ACTUAL EXAM 2024-2025 COMPLETE VERSION WITH UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS \\VERIFIED
ANSWERS \\GRADED A+
1.1 = low
speed1.5Mbits/s, 3m
USB Stats? Full speed 12Mbits/s
5m
2.0 = 480Mbits/s 5m
3.0 = 5GB/s 3m no max cable length
3.1 = 10GB/s
A = normal
B = tall
USB 1.1/2.0 Connectors?
Mini B = small
Micro B = normal
Standa
USB 3.0 Connectors? rd A
Standa
rd B
Micro B (weird)
v1 = 2 channel 10GB/channel
Thunderbolt versions? v2 = 20GB/s aggregate channel
v3 = USB-C connector 40GB/s copper and fiber
What do you connect to serial D-sub, DB-9 RS232
consoles?
Video graphics array with DB-1 connector, blue color,
VGA? Facts?
video no audio, analog signal, image degrades after 5-
10m
HDMI? Type of connector? High definition multimedia interface, video and audio, 20m, 19pin
type A connector
DisplayPort? Packetized form compatible with HDMI and DVI
DVI? Digital visual interface, supports analog and digital signal but no
audio
Single link = 3.7Gbps
HDTV 60fps Dual link
Types of DVI?
, = 7.4Gbps HDTV
80fps DVI-A/D =
Analog/digital
DVI-I = integrated, both analog and digital
1.0 = 1.5GBits/1m
2.0 = 3.0Gbits/1m
SATA versions?
3.0 = 6.0Gbits/1m
3.2 = 16Gbits/1m
What is eSATA? External SATA
7pin =
What are the different pin
types for SATA? data 15pin
= power
Small computer systems interface, can daisy chain
SCSI?
together, supports parallel and serial
What is a SCSI ID? Each device in SCSI has a LUN, separates devices and also is
used for a VM
LUN? Logical unit
What must you do when using End with a terminator
SCSI?
SAS? Serial attached SCSI, no terminators or config settings needed
for this
Higher throughput with point to point connection,
Why has SCSI moved from
PATA to SATA? control and management of SCSI with speed of serial
connection
, VGA to DVI-D
What types of video/data
USB to
connections need
ethernet
converters?
USB-C to
USB-A
What is an RJ11 connector? Telephone or DSL connector
What are traits of a RJ45 8 pins 8 conductors
connector?
What is a molex connector? 4 pin power connector, 12V and 5V
Dynamic random access memory, has to be constantly
What is DRAM?
refreshed so data doesn't disappear, the small black
boxes on RAM
Synchronous DRAM, will sync with common system
SDRAM?
clock and queue processes for the RAM
SDR = single data rate memory 1 clock
SDR vs DDR?
cycle = one bit of data DDR = double data
rate = twice in a single clock cycle
Twice the data rate as DDR2 =
DDR3?
16GB/DIMM Also DDR4 and 5
Dual, triple, quad core CPU spreads load through
What is multichannel memory?
memory channels, ideal to have the same type of
memory in each slot
What is parity? The memory checks itself for errors by making an even number
of 1s
Error correcting code, motherboard supported, detects
What is ECC?
errors in memory and corrects
What is non-volatile storage? Info will stay on the drive when turned off
What are the common sizes of 3.5in, 2.5in, M.2
drives?
AHCI? Advanced host controlled interface, type of protocol, to move
from drive to RAM
NVMe? Non-volatile memory express, for SSD
What are the types of keys for B key, M key, and M and B key based on the motherboard
PCIe?
What type of memory is a EEPROM = electrically erasable programmed read only memory
flash drive?
SD = secure
What are types of flash digital XD
drives?
, picture
card
Compact
flash
What is an optical drive? Drive that reads small bumps/colors on a disc, DVD Blue Ray CD
rom
What is a RAID array? Keeps uptime incase a drive fails, redundant array of
independent discs
Striping, 2 drives with all the data split between them,
What happens with RAID 0?
high performance no redundancy
RAID 1? Mirroring, files duplicated on both drives, high redundancy
Striping with parity, parts of data scattered across
RAID 5?
drives with parity on the off ones, need at least 3
drives highly redundant
RAID 10? Speed of striping with redundancy of mirroring, mirror all drives
used
ATX = advanced
ATX vs ITX?
technology extended ITX
= mini
What is a bus? A communication path
Peripheral component express, x1 x2 x4 x8 full duplex
PCIe? Facts?
lanes, more bandwidth because more lanes