CompTIA exam questions
A technician installed a new docking station for a user and they have lost the ability to connect to the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?
A. DHCP is disabled
B. The network is down
C. Device drivers are not loaded
D. The product is not compatible
A user wants to connect a laptop to the office LAN, charge the battery, and have a dual screen setup. Which of the following would BEST solve this user’s requirements?
A. Digitizer
B. Thunderbolt
C. Docking station
D. Desktop mode
Which of the following laptop accessories would MOST likely be used to support multiple displays when the laptop hardware does not have multiple video outputs?
A. Docking station
B. VGA to DVI converter
C. Adjustable monitor arm
D. PCMCIA card
Which of the following is the FIRST option a technician should consider when deciding to purchase a docking station or port replicator?
A. Difficulty or ease of use for the end user
B. OS compatibility
C. Whether there are enough ports
D. Compatibility of the device it connects to
A user has a laptop on a docking station that is used as a primary workstation. Whenever the user undocks the laptop to go to a meeting, the laptop powers off after only a few minutes. Which of the following should the technician MOST likely replace?
A. Motherboard
B. Battery
C. Docking station
D. Display
Emily, a user, calls requesting help selecting a printer connection technology. She wants to connect multiple devices to her laptop docking station using an external hub. Which of the following connection technologies would BEST meet Ann’s need for multiple devices?
A. Parallel
B. USB
C. FireWire
D. Bluetooth
Which of the following characteristics is generally found on a docking station that port replicators do not offer?
A. Replicators usually have more USB ports than docks.
B. Docks generally do not need separate power to function.
C. Docks have independent hardware that replicators lack.
D. Replicators have additional NIC that docks lack.
A customer asks a technician for a device that has the capability to easily connect a laptop to an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, and charge the battery. Which of the following devices should the technician recommend to the customer?
A. Lightning
B. KVM switch
C. USB 3.0
D. Docking station