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What kind of printer creates an image on paper by physically striking an ink ribbon against the paper’s surface? |
| | A) | laser |
| | B) | dot-matrix |
| | C) | thermal |
| | D) | impact |
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What are 9-pin dot-matrix printers generically called? |
| | A) | economy |
| | B) | near-letter |
| | C) | draft |
| | D) | letter |
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What kind of printer is used with multipart forms such as with point of sale machines? |
| | A) | dot-matrix |
| | B) | daisy-wheel |
| | C) | inkjet |
| | D) | color |
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What type of printer works by ejecting ink through tiny tubes? |
| | A) | laser |
| | B) | inkjet |
| | C) | dot-matrix |
| | D) | impact |
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In laser printers, what component applies a positive charge to the paper, drawing the negatively charged toner particles to the paper? |
| | A) | transfer corona |
| | B) | turning gears |
| | C) | laser |
| | D) | toner |
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How is laser printer resolution measured? |
| | A) | color per inch |
| | B) | dots per inch |
| | C) | pixels per inch |
| | D) | bits per inch |
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What should you do if your dot-matrix printer output is covered with dots and small smudges? |
| | A) | Replace the drum |
| | B) | Clean the platen |
| | C) | Clean the printhead |
| | D) | Replace the cartridge |
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You are printing from a dot-matrix printer and notice the characters look chopped off at the top. What should you try adjusting? |
| | A) | toner |
| | B) | printhead |
| | C) | cartridge |
| | D) | drum |
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What is heated by tiny resistors or electroconductive plates at the end of each tube in an inkjet printer? |
| | A) | ink |
| | B) | toner |
| | C) | toner powder |
| | D) | nozzle |
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What kind of printers tend to have problems with ink drying out inside the nozzles when the printer is not used for a period? |
| | A) | color |
| | B) | laser |
| | C) | inkjet |
| | D) | dot-matrix |
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The term sublimation means to cause something to change from a solid into a ____ form and then back into a solid. |
| | A) | vapor |
| | B) | viscou |
| | C) | liquid |
| | D) | crystal |
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The dye-sublimation printing technique is an example of what method of color printing? |
| | A) | CKMY |
| | B) | CYMK |
| | C) | CMYK |
| | D) | CKMY |
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How are dots put onto the surface of paper from a direct thermal printer? |
| | A) | transferred |
| | B) | etched |
| | C) | embedded |
| | D) | burned |
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When a thermal printhead passes over the film ribbon, what melts onto the paper? |
| | A) | wax |
| | B) | toner |
| | C) | dye |
| | D) | ink |
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What kind of printer relies on a photoconductive process? |
| | A) | dot-matrix |
| | B) | inkjet |
| | C) | laser |
| | D) | thermal |
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Why do laser printers usually use a laser as the light source? |
| | A) | because of the intensity |
| | B) | because of the brightness |
| | C) | because of the precision |
| | D) | because of the inexpensiveness |
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What does the primary corona wire charge? |
| | A) | fuser assembly |
| | B) | paper |
| | C) | toner |
| | D) | drum |
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During the laser printer process, after the erase lamp exposes the entire surface of the photosensitive drum to light, what happens to the photosensitive coating? |
| | A) | It becomes bright |
| | B) | It becomes electrically charged |
| | C) | It becomes conductive |
| | D) | It becomes nonconductive |
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The toner in a laser printer is a fine powder. This powder is made up of plastic particles bonded to what other types of particles? |
| | A) | nickel |
| | B) | polyester |
| | C) | aluminum |
| | D) | iron |
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In a laser printer, what are the pressure roller and heated roller used for? |
| | A) | melt the toner to the paper |
| | B) | fuse the toner to the paper |
| | C) | burn the toner to the paper |
| | D) | apply the toner to the paper |
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At the beginning of the laser printing process, what is cleaned? |
| | A) | toner |
| | B) | laser head |
| | C) | photosensitive drum |
| | D) | power unit |
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What will typically cause a laser printer to print the same mark on every page? |
| | A) | a damaged laser |
| | B) | a damaged toner |
| | C) | a damaged head |
| | D) | a damaged drum |
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In a laser printer, what must be done to the drum to make it receptive to new images? |
| | A) | cleaned |
| | B) | discharged |
| | C) | heated |
| | D) | charged |
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In a laser printer, what is used to write a positive image on the surface of the drum? |
| | A) | toner |
| | B) | marker |
| | C) | laser |
| | D) | head |
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Toner particles are composed mostly of ____, allowing them to be melted to the page. |
| | A) | carbon |
| | B) | power |
| | C) | plastic |
| | D) | Teflon |
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How many separate power supplies do laser printers typically have? |
| | A) | At least two |
| | B) | At least three |
| | C) | At least fou |
| | D) | At least five |
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What does the high-voltage power supply in a laser printer provide power to? |
| | A) | primary corona |
| | B) | drum |
| | C) | toner |
| | D) | printer |
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What is the fuser assembly in a laser printer almost always separate from? |
| | A) | laser head |
| | B) | gearbox |
| | C) | drum |
| | D) | toner cartridge |
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What charges the paper in a laser printer? |
| | A) | primary corona |
| | B) | transfer corona |
| | C) | fuser assembly |
| | D) | laser |
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What should be added to a laser printer to resolve a memory overflow problem? |
| | A) | RET |
| | B) | RIP |
| | C) | ROM |
| | D) | RAM |
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What needs to be vacuumed or replaced periodically in a laser printer? |
| | A) | ozone filter |
| | B) | drum |
| | C) | toner cartridge |
| | D) | powder |
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Which of the following printers transfer data to the printer one character or one line at a time? |
| | A) | impact |
| | B) | laser |
| | C) | dye-sublimation |
| | D) | thermal |
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A laser printer creates an image of dots and holds it in memory before printing it. What is this image of dots called? |
| | A) | raster |
| | B) | laser |
| | C) | vector |
| | D) | high-resolution |
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What kind of printer uses a grid of tiny pins, also known as printwires, to strike an inked printer ribbon and produce images on paper? |
| | A) | dot-matrix |
| | B) | inkjet |
| | C) | laser |
| | D) | thermal |
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What kind of chip is used by a laser printer to translate the raster image sent to the printer into commands for the laser? |
| | A) | RAM |
| | B) | RIP |
| | C) | ROM |
| | D) | UART |
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Which of the following printers use heat or a mechanical method to move ink onto paper? |
| | A) | dot-matrix |
| | B) | inkjet |
| | C) | impact |
| | D) | laser |
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What’s the standard that defines backward-compatible, high-speed, bidirectional parallel ports? |
| | A) | IEEE 1284 |
| | B) | IEE 1394a |
| | C) | IEE 1394b |
| | D) | RS-232 |
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A standard parallel cable used for older printers has a DB-25 connector on one end. What type of connector is on the other end? |
| | A) | Centronics |
| | B) | FireWire |
| | C) | USB A |
| | D) | USB B |
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