Module Eleven Flashcards

1
Q

What does DVI stand for?

A

Digital Visual Interface

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2
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What does a DVI cable look like?

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3
Q

What does USB stand for?

A

Universal Serial Bus

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4
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What does Plug-and-Play mean

A

When a USB cable is plugged into a PC, Windows recognizes it automatically.

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5
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How much power can a USB cable provide?

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About 4.5 W.

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6
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What are the three types of USB connectors?

A
  1. Type A
  2. Type B
  3. Type C
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7
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There are two types of USB-B connectors. What are they?

A
  1. Type B Mini
  2. Type B Micro
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8
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What is the data rate for USB 1.1?

A

12Mbps

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9
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What is the data rate for USB 2.0?

A

480 Mbps

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10
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What’s USB 3.0 data rates?

A

5Gbps or 5000 Mbps

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11
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What is the data rate for USB 3.1?

A

10 Gbps

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12
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What’s the data rate for USB 3.2?

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10 and 20 Gbps.
Transfers two lanes of operation.
The current standard.

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13
Q

What does SCSI stand for?

A

Small Computer System Interface.

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14
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What does a firewire bus port look like?

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15
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What does a firewire bus cable look like?

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16
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What does the firewire bus symbol look like?

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17
Q

The IEEE 1394 is the standard for which bus?

A

Firewire Bus

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18
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What is the maximum transfer rate of a firewire 400 6-pin alpha?

A

400 Mbps

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19
Q

What was the transfer rates of the 9-pin beta Firewire?

A

800Mbps

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20
Q

What makes up an image on computer.

A

A number of pixels.

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21
Q

The total number of colors supported in an image is referred to as what?

A

Color depth.

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22
Q

What’s another term for color depth?

A

bit depth

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23
Q

The speed at which the display is refreshed is measured in what?

A

Hz

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24
Q

What does VGA stand for?

A

Video Graphics Array

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25
Q

Who created VGA?

A

IBM

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26
Q

How many pins does VGA have?

A

Fifteen

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27
Q

How many pins does DVI have?

A

It variers but starts at 17

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28
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What does a VGA Port look like?

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29
Q

Tell me four things about VGA

A
  1. 640x480 pixels
  2. 16 different colors (4-bit colors.
  3. Video Graphics Array.
  4. Refresh rate is 60Hz
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30
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What does SVGA stand for?

A

Super Video Graphics Array

31
Q

Two things about SVGA

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  1. 800x600 pixels
  2. 4 or 8 bit color
32
Q

What does CRT stand for?

A

Cathode Ray Tube.

33
Q

What does HDMI stand for?

A

High Definition Multimedia Interface

34
Q

What four things does HDMI support?

A
  1. Video
  2. Audio
  3. Remote Control
  4. Digital Content Protection
35
Q

2.1 is the newest edition to HDMI. What type of connector does it use and how many pins does it have?

A

Type A, 19 Pins

36
Q

What did they call HDMI v1.3? How may pins did it have? and what was it built for?

A
  1. Mini HDMI
  2. 19 Pins
  3. Portable devices such as camcorders
37
Q

What did they call HDMI v1.4? How many pins did it have? What was it built for?

A
  1. Micro HDMI
  2. 19 Pins
  3. Portable devices such as camcorders
    (side note - it was smaller than Mini HDMI)
38
Q

What does HDMI look like?

39
Q

What is this?

A

DP++ DisplayPort and connector

40
Q

What is a TB stand for?

A

Thunderbolt

41
Q

What does DVI stand for?

A

Digital Visual Interface

42
Q

What is Digital Visual Interface (DVI)?

A

A high-quality digital interface flat-panel equipment

43
Q

Whether you use single- or dual-link DVI, more bandwidth is available. What resolution might require DVI?

A

HDTV 1920x1200

44
Q

What is this port?

A

DVI-D single link

45
Q

What is this port?

A

DVI-I single-link

46
Q

What port is this?

A

DVI-D dual link

47
Q

What port is this?

A

DVI-I dual-link

48
Q

Does DVI support analog or digital?

A

DVI-A only supports analog
DVI-D only supports digital
DVI-I supports both

49
Q

How is DVI-D backward-compatible with HDMI?

A

I would have to use a DVI-D graphics adaper in order to connect to an HDMI port on the display device.

50
Q

How many pins does VGA have?

51
Q

What color is a VGA port?

52
Q

What does RGB stand for?

A

Red, Green, Blue

53
Q

Is VGA analog or digital?

A

Analog. Although digital is possible, the signal must be converted and is therefore not very efficient.

54
Q

What does HID stand for? Give an example.

A

Human Interface Devices. A keyboard would be an example.

55
Q

What are these ports called?

A

PS/2 ports. The purple is for keyboards the green is for mice. The color is the only thing that differentiate them.

56
Q

Is ps/2 hot-swappable?

57
Q

Where can basic Mouse settings be configured?

A

In Control Panel/Settings under the Mouse applet.

58
Q

Where is the keyboard layout configurable?

A

The Language applet under Control Panel/Settings.

59
Q

Where can I configure a Stylus?

A

Pen and Touch applet in Control Panel

60
Q

What does PAN stand for?

A

Personal Area network

61
Q

Is Bluetooth considered radio-based technology?

A

Yes, but it’s designed to work over close range.

62
Q

What does RFID stand for?

A

Radio Frequency ID

63
Q

What is RFID used for?

A

Tagging and tracking objects using specially-encoded tags.

64
Q

What does NIC stand for?

A

Network Interface Card

65
Q

What is a NIC Card and what does it do?

A

It’s a local network adapter. It allows you to connect to the network around you.

66
Q

How many pins does an RJ45 have?

67
Q

What is a RJ45?

A

It’s an ethernet cable.

68
Q

What does LAN stand for?

A

Local Area Network.

69
Q

What is this port/connector?

70
Q

How many pins does an RJ-11 port/connector have?

71
Q

What does DSL stand for?

A

Digital Subscriber Line

72
Q

What is DSL?

A

A modem/router appliance used to connect a home network to the Internet.

73
Q

What kind of port/connector does DSL use?

74
Q

You want to purchase a flat panel monitor that can show widescreen movies. Which native resolution should you choose?