Acronyms
Storage
Connections and I/O Devices
Misc. Review Questions
100

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

100

Replaced floppy disk drives

Called _______  _______ because they are roughly
the size of someone’s thumb.

Flash drives

Thumb drives

100

Apple started playing with the idea of a high-speed
serial digital connection. They named it  ______ _______

Firewire

100

Which of the following ports was developed by Apple and is found on MacBooks?

A. eSATA

B. S-video

C. Thunderbolt

D. Mac Video

 Thunderbolt

200

USB

Universal Serial Bus

200

From an internal composition standpoint, ________   ___________ use the same technology
as flash drives. They look a little different, though and they require a special card reader

MEMORY CARDS

200

Also known as Ethernet connector

RJ-45

200

What is the name of the connector that you are likely to find at the end of a twisted-pair network cable?

A. RJ-11

B. RJ-45

C. HDMI

D. FireWire

B. Twisted-pair network cables are terminated with RJ-45 connectors

300

HDMI

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

300

An _________  ________   _______  is basically the same thing as an internal hard drive,
except that it’s enclosed in a protective case and connects via an external
connector

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES

300

____________ is the global de facto wireless networking standard.

Wi-Fi

300

You want to use the video connector with the best resolution. Which one should you pick?

A. HDMI

B. HEMI

C. DVI

D. Component

A. HDMI

400

MDP

Mini DisplayPort

400

A storage device that contains its own operating system, meaning that it acts like its own file server

NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE

400

The telephone connector that you will see in use is called ____________

RJ-11.

400

Robert complains that the cursor on his laptop screen often jumps around unexpectedly when he’s typing. What can he do to solve the problem?

A. Reinstall the mouse driver.

B. Reinstall the video driver.

C. Reboot the computer.

D. Disable the touchpad.

E. Stop typing.

D. Disable the touchpad

 Although the answer of “stop typing” might be tempting, it’s probably not the best answer if Robert wants to get work done. Disabling the touchpadwill keep this problem from happening.

500

RJ

registered jack.

500

_______ ______  _______ can be used to store data on CD, DVD and Blue Ray devices.  Just like External Hard Drives

EXTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVES

500

Name one input device

Keyboard, Mouse, Touch pad, Track ball

500

One of your friends asks you if you have any SuperSpeed devices. What type of device is she talking about?

A. SSD

B. CRT

C. USB

D. eSATA

C. USB

 SuperSpeed is a trade name for USB 3.x, so your friend is talking about

USB devices. SSDs are solid-state hard drives, and CRTs are monitors.

eSATA is an external standard used mostly for hard drives.

600

NAS

Network-Attached Storage

600

Name 3 Types of Memory cards

Smart Media
Compact Flash
Secure Digital (SD)

600

Name one output device

Printer, Monitor

600

You have a color inkjet printer. What type of ink cartridge does it most likely use?

A. CMYB

B. CMYK

C. RGB

D. ROYGBIV

 B. CMYK

Color inkjet printers use cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink. Those

cartridges are called CMYK.

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