Which of the following adapters causes the LEAST amount of signal loss?
A. VGA to DVI
B. HDMI to VGA
C. DVI to HDMI
D. S-video to RCA
CompTIA A+ Question J-63
A technician has replaced a bad internal WLAN card in a Windows 7 Professional laptop. The WLAN card is listed in Device Manager as enabled and working. Which of the following should be done NEXT to use the card?
A. Change the security passphrase of the network.
B. Configure encryption on the router.
C. The SSID of the network must be added to the connection.
D. The firmware and drivers must be updated to the latest version.
CompTIA A+ Question J-62
Which of the following components is sometimes built into a laptop LCD panel?
A. Battery
B. SD Card Reader
C. HDMI port
D. Microphone
CompTIA A+ Question J-61
Which of the following expansion devices would allow a user to utilize multiple hardware profiles to control an external display and power option?
A. PCI Express card
B. KVM
C. PCMCIA card
D. Docking station
CompTIA A+ Question J-60
Which of the following connection types is MOST commonly used to connect external hard drives to a PC? (Select TWO).
A. SATA
B. PATA
C. IDE
D. eSATA
E. USB
CompTIA A+ Question J-59
A user recently installed a joystick that is used to play video games on their computer. The user notices that the joystick is slowly drifting. Which of the following should the user do?
A. Replace the device
B. Reboot the computer
C. Reinstall the drivers
D. Recalibrate the device
CompTIA A+ Question J-58
A technician has installed a serial printer on a PC in the shipping department. The printer self test ran without error. The user states that printed documents include many wrong characters. Which of the following should be performed to correct this problem?
A. Replace the printer I/O logic and run the printer self test again.
B. Replace the printer cable and reset the printer to factory defaults.
C. Change the printer communication speed to the port setting speed.
D. Change the Parity to eight bit even and one stop bit.
CompTIA A+ Question J-57
A customer would like to upgrade their onboard fast Ethernet connection to connect to their new gigabit network at the gigabit speed. Which of the following will enable them to do so?
A. Convert the user to wireless.
B. Install a 10/100/1000 NIC.
C. Update the drivers for the onboard port.
D. Flash the BIOS to unlock the Ethernet port.
CompTIA A+ Question J-56
The wires that run along the side of an LCD panel in the display of a laptop are used for which of the following functions?
A. Prevent EMI from nearby electronics
B. Install additional backlights for the display
C. Wireless network card antenna leads
D. Connections for memory card reader in the display
CompTIA A+ Question J-55
Which of the following would benefit MOST from the use of dual monitors?
A. Gaming PC
B. Home theater PC
C. A/V editing station
D. Thin client