1.3 Given a scenario, use appropriate laptop features Flashcards
Where are FN keys located and what do they do?
Lower right and/or left near ALT. They allow embedded keys on laptops to be used while held down or toggled.
May change/toggle brightness, wireless connections, lights, touchpad, orientation, sound, playback, gps (landscape/portrait)
What do each of these FN key dual display options do while connected to a second monitor?
Computer only
Projector only
Duplicate
Extend
Computer only - Only displays the laptop screen
Projector only - Only displays the external display
Duplicate - Same thing on both screens
Extend - Merges the displays as if they were one screen
What is the “refrigerator door” effect for some laptop displays?
Allows continued dual display on an external monitor while the laptop is closed.
How does one toggle the “refrigerator door” effect or suspend mode while the laptop is closed?
BIOS settings or a utility that comes with the laptop.
Dual displays are referring to both the internal display that’s on the inside of your laptop and then an external display that you can connect to using an __ connection or a __ connection that’s on your laptop.
HDMI
VGA
To disable/control/modify wireless connectivity quickly on a laptop you may use either a ___ , or a __ on some.
FN key
physical switch
A ___ allows you to use an external keyboard and mouse, maybe extend the interfaces on your laptop so they’re always plugged in to printers and other devices.
docking station
What is another use for some docking stations?
They allow more expansion cards to be plugged into a PCI Express bus that greatly extend the capabilities of your laptop system.
Smaller versions of docking stations may be called ___, they replicate the interfaces and ports on the back of your laptop so that you don’t have to keep plugging and unplugging different cables when leaving.
port replicators
Port replicators typically lack the ___ that larger docking stations allow
PCI Express interface card options
If somebody wants to walk away with your laptop when you’re not looking, you might want to consider using a ___.
physical laptop lock with a cable
If you look closely at your laptop, you’ll probably find a small slot that has metal reinforcement. That’s what you use to plug in a __.
physical laptop lock
A setting on mobile devices in which the device does not receive or transmit wireless signals.
Airplane mode.
PCIe stands for?
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
A serial computer expansion bus standard, common motherboard interface for hard disk drive host adapters, SSDs, Wi-Fi and Ethernet hardware connections.
PCIe
