CompTIA Hardware Practice Test #1

Question 1

What kind of connector is often used to transfer electricity from a PC's power supply to an internal hard drive, CD or DVD drive?

Accepted Answer

Molex

Answer

DB-9

Answer

USB 3.0

Answer

USB-C

Question 2

Which of the following statements best defines RAID 10?

Accepted Answer

RAID 10 offers data redundancy as well as quicker performance.

Answer

RAID 10 deals with data redundancy.

Answer

RAID 10 improves performance.

Answer

RAID 10 offers striped disk backups on several disks.

Question 3

Your manager has requested that you bring him a DE-15 connection. Which of the following does he mean?

Accepted Answer

VGA

Answer

DVI-A

Answer

HDMI

Answer

DVI-D

Question 4

Which of the following choices incorrectly defines the functionality of parity RAM or parity memory?

Accepted Answer

Parity RAM has the ability to self-correct identified errors.

Answer

Parity checking is not available in all RAM.

Answer

Parity RAM provides one bit every byte.

Answer

When a mistake is discovered, parity checking will terminate the procedure.

Question 5

What kind of connector with 40 pins is utilized for internal hard drives?

Accepted Answer

IDE

Answer

DB-40

Answer

RG-6

Answer

SATA

Question 6

Which of the following is an advantage of having a multi-core processor?

Accepted Answer

Multiple threads can be managed at the same time

Answer

Having many CPU cores allows for faster clock rates

Answer

Several cores enable the virtualization of multiple operating systems

Answer

None of the above

Question 7

Which video cable is capable of transmitting both digital and analog signals?

Accepted Answer

DVI-I

Answer

HDMI

Answer

DVI-D

Answer

Mini-HDMI

Question 8

Which of the following statements about NVMe is correct?

Accepted Answer

NVMe is a data access protocol

Answer

NVMe is a hard drive connection type

Answer

The M.2 form factor is required for NVMe

Answer

NVMe is considerably quicker than M.2 based drives

Question 9

Which of the following statements about M.2 drive is correct?

Accepted Answer

M.2 drives are directly connected to the motherboard

Answer

M.2 drives make use of a three-pin SATA cable

Answer

M.2 drives have a greater Rotations Per Minute (RPM) than SATA based drives

Answer

M.2 drives are capable of reading CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disks

Question 10

What special operating system setup is required when running Windows 10 as a virtual machine?

Accepted Answer

There is no need for any specific configuration

Answer

Windows 10 does not handle installation as a virtual machine

Answer

Download and install the Microsoft Generic Processor (MGP) driver

Answer

Set up Windows 10 in HyperHost mode