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Chapter 3 - Peripherals and Expansion Flashcards

1
Q

what are the 4 most common categories of expansion cards installed today?

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video
multimedia
i/o
communications

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what is the preferred expansion slot for video card? is it AGP or PCIe?

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PCIe

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3
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what is a riser card?

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this is used in NLX motherboard form factor. the vertical space is reduced here, so the expansion slots are put on special cards that allow for optimal usage of the reduced vertical space. these cards are riser cards.

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4
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8 types of peripheral ports

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D-subminiature
RJ-series
Firewire (IEEE 1394)
USB
Audio
Centronics
Infrared
PS2
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5
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what is DA15 connector for?

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game port or MIDI port

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6
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IEEE 1394 port is also known as a ____ port

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Firewire port

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what was the Centronics connector primarily used in?

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parallel printer connections and SCSI interfaces

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8
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what is an interface?

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a method of connecting two dissimilar items together

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9
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tell me the two main types of drive interfaces

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floppy disk drive and hard disk drive

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10
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you have ribbon cables for the floppy drive and PATA drive. which has 34 pins, which has 40 pins?

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floppy - 34

PATA (hard disk drive) - 40

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11
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tell me the 3 options for a parallel port

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standard
bidirectional
enhanced parallel

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12
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what is another way to think of an RCA cable?

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its a simple coax cable

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13
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what is DVI?

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digital visual interface, to move forward from analog VGA

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14
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what’s the max length on your HDMI?

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15 meters

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15
Q

component video is also known as what?

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RGB separation

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16
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which is worse quality, s-video or composite video (yellow cable)

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the composite video

17
Q

what is DisplayPort being replaced by?

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Thunderbolt (collaboration of Intel and Apple)

18
Q

tell me the difference between the two forms of coax cable used to deliver video

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one ends with RCA or BNC plugs

one ends with F connectors (cable TV)

19
Q

when was the mouse invented? (give me a decade)

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the 1970s

20
Q

how did scanners connect to the computer BEFORE the USB came along?

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through a SCSI bus

21
Q

what kind of reader does the VoIP rely on?

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barcode reader (to scan the MAC address)

22
Q

what is a QR code?

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Quick Response, its the 2D blocky matrix barcode you see all over the place

23
Q

what are the two most popular types of touchscreens for handheld devices?

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resistive

capacitive

24
Q

what is a KVM switch for?

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allows you to switch between sets of devices, stands for keyboard video mouse

25
Q

tell me three types of multimedia input devices

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web cams
MIDI-enabled devices
digital cameras and camcorders

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