Deck 8: Supporting Io and Storage Devices

Question 1

Which type of monitor withstands a lot of handling, use mercury, and take up the most desk space?

A) cathode-ray tube
B) liquid crystal display
C) plasma monitor
D) light-emitting diode

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which monitor characteristic is the distance between adjacent dots on the screen?

A) viewing angle
B) refresh rate
C) native resolution
D) pixel pitch

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What do you need to do for Device Manager to display nonpresent devices?

A) in Device Manager, click View, then click Nonpresent devices
B) in Device Manager, click Advanced, then click All Devices
C) create and set an environment variable
D) reboot the system in Safe Mode with Networking

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is true about the FireWire standard and devices?

A) data is transferred on a parallel bus
B) 1394b allows up to 16 daisy-chained devices
C) FireWire 800 uses a 4-pin connector
D) FireWire devices are hot-swappable

Question 5

Which of the following is true about the USB standard and devices?

A) up to 64 USB devices can be daisy chained together
B) USB uses parallel data transmissions
C) a USB cable has four wires, two for power and two for communication
D) USB devices must supply their own power

Question 6

Which of the following might be the cause of a black screen right after you install a new video card?

A) no video card is detected
B) the onboard video is not disabled in BIOS
C) you installed the video card in the wrong slot
D) the video card has insufficient RAM

Question 7

A KVM switch allows you to use one monitor, mouse, and keyboard for multiple computers.

Question 8

Which slot type would you install a video card in to get the best performance?

A) AGP
B) PCI
C) ISA
D) PCI-e

Question 9

Which type of expansion slot uses a retention mechanism to help stabilize a heavy card?

A) ISA
B) PCI
C) AGP
D) MGA

Question 10

Which of the following is a basic principle that applies to both internal and external devices?

A) when connecting a faster device to a slower port, the port adapts to the speed of the device
B) if you have multiple devices to install, it's best to install them at the same time
C) for most installations, install the device first, then the device driver
D) some devices don't require a software component for them to work properly

Question 11

The official standard for USB interfaces is called IEEE 1394.

Question 12

DDR memory is faster than GDDR memory since it is used by the CPU.

Question 13

Every installed device requires a device driver to control the device.

Question 14

What icon might you see in Device Manager that indicates a problem with a device?

A) blue circle
B) yellow triangle
C) red square
D) white oval

Question 15

Which of the following is true about installing a new device?

A) a mouse may not require an additional device driver installation
B) Vista drivers never work with Windows 7
C) 32-bit drivers can be installed in a 64-bit OS
D) 64-bit drivers can be installed in a 32-bit OS

Question 16

What should you install in a server room that will save space by allowing you to control multiple servers with a single mouse, keyboard, and monitor?

A) a MIDI connector
B) a digitizer
C) biometric device
D) a KVM switch

Question 17

What happens when a flash memory card is installed in a slot and it is recognized by Windows?

A) a window appears prompting you to initialize the device
B) a drive letter is assigned to the device and you can see it in Explorer
C) Windows automatically partitions and formats the device
D) the files are copied from the device to your Documents folder

Question 18

What happens when a problem occurs while Windows 7 is installing a device?

A) a blue screen of death is displayed
B) the Action Center is launched
C) Event Viewer runs and an event is displayed
D) Device Manager is loaded

Question 19

Which of the following describes USB 2.0?

A) 480 Mbps, cable length up to 5 meters
B) up to 54 Mbps, range to 50 meters
C) 1.5 Gbps, cable length up to 2 meters
D) up to 12 Mbps, cable length up to 3 meters

Question 20

A 32-bit driver can be used in a 64-bit operating system.

Question 21

What is DirectX?

Question 22

Which of the following is a requirement for supporting the Aero user interface?

A) at least 128 KB video memory
B) DirectX 9 or higher
C) an HDMI video port
D) Windows XP with SP3

Question 23

Which type of removable storage media can provide up to 2 TB of storage?

A) SD
B) SDHC
C) SDXC
D) CFII

Question 24

What is MIDI?

Question 25

If a problem occurs while Windows 7 is installing a device, it automatically launches the ________________________.

Question 26

_______________ wireless communication technology requires an unobstructed line of sight between transmitter and receiver.

Question 27

If a driver update creates a problem, you can __________________ the driver update if the previous drivers were working.

Question 28

Which type of video port provides a digital-only signal?

A) DVI-I
B) DVI-D
C) DVI-A
D) VGA

Question 29

A ________________ device inputs data about a person which might include fingerprints and voice.

Question 30

What are two fey facts you need to know about FireWire?

Question 31

What is the purpose of the LightScribe technology?

A) labels can be burned on the top of a disc
B) it increases read performance by four times
C) reliability of CD-R is substantially increased
D) it allows the use of LEDs instead of lasers in the CD\DVD drive

Question 32

What is DiplayPort?

Question 33

Describe a CRT versus an LCD monitor.

Question 34

What are two ways you can use Device Manager to solve problems with a device?

Question 35

Which file system is used by large-capacity USB and memory cards?

A) NTFS
B) FAT16
C) exFAT
D) CDFS

Question 36

What are two important facts about USB connections?

Question 37

What is the Action Center and how is it used in Windows?

Question 38

What is a barcode reader and how are they typically connected to a computer?

Question 39

A ________________ disc can hold data in two layers on each side, for a total of four layers on one disc.

Question 40

What is a KVM switch and how might one be useful?