220-1001 Flashcards
Sec11 Ch10 - 47 Optical Media: CD capacity
Compact discs (CDs) store 650-700 MB of data
Sec11 Ch10 - 47 Optical Media: DVD capacity
Digital video/versatile discs (DVDs) store from 4.37 GB to 15.9 GB
Sec11 Ch10 - 47 Optical Media: Blue-Ray capacity
Blue-ray Discs (BDs) store 25 GB to 50 GB
Sec11 Ch10 - 47 Optical Media: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW
All optical media comes in read-only memory (ROM), write-once (R), and write-many (RW/RE) versions
Sec11 Ch10 - 47 Optical Media: CDFS
CD File System
Sec11 Ch10 - 47 Optical Media: CD length in minutes
74min / 80min
Sec11 Ch10 - 48 USB Standards: USB
Universial Serial Bus
Sec11 Ch10 - 48 USB Standards: USB 1.0 / 1.1 speed
Univeral Servia Bus (USB) 1.0 and 1.1 comes in 1.5 Mbps and 12 Mbps
Sec11 Ch10 - 48 USB Standards: USB 2.0 speed
USB 2.0 runs at 480 Mbps
Sec11 Ch10 - 48 USB Standards: USB 3.0, 3.1 speed
USB 3.0 and USB Gen 1 runs at 5 Gbps, USB 3.1 Gen 2 runs at 10 Gbps
Sec11 Ch10 - 48 USB Standards: Common USB connectors for peripherals
USB Type-B, Mini-B, Micro-B
Sec11 Ch10 - 48 USB Standards: Common USB connectors for computers
USB Type-A, Type-C
Sec11 Ch10 - 49 Understanding USB: A/B connector on upstream/downstream connector types
USB Type-A connectors plug into downstream USB ports; USB Type-B connectors plug into upstream USB ports on peripherals. In other words, A connectors are downstream connectors, and B connectors are upstream connectors
Sec11 Ch10 - 49 Understanding USB: USB controller function
All USB devices connect to USB controllers build into the motherboard of the system; the USB controller is in charge of all connected USB devices. This creates an upstream/downstream concept
Sec11 Ch10 - 49 Understanding USB: Possible structures of USB controller
USB external ports, connects to root hub, connects to USB controllers. USB controllers of different types can connect to single root hubs or separate root hubs
Sec11 Ch10 - 50 Configuring USB: USB devices must have a ________
device driver
Sec11 Ch10 - 50 Configuring USB: How to secure USB ports
(1) Can go to system and disable USB ports. Selectively by port or turn them all off. (2) USB lock = some kind of software to watch over your USB ports. Prevent recording or whitelist certain thumbdrive only. USB lock is absolutely god send for those who don’t want information leak out of their USB ports
Sec11 Ch10 - 50 Configuring USB: Function of HID driver
HID = human interface device. HID Device drivers, core device drivers that always ensure keyboard and mouse work. Base drivers to ensure core stuff work.
Sec11 Ch10 - 50 Configuring USB: What to do when seeing “!” on the device on Windows
Although, OSs come with thousands of built-in device drivers, in this case need to download the correct driver for a USB device from the internet
Sec11 Ch10 - 51 Thunder and Lightning: Thunderbolt and Lightning speeds
Thunderbolt is a general purpose I/O port that runs at 10 Gbps up to 40 Gbps. Thunderbolt 1 - 10 Gb/s (x2 channels); Thunderbolt 2 - 20 Gb/s channels; Thunderbolt 3 - 40 Gb/s channels. Lightning only runs at 5Gbps
Sec11 Ch10 - 51 Thunder and Lightning: Connector look of Thunderbolt 1, 2, 3
Thunderbolt uses a mini DisplayPort and look the same; Thunderbolt 3 has USB Type-C connector
Sec11 Ch10 - 52 Keyboards and Mice: P2/2 Connector color for mouse and keyboard
Purple for keyboard; green for mouse
Sec11 Ch10 - 52 Keyboards and Mice: Downside of PS/2 connection
Need to restart for it to work
Sec11 Ch10 - 52 Keyboards and Mice: Where to find keyboards and mice in Windows?
Control Panel
Sec11 Ch10 - 52 Keyboards and Mice: What device can help when you have multiple computers?
Keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) swtiches enable multiple computers to share a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse.
Sec11 Ch10 - 52 Keyboards and Mice: Keyboards and mice use what type of connections?
Keyboards use either a USB or PS/2 connection; Mice almost exclusively use USB
Sec11 Ch10 - 53 Sight and Sound: Sound connector types
3.5mm audio jack, S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) [it’s an optical type of jack]
Sec11 Ch10 - 53 Sight and Sound: What are 2.1 or 5.1 systems?
Speaker systems include satellites and subwoofers. For example, 2.1 system = 2 speakers and a subwoofer
Sec11 Ch10 - 54 Readers and Scanners: Types of flash memory
SD Card, Mini-SD, Micro-SD, Olympus xD Picture Card (all read from flash memory reader)
Sec11 Ch10 - 55 Expansion Slots: Detailed steps to plug in any new cards (sound cards, network interface cards, USB expansion cards, eSATA cards, etc)
0) Look at the card, power connector, driver cd, user manual).
1) Select a connector and slot. Use screwdriver to pick a slot (worry on airflow) to take out the shield for I/O. Find the correct slot type. Check if anything this chip needs to be close to. Or if I/O is convenient.
2) Connect any power or data cables to the card
3) Secure the card in its slot with a slot-cover screw
4) Boot up and check device manager (no x or !)
5) Check if it does what it suppose to do
Sec11 Ch10 - 55 Expansion Slots: What to do if see blue screen of death after device installation?
If any issue, take it out. (1) Go to mfg website, and ensure driver downloaded. (2) Could be compatibility issues esp older devices
Sec11 Ch10 - 55 Expansion Slots: Things to make sure get right when plugging in new cards for device installation
1) Plug in right
2) Connect any power or data cables to the card - make sure those connected
3) Make sure it does what it is suppose to do
Sec11 Ch10 - 55 Expansion Slots: Common place for Blue Screen of Death
a new device installation
Sec11 Ch10 - Quiz on Essential Peripherals: Each version of USB in a computer has its own what? (USB hub, USB controller, USB peripheral, USB Type-B connector)
Each version of USB in a computer has its own USB controller which is then connected to a USB hub. USB Type-B connectors connect to a downstream peripheral (such as a printer). A USB hub is a circuit or device with one or more upstream USB ports. Each version of USB does not have its own peripheral.
Sec11 Ch10 - Quiz on Essential Peripherals: Which is not a step in installing a new expansion card? (Turn on the computer, Select a connector and slot, Secure the card in its slot with a slot-cover screw, Connect any power or data cables to the card)
The computer should be turned off before installing a new expansion card (and not be turned on until the installation is complete). All of the other choices are normal steps when installing a new expansion card.
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: 3 things to concentrate for building right PC for the job
RAM, storage, graphics needs (also sometimes sound cards)
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Audio & Video Editing Workstations
Specialised Audio and Video cards, Superfast hard drives
Graphics card, Dual monitors
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Gaming PCs
most taxing on the system, top of line equipment for motherboard that can multi-core, multi-core CPU, GPU, high-end power supply, high-end cooling, sound card, large SSDs and maybe some HD for storing games
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: NAS Device
Headless server, box that sits on your network. No keyboard, mouse, monitor after initial setup. It focus on file sharing of traditional and media files. Need good high speed network card / Gigabit NIC. Good midrange motherboard (B360N WIFI) with built-in Gigabit NIC. Good midrange CPU (i3). Good data reliability is key so RAID array to protect data - 4 HDs
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Virtualization Workstation
Max RAM and CPU cores, High-end motherboard (msi X470 Gaming Pro), One SSD (970 EVO) but add traditional drives to store the virtual machines when not using them. OS depends on type of virtualisation that you are using (Windows Pro)
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Graphic/CAD/CAM/Design Workstation
Motherboard that can support multi-core processor (Asus WS X299 PRO/SE), Powerful mutli-core processor (Intel i9), high end video (GEFORCE GTX1080), Maximum RAM
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Standard Thick Client
Good middle of road motherboard (B360) with onboard video, Middle of road CPU (i3), A nice SSD, Windows, Desktop applications (MS office)
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Standard Thin Client
Different from Thick Client. Thin Client rarely need internal storage to do anything. Motherboard with great network connectivity (ASUS PRIME H370M-Plus at Gbps). Basic applications (usually no need for full blown office application but just the applications that this Thin Client needs). This person might just run microsoft in-house applications or a specialised application
Sec12 Ch11 - 56 The Right PC for the Job: Difference between Thick vs. Thin Clients
Thin Client rarely need internal storage to do anything but needs strong network connectivity. Also does not need full blown application suites but specific/specialised softare applications.
Sec13 Ch17 - 57 Display Technologies: A monitor is composed of individual __________
picture elements (pixels)
Sec13 Ch17 - 57 Display Technologies: How LCD works?
Liquid Cristal Display (LCD) monitors use liquid crystals to allow light to pass or not pass for each color in a pixel
Sec13 Ch17 - 57 Display Technologies: How LCD backlight works?
LCD backlights are fluorescent (CCFL - cold cathode fluorescent lamp) or LED lights and shine through the liquid crystals
Sec13 Ch17 - 57 Display Technologies: How OLED works?
Organic LED (OLED) doesn’t use a backlight, as the pixels make their own light
Sec13 Ch17 - 57 Display Technologies: How DLP works?
Digital Light Processing (DLP) uses a grid of tiny mirrors that shine through a color wheel to create an image. More typical in projectors.
Sec13 Ch17 - 57 Display Technologies: Typical response time and brightness for panels
1ms to 4ms response time, 200-500 Nit (nt) brightness
Sec13 Ch17 - 58 LCD Breakdown: All LCD panels has a preset _______
resolution
Sec13 Ch17 - 58 LCD Breakdown:
The back panel (backlight unit) distributes the light emanating from the CCFL or LED backlights
Sec13 Ch17 - 58 LCD Breakdown: What type of panels need inverters?
LCDs with CCFL (CCFL screens) need inverters to convert DC power back into AC power for fluorescent lights; LEDS don’t need inverters
Sec13 Ch17 - 58 LCD Breakdown: 5 components of montior
- Panel; 2. Backlight unit; 3. Connectors; 4. Input from data; 5. Power connection
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: Major GPU manufacturers
Nvidia, AMD (ATI), and Intel make the majority of GPUs
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: Key components inside GPUs
All graphics cards have RAM to help resolve the screen. And also they have GPUs
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: Where to find GPUs
(1) Graphics card, (2) Many CPUs come with built-in GPUs
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: DisplayPort
DisplayPort for dedicated video output. Comes in DisplayPort and mini-DisplayPort
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: HDMI types and management ability
Hsoth video and sound. Comes in HDMI and mini-HDMI. HDMI has DRM.
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: VGA vs DVI signal
VGA uses an analog signal; DVI uses a digital signal
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: Types of DVI
DVI-I (digital and analog) - with a plus; DVI-D (digital only) - with a minus; Single-link DVI (two squares of 3 by 3, not including the 4 from the cross); Dual-link DVI (for high resolution monitor 8 by 3, not including the 4 from the cross)
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: CPU + GPU
APU (An APU includes a CPU and GPU on the same chip)
Sec13 Ch17 - 59 Graphics Cards and Connections: Frame buffering
Old technique of using RAM to keep track of every pixel chronologically and push to monitor
Sec13 Ch17 - 60 Installing a Graphics Card: Graphic cards needs to use what in the computer?
Almost all graphics cards use 16-lane PCIe slots and one or two PCIe power connectors (sometimes dual 8-pin PCIe power connectors)
Sec13 Ch17 - 60 Installing a Graphics Card: What needs to be defined for multiple graphics cards?
With multiple graphics cards, define the primary card in the system setup
Sec13 Ch17 - 60 Installing a Graphics Card: Use of riser card
Some systems provide riser cards for extra graphics cards. Example of riser card: PCIe 16-lane on one side, PCIe 1-lane on the other side
Sec13 Ch17 - 60 Installing a Graphics Card: What resolution to run the system?
Always run the system at your monitor’s native resolution
Sec13 Ch17 - 61 Projectors: What technologies projectors typically use?
Projectors usually have either DLP or LCD technology
Sec13 Ch17 - 61 Projectors: Throw
distance from projector lens to object projector shines on
Sec13 Ch17 - 61 Projectors: Pincushion
Geometric adjustment needed: left and right side looks bended round (convex / concave)
Sec13 Ch17 - 61 Projectors: Keystone
Geometric adjustment needed: trapezoid shape (can be inverted). Esp when project from top or from bottom
Sec13 Ch17 - 61 Projectors: Skew
Geometric adjustment needed: parallelogram shape
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Overheat shutdown
Video cards get hot and shutdown. It monitors itself and does off/on itself. That may mean bad fans on video card. Other thing could mean is packing video card too tight and without ventilation around to have enough air
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Dead pixel
Just happens on LCD monitors. If pixel always off or always black or alway bright white - no fix for this kind of stuff
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Artifacts
Pieces of stuff show up on screen that shouldn’t come on any more. First thing to check is video RAM itself as it does go bad. No way to test video RAM. So use a spare and test the same thing and if works, then can blame graphic card RAM. No way to fix as RAM is soldered on.
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Incorrect Color Patterns
See the screen but color looks weird. 1) Check connection with the connectors esp VGA cables. 2) Check video RAM
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: DIM image
Dim images are caused by a low brightness setting, failing CCFL, or failing inverter. 1) Check to make sure that turn brightness back up. 2) CCFL suddenly go bad. Can buy new CCFLs from Amazon and then replace it.
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Flickering image
Start with cables esp HDMI cables (could have been damaged as not suppose to plug in and out too many times)
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Distorted image
1) make sure running at native resolution of monitor (otherwise can cause fuzziness); 2) If Projectors, then it’s about adjusting the geometries
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Burn in
Old school plasma monitors can happen. LCDs you have image persistence (rather than called burn in). Change screen to something else and it goes away quickly
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: What is “burn in” type effect on LCD screen?
Image persistence
Sec13 Ch17 - 62 Troubleshooting: Oversized images & icons (or undersized)
OS like Windows has tools to adjust display size
Sec13 Ch17 - Quiz on Display Technologies: Which is a monitor backlight technology? (LCD, LED, OLED, Nit)
LEDs are a monitor backlight technology. LCDs don’t make their own light (thus the need for a backlight). OLEDs make their own light (they don’t need a backlight). Nit is a unit used to measure monitor brightness.
Sec14 Ch18 - 63 Introduction to Networking: LAN computers connect with ________
LAN computers connect with Ethernet
Sec14 Ch18 - 63 Introduction to Networking: Ethernet frames standardized as _______ chunks
Ethernet frames standardized as 1500 bytes
Sec14 Ch18 - 63 Introduction to Networking: _______ uniquetly identifies a host on a LAN
A MAC address uniquely identifies a host on a LAN
Sec14 Ch18 - 63 Introduction to Networking: Commands for viewing MAC on Windows and Linux
Use ipconfig (Windows) or ifconfig (Linux) to view MAC