International Academy of Design & Technology

IT IT110

Chapter 9 Reviewing the Basics

1)Identify three things that may cause monitor flicker.

2. Describe what to do if you have just spilled soda pop on your keyboard.

3. Explain how to check that chips on a video card are properly seated in their sockets.

4. When troubleshooting problems with a monitor in Windows XP, why would you enter Safe Mode?

5. Describe how to boot Windows XP into Safe Mode.

6. Why would an external modem cost more than an internal modem?

7. Name three possible ways a scanner might interface with a motherboard.

8. By definition, what system resources does COM1 use? COM2? COM3? COM4?

9. What is the display resolution for standard VGA settings?

10. What is the maximum length of a serial cable?

11. To what does RS-232 refer?

12. How many pins are on a typical serial port?

13. What is the name of a barcode reader that is a gun-type reader that can be handheld and is often used at a checkout counter?

14. What is the purpose of a keyboard wedge?

15. What is the name of the technology within the chipset that controls the speed of serial ports?

16. Why might you choose to use ECP mode for your parallel port rather than EPP mode?

17. When might you need to disable ECP mode for a parallel port?

18. How would you disable a serial port on a motherboard?

19. What Windows OSs support USB? Include the OS version numbers where that information is important.
20. What is the maximum speed of Original USB? Of Hi-Speed USB?

21. What is the maximum length of a USB Hi-Speed cable?

22. What are two other names for FireWire? What is the highest data throughput approved for FireWire?

23. When selecting a motherboard, why would you prefer to use PCI Express for the video card rather than AGP?

24. What is the most important disadvantage of using biometric devices to authenticate a person to have access to a system?

25. What criteria affect how much video RAM is needed for a video card to hold one frame buffer?

26. Give three examples of monitor screen sizes. How are monitor screen sizes measured?

27. What are two advantages of setting an LCD monitor to run in its native resolution?

28. What type of CRT monitor can offer a variety of refresh rates?

29. How many pins are used in the IEEE 1394 connector that supports the IEEE 1394b standard?

30. How many keyed notches does an AGP universal slot have?

31. What makes a device an ergonomic device?

32. How many pins are there on a DIN connector and a PS/2 connector for a keyboard?

33. What three colors are used to build all colors on a color monitor screen?

34. Which gives better image quality, a .25-mm dot pitch monitor or a .28-mm dot pitch monitor? Why?

35. If a mouse begins to be difficult to operate, what simple thing can you do to help?

Thinking Critically

1. 1. You plug a new scanner into a USB port on your Windows XP system. When you first turn on the scanner, what should you expect to see?

1. You see a message displayed by the scanner software telling you to reboot your system.

2. You see the Found New Hardware Wizard launch.

3. Your system automatically reboots.

4. You see an error message from the USB controller.

0. 2. You install the software bundled with your digital camera to download pictures from your camera to your system using a serial port. Next you plug up the camera to the port using a serial cable and turn on your camera. You attempt to use the software to download pictures, but the software does not recognize the camera is present. What do you do next?
1. Return the camera and purchase one that uses a USB port for downloading.

2. Reinstall the bundled software.

3. Access CMOS setup and verify that the serial port is enabled.

4. Use Device Manager to verify that the OS recognizes the serial port.

5. Replace the serial cable.

1. 3. You turn on your Windows 2000 computer and see the system display POST messages.

Then the screen turns blue with no text. Which of the following items could be the source of the problem?

1. 1. 1. The video card

1. 1. 2. The monitor

1. 1. 3. Windows

1. 1. 4. WordPerfect software installed on the system