Internal and external devices

1. Which of the following is a basic principle that applies to both internal and external devices?

• A) when connecting a faster device to a slower port, the port adapts to the speed of the device
• B) if you have multiple devices to install, it’s best to install them at the same time
• C) for most installations, install the device first, then the device driver
• D) some devices don’t require a software component for them to work properly

2. What happens when a problem occurs while Windows 7 is installing a device?

• A) a blue screen of death is displayed
• B) the Action Center is launched
• C) Event Viewer runs and an event is displayed
• D) Device Manager is loaded

3. What icon might you see in Device Manager that indicates a problem with a device?

• A) blue circle
• B) yellow triangle
• C) red square
• D) white oval

4. Which of the following describes USB 2.0?

• A) 480 Mbps, cable length up to 5 meters
• B) up to 54 Mbps, range to 50 meters
• C) 1.5 Gbps, cable length up to 2 meters
• D) up to 12 Mbps, cable length up to 3 meters

5. Which of the following is true about the USB standard and devices?

• A) up to 64 USB devices can be daisy chained together
• B) USB uses parallel data transmissions
• C) a USB cable has four wires, two for power and two for communication
• D) USB devices must supply their own power

6. Which of the following is true about the FireWire standard and devices?

A) data is transferred on a parallel bus
B) 1394b allows up to 16 daisy-chained devices
C) FireWire 800 uses a 4-pin connector
D) FireWire devices are hot-swappable

7. Which of the following is true about installing a new device?

• A) a mouse may not require an additional device driver installation
• B) Vista drivers never work with Windows 7
• C) 32-bit drivers can be installed in a 64-bit OS
• D) 64-bit drivers can be installed in a 32-bit OS

8. What happens when a flash memory card is installed in a slot and it is recognized by Windows?

• A) a window appears prompting you to initialize the device
• B) a drive letter is assigned to the device and you can see it in Explorer
• C) Windows automatically partitions and formats the device
• D) the files are copied from the device to your Documents folder

9. What should you install in a server room that will save space by allowing you to control multiple servers with a single mouse, keyboard, and monitor?

• A) a MIDI connector
• B) a digitizer
• C) biometric device
• D) a KVM switch

10. Which type of expansion slot uses a retention mechanism to help stabilize a heavy card?

• A) ISA
• B) PCI
• C) AGP
• D) MGA

11. Which of the following might be the cause of a black screen right after you install a new video card?

• A) no video card is detected
• B) the onboard video is not disabled in BIOS
• C) you installed the video card in the wrong slot
• D) the video card has insufficient RAM

12. What do you need to do for Device Manager to display nonpresent devices?

• A) in Device Manager, click View, then click Nonpresent devices
• B) in Device Manager, click Advanced, then click All Devices
• C) create and set an environment variable
• D) reboot the system in Safe Mode with Networking

13. Which type of monitor withstands a lot of handling, use mercury, and take up the most desk space?

Which monitor characteristic is the distance between adjacent dots on the screen?

• A) cathode-ray tube
• B) liquid crystal display
• C) plasma monitor
• D) light-emitting diode

14. What is the distance between adjacent dots on a screen known as?

• A) viewing angle
• B) refresh rate
• C) native resolution
• D) pixel pitch

15. Which slot type would you install a video card in to get the best performance?

• A) AGP
• B) PCI
• C) ISA
• D) PCI-e

16. Which type of video port provides a digital-only signal?

• A) DVI-I
• B) DVI-D
• C) DVI-A
• D) VGA

17. Which of the following is a requirement for supporting the Aero user interface?

• A) at least 128 KB video memory
• B) DirectX 9 or higher
• C) an HDMI video port
• D) Windows XP with SP3

18. Which file system is used by large-capacity USB and memory cards?

• A) NTFS
• B) FAT16
• C) exFAT
• D) CDFS

19. What is the purpose of the LightScribe technology?

• A) labels can be burned on the top of a disc
• B) it increases read performance by four times
• C) reliability of CD-R is substantially increased
• D) it allows the use of LEDs instead of lasers in the CD/DVD drive

20. Which type of removable storage media can provide up to 2 TB of storage?

• A) SD
• B) SDHC
• C) SDXC
• D) CFII

Works Cited

1. “External Storage.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_storage.
2. Gil, B. III-Nitride Semiconductors and Their Modern Devices. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013.
3. “Internal, External, and ISO Auditing.” Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Fibers and Integrated Photonic Devices, 2015, pp. 209–218.