CompTIA Hardware Practice 3

Question 1

A technician notices a capacitor on a motherboard is bulging at the top. What should the technician do?

Accepted Answer

Replace the motherboard as the capacitor has failed

Answer

Apply more thermal paste near the capacitor

Answer

Discharge the capacitor with a screwdriver

Answer

Clean the capacitor with compressed air

Question 2

Which storage interface provides the highest sequential read/write speeds for consumer SSDs?

Accepted Answer

NVMe over PCIe 4.0

Answer

SATA III (6 Gb/s)

Answer

USB 3.2 Gen 2

Answer

eSATA

Question 3

A user upgrades from a 65W CPU to a 125W CPU in the same socket. The system experiences thermal throttling. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The existing CPU cooler is insufficient for the higher TDP

Answer

The RAM is incompatible with the new CPU

Answer

The power supply wattage is too low

Answer

The BIOS does not support multi-core CPUs

Question 4

What does the term 'form factor' refer to when discussing hard drives and SSDs?

Accepted Answer

The physical dimensions and mounting specification

Answer

The speed rating in RPM or MB/s

Answer

The file system format used on the drive

Answer

The interface protocol (SATA, NVMe)

Question 5

A technician is asked to add a second monitor to a workstation. The GPU has one HDMI and one DisplayPort output. The second monitor only has VGA input. What is needed?

Accepted Answer

A DisplayPort to VGA active adapter

Answer

A new GPU with a VGA output

Answer

A VGA splitter cable

Answer

No adapter is needed; DisplayPort and VGA are compatible

Question 6

Which RAID level provides disk striping with distributed parity and requires a minimum of three drives?

Accepted Answer

RAID 5

Answer

RAID 0

Answer

RAID 1

Answer

RAID 10

Question 7

A technician replaces a CMOS battery on a motherboard. What setting will most likely need to be reconfigured after the replacement?

Accepted Answer

System date and time

Answer

RAM frequency and timings

Answer

CPU core count

Answer

GPU driver version