Acronyms
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
Replaced floppy disk drives
Called _______ _______ because they are roughly
the size of someone’s thumb.
Flash drives
Thumb drives
Apple started playing with the idea of a high-speed
serial digital connection. They named it ______ _______
Firewire
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
USB
Universal Serial Bus
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
Also known as Ethernet connector
RJ-45
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
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
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
____________ is the global de facto wireless networking standard.
Wi-Fi
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
MDP
Mini DisplayPort
A storage device that contains its own operating system, meaning that it acts like its own file server
NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE
The telephone connector that you will see in use is called ____________
RJ-11.
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.
RJ
registered jack.
_______ ______ _______ can be used to store data on CD, DVD and Blue Ray devices. Just like External Hard Drives
EXTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVES
Name one input device
Keyboard, Mouse, Touch pad, Track ball
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.
NAS
Network-Attached Storage
Name 3 Types of Memory cards
Smart Media
Compact Flash
Secure Digital (SD)
Name one output device
Printer, Monitor
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.