Exam 11: Essential Peripherals

What common form factor is used for magnetic tape?

The _______________ is both the oldest and still the primary way to input data into a PC.

What is the advantage of having a higher frame rate? Which rate is considered optimal?

Explain how to check the USB power usage in Windows.

Virtually all optical drives are _______________-compliant, meaning they plug into the ATA controllers on the motherboard.

_______________ devices scan and remember unique aspects of various body parts such as your retina, iris, head image, or fingerprint, using some form of sensing device such as a retinal scanner.

A(n) _______________ moves the cursor as you move your fingers over its surface.

FireWire IEEE 1394b runs at _______________ Mbps.

What are some good ways to clean a dirty keyboard?

Most root hubs provide _______________ per port.

The number of characteristics of a particular sound captured during sampling is measured by the _______________ of the sample.

DVD-ROM is the DVD-equivalent of the standard _______________ data format.

The CD-RW format essentially takes CD-media to the functional equivalent of a(n) _______________flash-media drive.

USB _______________ are flash devices that contain a standard USB connection.

What is the storage capacity of a single-layer Blu-ray Disc?

FireWire supports a maximum of _______________ devices.

How many devices can a single USB host controller theoretically support?

Describe the proprietary Extreme Digital (xD) Picture Cards Extreme Digital (xD) Picture Card and identify where the card is used.

When using MP3 compression, how far can you shrink a WAV file without losing much sound quality?

A USB_______________ resides inside the host controller and makes the physical connection to USB ports.