A+ Certification : 3.0 Understanding Laptops And Portable Devices (Essentials)

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1. ___________ is the fastest and most modern interface used as an expansion method for external peripherals like mice, web cams, scanners, printers, and so on and is popular on laptops and desktop alike.

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USB is used most often in laptops as an expansion bus for external peripherals. Although parallel and PS/2 allow for connection of external peripherals, they are not as flexible or widely used for expansion as USB.

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2. Which laptop input device is a flat surface that you can draw on with you finger to control the mouse pointer?

Explanation

The touchpad is a mousing surface built into the laptop. It allows you to use your finger to control the mouse pointer by drawing on the surface.

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3. The process by which the processor slows down to conserver power is called _____________?

Explanation

The processor can adjust how fast it's working, called throttling, to save system power.

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4. The display on your laptop appears warped and fuzzy. You plug in an external monitor, and the image on it is fine. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Explanation

It has to be a problem with the LCD display. If it were the video card, then the display would appear warped and fuzzy on the external monitor as well. While many motherboards contain video circuitry, this answer is not specific enough. If the video driver were corrupt, you would have the same problem on all displays.

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5. What would be the best thing to use to clean a laptop display?

Explanation

Laptop LCD video displays can scratch easily. To clean them, it's best to use a cleaner designed specifically for LCD screens. They can be found at any office supply store.

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6. Which wireless IEEE standard operates on the 2.4GHz radio frequency and transmits data at a maximum of 11Mbps?

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The IEEE standard for 11Mbps wireless transmission over 2.4GHz radio is the 802.11b standard. The 802.11g standard has a maximum transmission speed of 54Mbps.

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7. Which kind of laptop  was designed to look and function like a paper notebook?

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The tablet PC is a notebook with a flip-around screen that allows user to hold it like a large notebook and write notes directly on the screen with special stylus.

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8. Which type of PC Card is used most often for expansion devices like NICs, sound cards, and so on?

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A Type II PC Card is the type used most often for expansion devices like NICs, sound cards, SCSI controllers, modems, and so on.

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9. Which of the following types of display has the best performance characteristics?

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Active matrix screens have better performance than passive-matrix screens. There are no dual- or quad-matrix display devices.

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10. Which of the following memory types has the smallest form factor?

Explanation

The SoDIMM and MicroDIMM are the common laptop memory standards. Of the two, MicroDIMM is smaller

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11. Which laptop accessory allows you to power your laptop from a car or airplane?

Explanation

A DC adapter converts the DC output form a car or airplane accessory power plug into the voltages required by your laptop.

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12. Which of the following is not a benefit of laptop design?

Explanation

By and large, compromises always must be made when comparing laptops to desktops. Although laptops can be used as desktop replacements, their performance is almost always lower than comparably priced desktop

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13. What is the most important function of BIOS-ACPI?

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BIOS-ACPI is the power management standard introduced in 1996. It's an extension of the system BIOS that is responsible for managing power to devices in your system.

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14. You have a floppy drive in your laptop's modular bay, and your laptop is on. What is the recommended first step in removing it so you can put a CD-ROM drive in instead?

Explanation

Before removing hardware, you should stop the device using the Safely Remove Hardware icon located in your system tray. Turing off the laptop would work, but it's not necessary. After stopping the device, you can use the latch (if your laptop has one) to release the drive.

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15. Which of the following video standards supports 1900 x 1200 resolution at a 16:10 aspect ratio?

Explanation

The WUXGA standard is the only widescreen standard listed, and it is the only one that supports 1900 x 1200 resolution at a 16:10 aspect ratio.

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16. Which of the following must be true for BIOS-ACPI to work? (Choose all that apply.)

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For ACPI power management to work, it first must be a feature of the BIOS, In addition, the motherboard and processor must support the standard. Finally, you need Windows 98 or newer.

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17. Which laptop input device was released with the IBM ThinkPad series of laptops?

Explanation

The Touchpoint (aka finger mouse) was releasedx with the IBM ThinkPad serious of laptops.

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18. PCMCIA expansion cards need which software in order to operate? (Select all that apply.)

Explanation

The PC Card architecture has two components. The first is the Socket Services software, and the second is the Card Services software.

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19. If the video on your laptop is not working, what should you do to troubleshoot it? (Choose all that apply.)

Explanation

Two helpful things to try are toggling the video output function key (usually Fn+F8) and plugging an external monitor into the laptop. Removing the display is possible but not recommended. Powering the system off and back on isn't likely to correct the problem.

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___________ is the fastest and most modern interface used as an...
Which laptop input device is a flat surface that you can draw on with...
The process by which the processor slows down to conserver power is...
The display on your laptop appears warped and fuzzy. You plug in an...
What would be the best thing to use to clean a laptop display?
Which wireless IEEE standard operates on the 2.4GHz radio frequency...
Which kind of laptop  was designed to look and function like a...
Which type of PC Card is used most often for expansion devices like...
Which of the following types of display has the best performance...
Which of the following memory types has the smallest form factor?
Which laptop accessory allows you to power your laptop from a car or...
Which of the following is not a benefit of laptop design?
What is the most important function of BIOS-ACPI?
You have a floppy drive in your laptop's modular bay, and your laptop...
Which of the following video standards supports 1900 x 1200 resolution...
Which of the following must be true for BIOS-ACPI to work? (Choose all...
Which laptop input device was released with the IBM ThinkPad series of...
PCMCIA expansion cards need which software in order to operate?...
If the video on your laptop is not working, what should you do to...
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