A+ Certification : 7.0 Understanding Printers (Essentials)
Test you knowledge on Understanding Printers. (Please note that this test will not explain the answers)
- 1.Which step in the EP print process uses a laser to discharge selected areas of the photosensitive drum, thus forming an image on the drum?
- A.
Writing
- B.
Transferring
- C.
Developing
- D.
Cleaning
- 2.What is the correct order of the steps in the EP print process?
- A.
Developing, writing, transferring, fusing, charging, cleaning
- B.
Charging, writing, developing, transferring, fusing, cleaning
- C.
Transferring, writing, developing, charging, cleaning, fusing
- D.
Cleaning, charging, writing, developing, transferring, fusing
- 3.What is the most basic printer type?
- A.
Impact printer
- B.
Bubble-jet printer
- C.
Laser printer
- D.
Interfaces and print media
- 4.Which voltage is applied to the paper to transfer the toner to the paper in the EP process laser printer?
- A.
+600VDC
- B.
-600VDC
- C.
+6000VDC
- D.
-6000VDC
- 5.What is the result of an absent or broken static-eliminator strip in either an EP process or HP LaserJet printer?
- A.
Nothing. Both printers will continue to function normally.
- B.
Nothing will happen in EP process printers, but HP LaserJet printers will flash a "-671 error" message.
- C.
Paper jams may occur in both types of printers because the paper may curl around the photosensitive drum.
- D.
Nothing will happen in HP LaserJet printers, but EP process printers will flash a "-671 error" message.
- 6.Which types of printers are referred to as page printers, because they receive their printer job instructions one page at a time? (Select all that apply.)
- A.
Daisy wheel
- B.
Dot matrix
- C.
Bubble jet
- D.
Laser
- 7.Which of the following are possible interfaces for printers? (Select all the apply.)
- A.
Parallel
- B.
Mouse port
- C.
Serial
- D.
Network
- 8.Which laser printer component formats the print job for the type of printer being used?
- A.
Corona assembly
- B.
DC power supply
- C.
Printer controller assembly
- D.
Formatter software
- 9.Which of the following are page-description languages? (Select all that apply.)
- A.
Page Description Language (PDL)
- B.
PostScript
- C.
Page Script
- D.
Printer Control Language (PCL)
- 10.The basis weight is the weight in pounds of 500 sheets of bond paper for what size of paper?
- A.
8 1/2 x 11 inch
- B.
11 x 17 inch
- C.
17 x 22 inch
- D.
8 1/2 x 17 inch
- 11.Any printer that uses the electrophotographic process contains how many standard assemblies?
- A.
Five
- B.
Six
- C.
Four
- D.
Eight
- 12.Which type of printers can be used with multipart forms?
- A.
Bubble-jet printers
- B.
EP process laser printers
- C.
HP process laser printers
- D.
Dot-matrix printers
- 13.LED page printers differ from EP process laser printers in which step?
- A.
Writing
- B.
Charging
- C.
Fusing
- D.
Cleaning
- E.
Transferring
- 14.What part of both EP process and HP LaserJet process printers supplies the voltages for the charging and transfer corona assemblies?
- A.
High-voltage power supply (HVPS)
- B.
DC power supply (DCPS)
- C.
Controller circuitry
- D.
Transfer corona
- 15.With EP process laser printers, the laser discharges the charged photosensitive drum to ____________ VDC.
- A.
+600
- B.
0
- C.
-100
- D.
-600
- 16.Which impact printer has a printhead that contains a row of pins that are triggered in patterns that form letters and numbers as the printhead moves across the paper?
- A.
Laser printer
- B.
Daisy-wheel printer
- C.
Dot-matrix printer
- D.
Bubble-jet printer
- 17.Which printer contains a wheel that looks like a flower with raised letters and symbols on each petal?
- A.
Bubble-jet printers
- B.
Daisy-wheel printers
- C.
Dot-matrix printers
- D.
Laser printer
- 18.Which of the following is not an advantage of the daisy-wheel printer?
- A.
Can print multipart forms
- B.
Relatively inexpensive
- C.
Printer quality is comparable to a typewriter
- D.
Speed
- 19.Which printer part gets the toner from the photosensitive drum onto the paper?
- A.
Laser scanning assembly
- B.
Fusing assembly
- C.
Corona assembly
- D.
Drum
- 20.Which of the following is not an advantage of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) printer interface?
- A.
It has a higher transfer rate than a serial connection
- B.
It has a higher transfer rate than a parallel connection
- C.
It automatically recognizes new devices
- D.
It allows the printer to communicate with networks, servers, and workstations.
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