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What does the acronym:
FDD stand for? |
Floppy Disk Drive
It's a storage device that uses a removable disk. |
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What does the acronym:
HDD stand for? |
Hard Disk Drive
It's a standard primary storage device that includes spinning magnetic disks. |
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What does the acronym:
SSD stand for? |
Solid State Drive
It's a new kind of Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that utilizes chip memory. They typically use Flash memory. |
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Name the two kinds of modern storage drives. (in terms of physical characteristics as opposed to connectivity)
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Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
Solid State Drive (SSD) HDDs contain spinning magnetic platters while SSDs contain memory chips. |
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What does the acronym:
CD stand for? |
Compact Disk
CDs are removable memory storage used in an optical drive. |
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Name the type of drive that uses CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray disks.
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Optical Drive
Optical Drives often come with a combination of capabilities and some can read CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray. |
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What does the acronym:
CD-R stand for? |
Compact Disk Recordable
This is a Write Once Read Multiple optical disk. |
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What does the acronym:
CD-RW stand for? |
Compact Disk ReWritable
This is an optical disk that can be written to multiple times. |
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What does the acronym:
DVD stand for? |
Digital Versatile Disk
Though it was originally released as standing for "Digital Video Disk", it was later changed due to the wide range of data storage capabilities. |
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What does the acronym:
BD stand for? |
Blu-Ray Disk
This is the newest standard optical medium, often used for film. |
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What does the acronym:
LTO stand for? |
Linear Tape-Open
This is a magnetic tape data storage format used for backing up large amounts of data. |
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What does the acronym:
DLT stand for? |
Digital Linear Tape
This is a magnetic tape data storage format used for backing up large amounts of data. |
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What does the acronym:
DAT stand for? |
Digital Audio Tape
This is a magnetic tape data storage format. It evolved into the more modern Digital Data Storage (DDS) format. |
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What does the acronym:
DDS stand for? |
Digital Data Storage
This is a magnetic tape data storage format. It evolved from Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and is primarily for Data backup rather than audio storage. |
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What does:
SD Card stand for? |
Secure Digital Card
These are solid state memory cards used for cameras, mobile phones, and other small devices. |
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Define:
Hot Swappable |
The capability of adding or removing components without shutting down the system.
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What does the acronym:
ATX stand for? |
Advanced Technology Extended
It is a computer form factor designed by Intel as an upgrade to the AT form factor. |
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What are the dimensions of a standard ATX motherboard?
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12 inches by 9.6 inches
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What feature did ATX introduce over the AT standard in regard to turning the computer on and off?
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The power to the computer is controlled by software in ATX, rather than a hardware switch in AT.
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What voltage supply did ATX task to the power supply that AT had previously derived on the motherboard itself?
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3.3 Volts
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What improvement did ATX make over AT in regard to the power supply's connection to the motherboard?
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The power connector is keyed in ATX, making it very difficult to set it up incorrectly.
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What does the acronym:
BTX stand for? |
Balanced Technology Extended
It is a computer form factor designed by Intel as an upgrade to the ATX form factor. BTX is used in pre-built systems, but has not been widely adopted. |
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What are the dimensions of a standard MicroATX motherboard?
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9.6 inches by 9.6 inches
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What are the dimensions of a standard FlexATX motherboard?
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9 inches by 7.5 inches
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What is the maximum amount of expansion slots for a FlexATX motherboard?
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Three
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What is the maximum amount of expansion slots for a MicroATX motherboard?
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Four
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How many expansion slots are on a full sized ATX board?
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Six
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What does the acronym:
NLX stand for? |
New Low Profile Extended
It is a computer form factor that has been superseded by MicroATX. |
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What is the maximum amount of expansion slots for a Mini-ITX motherboard?
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One
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What are the dimensions of a standard Mini-ITX motherboard?
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6.7 inches by 6.7 inches
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What color is the analog microphone audio input?
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Pink
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What I/O connector is pink?
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Analog microphone audio input
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What color is the analog line level audio input?
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Light blue
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What I/O connector is light blue?
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Analog line level audio input
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What color is the analog line level audio output?
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Lime green
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What I/O connector is lime green?
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Analog line level audio output
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What does the acronym:
TRS stand for? |
Tip Ring Sleeve
This is the primary audio connector used with computers. |
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What color is the special panning analog line level audio output?
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Brown
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What I/O connector is brown?
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Special panning analog line level audio output
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What color is the rear stereo analog line level audio output?
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Black
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What audio I/O connector is black?
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Rear stereo analog line level audio output
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What color is the center channel and subwoofer analog line level audio output?
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Orange
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What audio I/O connector is orange?
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Center channel and subwoofer analog line level audio output
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What color is the PS/2 connector for the mouse?
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Green
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What I/O connector is green?
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PS/2 connector for the mouse
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What color is the PS/2 connector for the keyboard?
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Purple
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What I/O connector is purple?
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PS/2 connector for the keyboard
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What color is a USB port?
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Black
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What non-audio I/O connector is black?
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USB port
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What color is a Firewire port?
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Grey
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What I/O connector is grey?
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Firewire port
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What color is a parallel port?
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Burgundy
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What I/O connector is burgundy?
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Parallel port
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What color is a serial port?
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Teal or turquoise
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What I/O connector is teal or turquoise?
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Serial port
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What color is the VGA analog monitor port?
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Blue
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What I/O connector is blue?
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VGA analog monitor port
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What color is the DVI digital monitor port?
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White
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What I/O connector is white?
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DVI digital monitor
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What color are the S-Video (4-pin mini-DIN) and composite video (RCA) connectors?
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Yellow
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What I/O connector is yellow?
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Both S-Video (4-pin mini-DIN) and Composite Video (RCA)
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What color is the Game/MIDI port?
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Gold
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What I/O connector is gold?
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Game/MIDI port
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What does the acronym:
VGA stand for? |
Video Graphics Array
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What does the acronym:
SVGA stand for? |
Super Video Graphics Array
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What does the acronym:
USB stand for? |
Universal Serial Bus
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How many USB devices can be chained together?
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127
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What is the transfer rate of a USB 1.0 port?
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12 Mbps
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What is the transfer rate of a USB 2.0 port?
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480 Mbps
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What standard is known commonly as Firewire?
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IEEE-1394
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How many Firewire devices can be chained together?
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63
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What is the transfer rate of a IEEE-1394 port?
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400 Mbps
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What is the transfer rate of a IEEE-1394b port?
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800 Mbps
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Where are you most likely to see a DB-9 connector?
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On a serial port
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Where are you most likely to see a DB-15 connector?
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On a VGA/SVGA monitor port
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Where are you most likely to see a DB-25 connector?
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On a standard parallel port
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What does the "RJ" in:
RJ-45 stand for? |
Registered Jack
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Where are you most likely to see an RJ-11 connector?
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On a telephone or modem
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Where are you most likely to see an RJ-45 connector?
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On a CAT-5 network connection
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Where are you most likely to see a Mini-DIN 6 connector?
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On a mouse or keyboard (also known as PS/2)
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Where are you most likely to see a BNC connector?
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On a network connection with Thinnet coax cables
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What minimum category cable do you need to set up a 4 Mbps network connection?
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CAT2
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What minimum category cable do you need to set up a 10 Mbps network connection?
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CAT3
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What minimum category cable do you need to set up a 16 Mbps network connection?
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CAT4
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What minimum category cable do you need to set up a 100 Mbps network connection?
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CAT5
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What type of connector are you likely to find on the end of a cable where the other end is a DB-25?
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Centronics 36 or 50.
The 50 pin connector is used for SCSI. |
