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220-801 · Question #825

Which of the following devices would allow a technician to utilize a single mouse, keyboard, and display to control numerous tower PCs?

The correct answer is D. KVM. KVM stands for Keyboard, Video, Mouse. A KVM switch is a hardware device that allows a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse to control multiple computers. The technician can toggle between connected PCs using a button or hotkey. EIDE is a hard drive interface standard, MIDI is a…

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Question

Which of the following devices would allow a technician to utilize a single mouse, keyboard, and display to control numerous tower PCs?

Options

  • AEIDE
  • BMIDI
  • CSCSI
  • DKVM

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    8% (3)
  • D
    88% (35)

Explanation

KVM stands for Keyboard, Video, Mouse. A KVM switch is a hardware device that allows a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse to control multiple computers. The technician can toggle between connected PCs using a button or hotkey. EIDE is a hard drive interface standard, MIDI is a musical instrument digital interface protocol, and SCSI is a storage/peripheral bus interface - none of these share peripherals across multiple systems.

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#KVM switch#peripheral management#input devices

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