901 - Connectors, input devices, output devices

Another name for a serial port is a ___ port.

A FireWire port is also called ____.

The standard for serial ports is ____.

Apple has moved away from FireWire and now uses ____.

For years, keyboard and mouse connections used ___ ports, but is being replaced with ___.

______ cables are often used to connect computer components such as hard drives and floppy drives.

Twisted Pair cables are used for ____ and can be either ____ or ____.

Twisted pair cables used in networking (UTP) are ranked for speed by category ranking. Most new wiring uses ___. CAT1. CAT2. CAT3. CAT4. CAT5. CAT6. CAT7.

Line up the UTP ethernet cables. CAT5. CAT6.

Line these connectors up. RJ-11. RJ-45. DB9. DB15. DB25.

The grading (for example CAT5) in UTP cables is based on: The number of twists per foot. The color of cable. The length of cable. Type of shielding used.

For keyboard technology, line these up. Switch-based. Capactive.

Most network cards (NIC cards) can talk at either ____ Mbps or ____ Mbps (means the card can do both so that it can work with most other systems).

Special access feature in Windows that tells the keyboard to ignore repeated key strokes is ____.

Special access feature in Windows that aids folks with an issue pressing two keys at the same time is _____.

At what speed does USB 3.0 transfer data?. 5 Gbps. 10 Gbps. 480 Mbps. 12 Mbps.

A switch that allows you to connect multiple computers to a single mouse, keyboard, and monitor is called a ____ switch.

A video adapter card uses a ____ pin female connector. 9. 15. 25.

The proportional relationship between the width and height of a display is called ________.

Most common aspect ratio used is _____.

____ describes how many pixels are supported by both the video adapter and the monitor.

You are replacing a video card. You open the computer and see that the old video card is integrated in the motherboard so you cannot remove it. What should you do before installing the new one in an open AGP or PCIe slot?. Disable the old video card in the BIOS. Replace the motherboard. Add additional VRAM memory. Update the driver.

If you want to use multiple displays, you will always need to install an additional video card. True. False.

You want to plug up your stereo to your computer to convert some old audio tapes to MP3. You can use the ___ on the ___.

Line these up. Video Cards. Sound Cards.

Which type of monitor uses an electron gun to light phosphors on the screen?. CRT. LCD. LED. Plasma.

The ______ is the video characteristic indicating the variance in brightness between bright colors and dark colors.

Which video standard supports 16 million colors at 640 x 480 resolution?. EGA. VGA. SVGA. CGA.

The 2 types of printer feeders are ____ and ____ feeders.

Laser printers, fax machines, and photocopies are ____ feed printers.

Checks are often printed using the old ____ feed printers.

What type of printer uses electrical charges to attract the toner to the paper and then melt it to form the print?. Laser. Dot Matix. Ink Jet. Friction feeder.

How many phases are there to the laser printing process?. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Line these up to show the order of the laser printing process. Conditioning/drum charging. Writing/exposing the drum. Developing the Image. Transferring the Image. Fusing the Image. Cleaning.

The ability for a printer to produce 2 sided output is called ____.

Ink jet printers often fall out of alignment and need to be _____.

A dot matrix printer is also known as an ___ printer.

A ____ printer is to "print" the output to a document or file.

A network printer must be assigned an ____ through the menu system of the printer.

Most printers used today in homes or small offices connect to the computer via ____.

What is the term for being able to plug in a device without having to shut down the system?.

You must configure a port, IRQ, and DMA channel for each USB device. True. False.

In environments that are doing a lot of printing, you may use a hardwired ______.

When you "configure" a printer, you are changing the printers _____.

Windows uses TCP/IP protocol and ethernet for printers. Apple uses it's own protocol called _____.

If your printer is jamming very frequently, you are getting a lot of spots or smudging, you may using _____.

If your printer is printing garbled or senseless text, you probably have a ____.

If the printer is printing extremely slow, it may be because _____ is turned off.

What type of printer uses solenoids?. dot matrix. laser. ink jet.

What type of printer uses electromagnetism?. dot matix. laser. ink jet.

What type of printer uses spray?. dot matrix. laser. ink jet.

Digital video file sizes are managed using ____ software.

The standard that allows music instruments to communicate with one another and with the computer is ____.