth

C. Compressed air

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D. Warm water

 

19. What color system do printers use?A. CMS

B. Additive

C. RGB

D. CMYK

 

20. You're purchasing paper for a special project by the graphic design department. The supervisor there tells you that the graphics for this project require high contrast, so the paper needs to be as close to perfectly white as possible. When buying paper, which of the following brightness scores are you most likely to want on the purchased paper?A. 95

B. 92

C. 98

D. 90