2.1 Common Types of Input/Output Device Interfaces

Question 1

What does the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) not provide between equipment?

Answer 1

Power to the connected device.

Question 2

What type of device would you connect using a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) port?

Answer 2

A form of flat-panel display equipment.

Question 3

Who created Mini DisplayPort?

Answer 3

Apple.

Question 4

What devices are classified as Human Interface Devices (HDI)?

Answer 4

Key boards, mice and touchscreens (pointing devices), gamepads.

Question 5

What type of USB connector would you plug into a host?

Answer 5

USB Type A

Question 6

For which reason would you use a Bluetooth Class 1 device with a range of 100m?

Answer 6

An industrial application.

Question 7

After connecting a new monitor to your computer, you get a message saying the monitor is not set at the optimal resolution. Which Windows applet would you use to change the resolution?

Answer 7

Display.

Question 8

What type of device used Digital Light Processing (DLP)?

Answer 8

Digital projector

Question 9

Which connector is a legacy analog video interface?

Answer 9

VGA

Question 10

What would you use a Near Field Communication connection for?

Answer 10

A contactless payment reader.

Question 11

Which USB standard has a rate of 480 Mbps?

Answer 11

USB 2.0

Question 12

Which HDMI connector is also know as the Mini HDMI?

Answer 12

HDMI type C

Question 13

What is the main purpose of the Thunderbolt interface?

Answer 13

It is used as a display interface and general peripheral interface.

Question 14

Who created DisplayPort?

Answer 14

Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA).

Question 15

What is the standard resolution of the Video Graphics Array (VGA)?

Answer 15

A resolution of 640x480 with 4-bit color.

Question 16

Which peripheral device fills cells with color and uses transistors to vary intensity?

Answer 16

Monitor.

Question 17

Into which device would you plug an RJ-11 connector?

Answer 17

A standard telephone.

Question 18

You need to back up just over 9 GB of data from your hard drive to an optical disc so you can store it offsite. You want to use just one disk to keep costs down, and you want to leave as little unused space on the disk as possible. What type of optical media should you use?

Answer 18

DVD-10 (Digital Video Disk)

Question 19

What type of connector would you use to connect a wired router to an Ethernet network?

Answer 19

RJ-45

Question 20

What type of connection would you use to connect short-range wireless devices such as a keyboard or mouse to a computer?

Answer 20

Bluetooth.

Question 21

What is true about Firewire?

Answer 21

Both ends of a Firewire cable are the same.

Question 22

You just bought a new smartphone that did not come with the necessary USB charging cable. In the instructions booklet, a picture of the charging cable depicts the device end of the cable as being flat on both sides and reversible. What type of cable do you need?

Answer 22

USB Type C

Question 23

What type of device would use Radio Frequency (RF)?

Answer 23

A wireless router

Question 24

You need to increase they system memory of your laptop and decide to research the types of memory available. Which would fit in your laptop?

Answer 24

SODIMM