Deck 11: Essential Peripherals

Question 1

What device is used to scan the chip embedded in devices such as ID badges?

A)Smart card reader
B)FireWire controller
C)USB bridge
D)USB reader

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Digital cameras plug directly into a(n) _______________ port.

A)VGA
B)USB
C)HDMI
D)DVI-D

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What type of USB cable is especially popular on smartphones?

A)FireWire connections
B)CODEC connections
C)Macro connections
D)Micro connections

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The amount of information that a particular camera or camcorder model can capture is expressed in terms of _______________ in the digital world.

A)radiants
B)pixels
C)megapixels
D)gigapixels

Question 5

What is the storage capacity of a Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) card?

A)4 MB to 4 GB
B)4 GB to 32 GB
C)32 GB to 2 TB
D)128 MB to 2 GB

Question 6

Webcams measure their resolution in _______________.

A)radiants
B)pixels
C)megapixels
D)gigapixels

Question 7

On USB 1.1 and 2.0 cables, the A and B ports and connectors use _______________ pins.

A)four
B)five
C)six
D)nine

Question 8

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

A)63
B)127
C)255
D)256

Question 9

Most root hubs provide _______________ per port.

A)250 mA
B)300 mA
C)400 mA
D)500 mA

Question 10

What is the most common removable storage media used in modern digital cameras?

A)Compact flash (CF) unit
B)CD ROM
C)USB flash drive
D)Secure Digital (SD) card

Question 11

What is the maximum data transfer speed that USB 2.0 can handle?

A)5 Mbps
B)5 Gbps
C)480 Mbps
D)480 Gbps

Question 12

FireWire supports a maximum of _______________ devices.

A)15
B)63
C)127
D)128

Question 13

Thunderbolt 3 offers throughput up to _______________ Gbps at half the power consumption of Thunderbolt 2.

A)10
B)20
C)30
D)40

Question 14

What type of USB ports and connectors are used for interfacing with a PC?

A)Macro ports and micro connectors
B)Micro ports and macro connectors
C)USB A ports and connectors
D)USB B ports and connectors

Question 15

What common file extension refers to the Fraunhoffer MPEG-1 Layer 3 codec?

A)MOV
B)MIDI
C)WAV
D)MP3

Question 16

What is the maximum data transfer speed that USB 3.0 can handle?

A)1.5 Gbps
B)5 Gbps
C)10 Mbps
D)10 Gbps

Question 17

What is the maximum cable length allowed by USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 specifications?

A)1.5 meters
B)3 meters
C)5 meters
D)10 meters

Question 18

What is another term for FireWire?

A)eSATA
B)CDFS
C)IEEE 1394
D)Thunderbolt

Question 19

Which characteristic of sound refers to its loudness?

A)Wavelength
B)Frequency
C)Amplitude
D)Timbre

Question 20

Thunderbolt 3 uses a USB _______________ connector.

A)Type A
B)micro-B
C)micro-B
D)Type-C

Question 21

Why did CD-ROM makers invent the ISO-9660 file system?

A)FAT and NTFS formats failed on CD-ROM media.
B)CD-ROM makers wanted non-PC devices to read CDs.
C)The royalties required by Microsoft and Apple were becoming prohibitive.
D)CD-ROM makers wanted to collect royalties with the ISO technology.

Question 22

What are the two Blu-ray Disc writable formats?

A)BD-R and BD-RE
B)BD-ROM and BD-RW
C)BD-R and BD-RW
D)BD-RW and BD-RE

Question 23

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

A)650-MB
B)700-MB
C)850-MB
D)4.37 GB

Question 24

What is the wavelength of Blu-Ray's blue-violet laser?

A)128-nm
B)700-nm
C)650-nm
D)405-nm

Question 25

What is the maximum capacity of magnetic tape media used today?

A)2.5 MB per tape
B)2.5 GB per tape
C)2.5 TB per tape
D)2.5 PB per tape

Question 26

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

A)7.8 GB
B)25 GB
C)35 GB
D)50 GB

Question 27

What group of compression standards are used for both audio and video?

A)Microsoft Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
B)Monitor Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
C)Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
D)Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

Question 28

CDs store data by using _______________ pits burned into a glass master CD with a powerful laser.

A)bubble
B)synthetic
C)wave
D)microscopic

Question 29

What is the storage capacity of a DVD-18 DVD-ROM?

A)4.37 GB
B)7.95 GB
C)8.74 GB
D)15.90 GB

Question 30

Because both CD-R and CD-RW drives require a powerful _______________, making a drive that could burn CD-Rs and CD-RWs became a simple process, and plain CD-R drives disappeared almost overnight.

A)disk
B)driver
C)laser
D)light

Question 31

What common form factor is used for magnetic tape?

A)Linear Tape Open (LTO)
B)Logical Tape Open (LTO)
C)Linear Tape Organization (LTO)
D)Linear Tape Organization (LTO)

Question 32

All modern CD-R drives are _______________, such that you can go back and burn additional data onto the CD-R disc until the disc is full.

A)multi-CD-Rs
B)multiburner drives
C)multisession drives
D)single-session drives

Question 33

An 8×4×32× CD-RW drive reads at a speed of _______________.

A)4×
B)8×
C)24×
D)32×

Question 34

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

A)ATAPI
B)UDF
C)NTFS
D)SCSI

Question 35

Most internal optical drives use _______________ and support the ATAPI standard.

A)SATA
B)Mini DIN
C)DVI-I
D)Thunderbolt

Question 36

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

A)CD-RAM
B)CD-ROM
C)CD-RW
D)CD-R

Question 37

External optical drives often use USB or _______________ connections.

A)DVI-I
B)Mini DIN
C)Thunderbolt
D)VGA

Question 38

The highest capacity DVD versions store roughly _______________ of data.

A)8 GB
B)16 GB
C)24 GB
D)32 GB

Question 39

How much data can a dual-layer Blu-ray disc store?

A)16 GB
B)25 GB
C)50 GB
D)80 GB

Question 40

Which type of DVD media has a storage capacity of 7.95 GB?

A)DVD-5
B)DVD-9
C)DVD-10
D)DVD-18

Question 41

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

Question 42

FireWire IEEE 1394b runs at _______________ Mbps.

Question 43

The _______________ CODEC is used for Skype video conferencing.

Question 44

The _______________ CODEC is used for high-definition movies on Blu-ray Discs.

Question 45

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

Question 46

When both the video and audio streams of a video file are compressed, the file is placed into some sort of container file or _______________.

Question 47

A microphone records sound by detecting _______________ and turning them into an electronic signal.

Question 48

The USB 2.0 standard introduced _______________ USB running at 480 Mbps.

Question 49

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

Question 50

The _______________ is the amount of information (number of bits) transferred from the compressed file to the MP3 decoder in 1 second.

Question 51

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

Question 52

_______________ is the standard container file for Apple QuickTime for both Mac OS X and Windows.

Question 53

_______________ readers read standard Universal Product Code (UPC) labels, primarily to track inventory.

Question 54

_______________ 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.

Question 55

A 2.1 speaker system consists of a pair of standard stereo speakers-called _______________-combined with a subwoofer.

Question 56

Most cameras above the basic level have some _______________ zoom-meaning that the zoom is built into the lens of the camera.

Question 57

_______________ is a container used mainly for WMA and WMV streams.

Question 58

_______________ is the standard container file for Windows.

Question 59

Many sound cards come with a special _______________ connector that enables you to connect your sound card directly to a 5.1 speaker system or receiver.

Question 60

A(n) _______________ (otherwise known as a pen tablet) enables users to paint, ink, pencil, or otherwise draw on a computer.

Question 61

Describe how USB 3.0 and 3.1 ports are marked with color.

Question 62

_______________ is the oldest, most complex, and physically largest of all removable flash media cards.

Question 63

_______________ are true hard drives, using platters and read/write heads that fit into the tiny CF form factor.

Question 64

Describe the two distinct types of FireWire connectors.

Question 65

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

Question 66

Explain how to check the USB power usage in Windows.

Question 67

Describe two types of bar code readers that are commonly used with personal computers.

Question 68

TV tuner hardware comes with a standard _______________ connection.

Question 69

How should you clean modern pointing devices such as an optical mouse?

Question 70

What happens when too many bus-powered devices take too much power from the USB bus?

Question 71

A(n) _______________ is a television with network capabilities-both hardware and software-so you can plug in and access the Web.

Question 72

A(n) _______________ is an alternative computing device that you can use if you have a dumb TV.

Question 73

How do you configure a keyboard and what tool might be used?

Question 74

Regardless of the type of flash memory you are using, your computer must have a(n) _______________ to access the data on the card directly.

Question 75

_______________ is considered the next generation in optical disc formatting and storage technology after CD and DVD.

Question 76

The first CDs were designed for playing music and organized the music in a special format called CD-Digital Audio (CDDA), which we usually just call _______________.

Question 77

What are some good ways to clean a dirty keyboard?

Question 78

Identify two groups of touch screens.

Question 79

_______________ media refers to any type of mass storage device that you may use in one system and then physically remove from that system and use in another.

Question 80

Describe how to use a KVM switch.