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• Two office printers are compared: one is rated at 20 ppm and the other at 45 ppm. What does ppm stand for? · 1 mark
• An administrator manages four servers on one desk but has space for only one keyboard, monitor and mouse. Which device lets them switch between the servers? · 2 marks
• Staff pay at the canteen by holding their phone a few centimetres from the card reader. Which wireless technology is this? · 1 mark
• Comparing two laptop models, which battery figure best indicates how much energy the battery stores? · 2 marks
• Twenty spare laptops will be stored for six months before distribution to schools. How should their lithium-ion batteries be left? · 3 marks
• A three-year-old laptop now lasts two hours on battery instead of the original six, although it works normally when plugged in. What is the usual explanation? · 2 marks
• A technician is asked to make an older laptop faster by upgrading parts. Which components can usually be replaced in a laptop? · 2 marks
• A new work phone supports eSIM. What does this mean? · 1 mark
• A 42U rack already holds a 1U switch, a 1U patch panel and 2U of reserved space. How many 2U servers can still be installed? · 3 marks
• A server in a regional data centre has frozen, and Remote Desktop no longer responds. The server has an iDRAC/iLO port connected to the management network. What can the administrator do with it? · 3 marks
• When setting up a small server room, which air intake temperature range is generally recommended for the equipment? · 3 marks
• During the dry season, technicians in an equipment room get frequent small static shocks, and the humidity reading is 15%. Why is this a concern? · 3 marks
• A district has 60 broken monitors, old batteries and dead PCs to get rid of. What is the correct way to dispose of them? · 2 marks
• A toner cartridge breaks and spills powder across the floor. Where should the technician look for official guidance on safe clean-up and disposal? · 2 marks
• Two surge-protected power strips look alike, but one is rated 400 joules and the other 2,000 joules. What does the joule rating indicate? · 3 marks
• The back of a server rack is a tangle of unlabelled cables hanging in front of the server exhausts. Why does tidying them matter? · 2 marks
• A call centre replaces its desktops with small thin clients. Where do the users' applications actually run? · 2 marks
• An officer complains of neck pain after long days at a desktop. Which monitor position is generally recommended? · 1 mark
• A server's RAID controller reports that its cache battery has failed, and disk write performance suddenly drops sharply. Why? · 3 marks
• A power bank is labelled 10,000 mAh at 3.7 V. About how much energy does it store, and could it fully recharge a laptop with a 60 Wh battery? · 3 marks