Chapter 10.1 Component Selection

You have been tasked with designing a workstation that will run VMware Workstation hypervisor software. It willbe used by a software engineer to run virtual machines for app testing, Which criteria should be included in your design for this system? (Select two) A. HTPC form factor B. 64-bit processor with 6 cores C. RAM configured to run in triple-channel mode D. Video card with HDMI output E. RAID 5 disk array

Joe is working on a design team that uses a computer-aided design (CAD) system. Joe has been complaining that it takes to long to perform tasks such as panning, rotating, and zooming. You have been asked to look at Joe's computer and to make any changes required to increase Joe's productivity Which of the following would BEST meet Joe's needs? A. Add a very high-end board B. Increase the memory for the onboard video embedded in the motherboard C. Configure Joe's workstation with dual monitors D. Add a second high-capacity hard drive to Joe's computer

You are the IT administrator for your company. You have several users who want to work from home by connecting to a server running at the corporate headquarters. Your manager has asked you to keep costs to a minimum as you provide computers for this environment. A. Thick client B. Thin client C. CAD/CAM workstation D. Tablet

You want to purchase a home theater. Which hardware selection criteria would be most important for this system? (Select two.) A. Video card with HDMI output B. RAID 5 disk array C. HTPC form factor D. 64-bit processor with 6 cores E. RAM configured to run in triple-channel mode

You are purchasing a PC system that will be used as a file and print server in a small business. Which hardware selection criteria would be most important for this system? (Select two) A. HDMI output B. High-end video adapter with GPU C. RAID 1+0 array D. 64-bit multi-core processor E. RAID 0 array

You are purchasing several PC systems that will be used as thin clients in a large organization. Which hardware selection criteria would be most important for this system? A. Gigabit Ethernet adapter B. RAID O array C. High-end video adapter with GPU D. 64-bit 6-core processor

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer. A customer asks you to build three custom computers for him to use at his home office: -Gaming PC -Home Office Server -Thick Client Workstation 1. -1000 W Power Supply -1 TB SATA HD -Dual SLI 6 GB PCIe video adapters -5.1 channel surround sound adapter -Liquid CPU cooler 2. -400 W power supply -500 GB SATA HD -512 MB PCIe video adapter -Basic desktop applications installed 3. -2 TB RAID 5 disk array -600 W power supply -No audio adapter -Integrated video adapter

You own a custom PC retail store. A small business client asks you to build three workstations for her organization: -Virtualization Workstation -Video Editing Workstation -Thin Client PC 1. -AMD 12-core, 4 GHZ CPU -4 TB SATA HD -32 GB DDR4 RAM - Hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) 2. -Intel Core i7 six-core, 3.4 GHZ CPU -2 TB SSD SATA HD -16 GB DDR4 RAM -Video capture card 3. -Intel Celeron dual-core, 2.7 GHz CPU -500 GB SATA HD -2 GB DDR3 RAM -Few or no applications installed

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer. You are asked to build each of the systems listed on the right. You need to use the most appropriate hardware components to ensure that each of these systems will fulfill its intended role. Drag and drop each PC hardware configuration on the left to the most appropriate workstation type on the right -Thick client workstation -Home office server -Gaming PC 1. -2 TB RAID 5 disk array -600W power supply -No audio adapter -Integrated video adapter 2. -400 W power supply -500 GB SATA HD -512 MB PCIe video adapter -Basic desktop applications installed 3. -1000W power supply -1 TB SATA HD -Dual SLI 6GB PCIe -Video adapters -5.1 channel surround sound adapter -liquid CPU cooler

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer. A business customer asks you to build a three custom computers to be used by employees at a branch office: Drag and drop each PC hardware configuration on the left to the most appropriate workstation type on the right -Virtualization Workstation -CAD / CAM Design Workstation -Home Theater PC 1. -2 GB GDDR5 PCIe video adapter -16 GB PC3-21300 DDR4 ECC RAM -1 TB SATA HD 2. -HDMI output -Compact form factor -5.1 channel surround sound adapter -TV tuner adapter 3. -32 GB PC4-21300 DDR4 RAM -4 TB SATA HD -Integrated Video adapter

You are a PC technician for a national computer retailer. You are asked to build each of the systems listed on the right. You need to use the most appropriate hardware components to ensure that each of these systems will fulfill its intended role. -Virtualization Workstation -Audio/Video Editing Workstation -Gaming PC -Home Office Server -Thin Client Workstation -Home Theater PC 1. -2 TB RAID 5 disk array -600W power supply -No audio adapter -Integrated video adapter 2. -1000W power supply -1 TB SATA HD -Dual SLI 6GB PCIe -Video adapters -5.1 channel surround sound adapter -Liquid CPU cooler 3. -HDMI output -Compact form factor -5.1 channel surround sound adapter -TV tuner adapter 4. -AMD 12-core, 4 GHz CPU -4 TB SATA HD -32 GB DDR4 RAM -Hardware-assisted virtualization 5. -Intel Celeron dual -core, 2.7 Ghz CPU -500 GB SATA HD -2GB DDR3 RAM -Few or no applications installed 6. -Intel Core i7 six-core, 3.4 GHz CPU -2 TB SSD SATA HD -16 GB DDR4 RAM -High-end audio adapter with speaker system -High-end video adapter with dual displays