1. A technician is planning a hardware upgrade of a workstation. The technician would like to upgrade the video card, sound card, and NIC and add a USB 3.0 card. The technician is concerned about power consumption by the expansion cards. Which of the following upgrades would MOST likely require also upgrading the power supply?

A) A. Video card
B) B. USB 3.0 card
C) C. Sound card
D) D. Network card



2. Which of the following cable types should be installed to minimize toxic fumes in the event of a fire?

A) A. Fiber
B) B. STP CAT6
C) C. Plenum
D) D. Coaxial



3. A laptop logon screen can barely be seen, despite adjusting the display's brightness setting. Which of the following display components is defective?

A) A. Backlight
B) B. Digitizer
C) C. Inverter
D) D. Polarizer



4. A user reports that all printouts to a locally attached printer show only garbled characters. Which of the following tools should a technician use to troubleshoot the issue?

A) A. Programs and Features
B) B. Performance Monitor
C) C. System Configuration
D) D. Device Manager



5. Which of the following would a company use to limit traffic between subnets on a network?

A) A. Repeater
B) B. Bridge
C) C. Hub
D) D. Switch