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the interface standard for cardbus technology uses ___ bit PCI
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32
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Which type of printer works by placing toner on an electrically charged rotating drum and then depositing the toner on paper as the paper moves through the system at the same speed that the drum is turning?
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laser
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The disc rotates at a consant speed with what type of velocity?
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Constant angular
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What type of disc can only be written to once?
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CD-R
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Which of the following is a small, handheld computer with its own operating system and applications?
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PDA
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Which of the following modes, in addition to standby, should you use whenever you are not using the notebook?
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hibernate
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What can be done to clear up “fuzzy” characters on a CRT display?
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Degauss the CRT
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A computer or other device that allows a computer on one network to communicate with a computer on another network is called what?
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gateway
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What type of network covers a small local area such as an office, home, or other building or small group of buildings?
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LAN
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The number of samples taken from an analog sound signal over a period of time is known as what?
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Sampling rate
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What do the members of a domain share that is organized in levels?
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A common directory database
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What must be installed in order to use a shared printer on a remote PC?
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Client for Microsoft networks
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What do we collectively call the methods used to improve performance and automatically recover from a failure?
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RAID
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What enables users to have access to specific resources?
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Permissions
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What address identifies a computer, printer, or other device on a TCP/IP network?
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IP
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How can wireless devices connect to a LAN?
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By way of a wireless access point.
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What is the best way to detect a bad battery in a Windows XP based laptop PC?
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Disconnect the AC adapter and measure the time it takes for the system to fail.
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How can a balance problem that occurs with add-on stereo speakers be corrected?
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Swap the speaker positions
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Which topology connects each node in a line and has no central connection point?
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Bus
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After handling a printed document from a laser printer, you notice the letters smudge and the toner rubs off. What is the most likely cause for this problem?
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The fusing section failed
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What is an acceptable method for cleaning laser printers?
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Using a toner vacuum to clean dust and excess toner from the printer housing.
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Which wireless encryption protocol is the strongest?
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WPA2
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What do we call the customized installation of a notebook’s operating system by its manufacturer?
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Operating System Build
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Which network architecture is the most popular one used today?
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ethernet
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When purchasing an inkjet printer, you should look for the kind that uses _________ separate cartridges.
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Two or four
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What is streaming audio?
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Playing MP3 files directly from the Internet without first downloading them.
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What is video sharing?
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Using regular RAM for video.
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What is the latest PCMCIA specification that can use the PC Card slot and improves I/O speed, increases the bus width to 32 bits, and supports lower-voltage PC Cards while maintaining Backward compatibility with earlier standards?
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CardBus
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Which standards include one or more variations of PC Card, CardBus, and ExpressCard?
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PCMCIA
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What is the printer language that was developed by Hewlett-Packard but is considered a de facto standard in the printing industry?
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PCL
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What allows you to specify which devices are to be loaded on startup for a particular user or set of circumstances?
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Hardware profiles
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What is a method of digitally describing and storing every individual note played by each individual instrument used in making music?
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MIDI
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You have been called to an advertising firm that has a flatbed scanner that does not scan. When you test it, the scanning light is on but it does not move across the page. What is the most likely cause of the problem?
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The scanner’s light positioning mechanism is locked.
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Each network adapter has a 48-bit (6-byte) number hard-coded on the card by its manufacturer that is used to identify the adapter on the network. What address is this number called?
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MAC
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What type of scanner pulls a sheet of paper through the scanner mechanism similar to the way a fax machine works?
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Sheet-fed
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What type of display do notebooks use?
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LCD panels
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How many GB of data can a single sided, dual layered DVD hold?
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8.5
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What type of printer uses solid dyes embedded on different transparent films? As the print head passes over each color film, it heats up, causing the dye to vaporize onto the glossy surface of the paper.
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Dye-sublimination
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What is the popular audio compression method that can reduce the size of a sound file as much as 1:24 without much loss of quality?
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MP3
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What type of connector does thin coaxial cable use?
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BNC
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What size data path does the 160-pin SO-RIMM use?
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64 bit
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A customer can’t configure the correct resolution for the LCD display on a notebook PC. What steps can you take to fix the problem?
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Install an external monitor to determine whether the problem is in the display panel.
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In which step of laser printing does the laser bean discharge a lower charge only to places where toner should go?
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Writing
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In a laser printer, where is the laser beam reflected to by the beam detect mirror?
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An optical fiber
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An extension magnet brush is a long-handled brush made of nylon fibers that are charged with static electricity. It is used to easily attract what?
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toner
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What is a geographical area that offers connectivity and is created by a fixed transceiver and antenna called?
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cell
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Which type of ethernet uses thick RG8 coaxial cable with an AUI connector?
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10Base5
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DVD and CD technologies are known as what type of technologies?
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optical
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How many separate sound channels of sound information for up to how many different speakers, each producing a different sound can the Surround Sound standard support?
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Eight and eight
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In which step of laser printing does a strong electrical charge draws the toner off the drum onto the paper?
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transferring
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