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1) Which type of expansion bus uses slots that are white by convention and was standardized in the mid

90's?
PCIe
USB
PCI
ISA
2) Which of the following is the bandwidth contained in a single lane on the PCIe bus standard?
100 MBps
250 MBps
300 MBps
500 MBps
3) Where do expansion cards connect in order to interact with the CPU on the motherboard?
Northbridge chip
Directly to CPU
Southbridge chip
IDE connector
4) Which of the following is used instead of PCI slots in low profile and small form factor cases to provide
the combination of modem and networking capabilities?
USB
Firewire
Riser cards
Daughterboard
5) Which of the following riser cards is the latest and supports the ability to combine modem, LAN and
audio support?
ANR
CNR
Audio/Modem riser
ACR
6) Which of the following is required by any component connected to the PC in order to interrupt the
processor to request time?
IRQ
IO Address
Device Driver
DMA channel
7) Which transmission method is standardized as RS " 232?
Serial
parallel
USB
FireWire
8) The most common type of serial connector on the modern PCs is which of the following?
DB-9
DB 15
DB-25
none of the above
9) When using parallel printers what is the connector that is used to connect to the print device itself?
IEEE 1284
DB-25
Centronics 36 pin connector
IEEE 1394
10) Which of the following is not a feature of universal serial bus connections?
Hot swapping himself configuration
up to 63 devices on the bus
high-speed data transfer speeds
plug-and-play
11) Which USB standard is referred to as high-speed USB and sports transfer rates up to 480 Mb per
second?
1.1
2.0
3.0
3.1
12) What type of connector is used primarily for phones and cameras in relation to the USB standard?
Type A
Type B
Mini-B
Macro-B
13) What is the distance limitation for USB 2.0?
3 meters
5 meters
10 feet
10 meters
14) What type of connector is the most common for the personal computer and expansion cards in
relation to the USB standard?
Type A
Type B
Micro-B
Micro-A
15) How much power is possible using the USB host?
5 V of power at up to 6 A
3 V of power at up to 6 A
12 V of power at up to 6 A
5 V of power at up to 3 A
16) Which of the following is not a feature of FireWire?
Hot swapping
Self-configuration
asynchronous and isochronous data transfer
high-speed data transfer rates up to 300 Mb per second
17) Which of the following is the correct standard name for FireWire?
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1284
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.3
18) Which of the following is the amount of power that is provided on the FireWire bus?
5V
10 V
30 V
50 V
19) Which of the following is the correct number of pins and the connector used for FireWire 800
devices?
4
6
8
9
20) Which of the following terms refers to the number of times that the image is re-created on the
screen?
Resolution
Pixel depth
Onboard memory
Refresh rate
21) Which of the following is the standard connector for VGA connections on monitors and video cards?
DB-15
DVI-D
DVI-A
HDMI
22) Which of the following connection supports digital only and comes as dual link or single link?
DVI-D
DVI-I
DVI-A
HDMI
23) Which of the following is a high-speed method of transmitting digital only data from the computer to
a monitor?
TDM S
HDMI
DVI D
none of the above
24) What program in Windows can you use to look at the properties of expansion devices that are
connected to the PC?
Device manager
System properties
MS Config
Recovery console
25) Which of the following is not a similarity between USB and FireWire?
hot-swappable
self-configuration
multiple devices supported per channel
transfer speeds
26) What is the name of the address that is embedded onto a network card and used for basic
communication?
Protocol address
IP address
Mac address
Wi-Fi address
27) Which of the following is the cable length limitation for both IEEE 1394 and IEEE 1394b?
4m
5m
4.5 m
3m
28) Which of the following sizes of PCIe cards are most likely used for video connections?(Choose two)
X1
X2
X8
X16
29) Which type of expansion bus is the most common for modern video cards?
AGP
PCIe
PCI
VGA

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