CompTIA exam questions
Peter, a user, needs to connect a MIDI device to his computer, but the PC does not have the appropriate port. Which of the following add-ons would MOST likely have the port the PC needs?
A. Network Interface Card
B. TV Capture Card
C. Video Card
D. Sound Card
Which of the following MUST be performed when installing a PCI sound card for use instead of the onboard sound?
A. Install drivers
B. Install additional memory
C. Configure the jumpers
D. Flash the BIOS
A technician is planning a hardware upgrade of a workstation. The technician would like to upgrade the video card, sound card, and NIC and add a USB 3.0 card. The technician is concerned about power consumption by the expansion cards. Which of the following upgrades would MOST likely require also upgrading the power supply?
A. Video card
B. USB 3.0 card
C. Sound card
D. Network card
A user is asking for recommendations on building a PC that will primarily be used for gaming. Which of the following should the technician recommend? (Select TWO).
A. 7.1 sound card
B. CAD video card
C. Virtualization support
D. Thunderbolt expansion cards
E. RAID controller
F. High-end video card
A user, Peter, notices his laptop performance decreases while playing multimedia files. Which of the following would MOST likely increase performance?
A. Install a high-end graphics card with onboard memory.
B. Replace the sound card with a higher quality product.
C. Upgrade the CPU.
D. Increase SODIMM memory.
Which of the following expansion cards would MOST likely require the use of an external power connector to function properly?
A. PCI Express video card
B. PCI Express fiber card
C. PCI Express sound card
D. PCI Express network card
A customer asks a technician to upgrade a desktop computer to support the DVI-D interface. Which of the following PC expansion cards would the technician upgrade?
A. FireWire card
B. Network card
C. Thunderbolt card
D. Video card
E. Sound card
A user has requested a technician to upgrade a small form factor open source PC to facilitate video capture. Which of the following should be used?
A. IDE sound card
B. PCIe video card
C. Riser card
D. PS/2 adapter
A technician is tasked with selecting components to build a computer that will be used for computer aided drafting and computer aided modeling. Which of the following components are the BEST choices? (Select TWO).
A. Triple channel memory
B. MIDI sound card
C. TV tuner
D. Onboard graphics
E. Socket 1366 CPU