Explain Legacy Cable Types

Question 1

designed to support both analog and digital
outputs

Answer 1

Digital Visual Interface (DVI)

Question 2

DVI cable that support both analog equipment and digital outputs

Answer 2

DVI-I

Question 3

DVI cable that supports only analog output

Answer 3

DVI-A

Question 4

DVI cable that supports only digital

Answer 4

DVI-D

Question 5

Connector with 15 pins; D-shell type; supports resolutions up to HD

Answer 5

Video Graphics Array (VGA)

Question 6

a legacy parallel bus; can control multiple devices attached by internal ribbon cables or external cables; connection of internal hard disk drives;

Answer 6

Small computer system interface (SCSI)

Question 7

SCSI data rate

Answer 7

Up to 320 MBps

Question 8

Number of pins in a SCSI cable

Answer 8

68 pin or 80 pin

Question 9

dominant interface for enterprise-class storage devices in the PC workstation and
server market

Answer 9

Serial attached SCSI (SAS)

Question 10

was the principal mass storage
interface for desktop PCs for many years. The interface is also referred to as parallel advanced technology attachment (PATA). Uses 16-bit parallel data transfers

Answer 10

Integrated drive electronics (IDE)