Question | Answer |
What are 6 types of Video Ports? | DB15 (VGA)
S-Video
DVI
HDMI
DisplayPort
Thunderbolt |
Which USB port is faster, Hi-Speed or SuperSpeed? | SuperSpeed 3.0 |
What type of output does S/PDIF port provide? | Digital Audio |
What is the purpose of an expansion slot on a motherboard? | To fit an expansion card to add more available ports than originally provided by the motherboard. |
In the U.S. what should the dual-voltage setting be on the PSU? | 115V |
What is the best way to determine if a cable inside a computer is a data and instruction cable or a power cable? | Power cords are rounded and usually come from the power supply where data and instruction cables are flat. |
What technology standard is commonly used today for hard drives to interface with the motherboard in a system? | SATA |
How many pins did the first P1 power connector to the motherboard have that was used with the original ATX? | 20 |
What type of expansion slot requires extra power so that four more pins had to be added to the older 20-pin P1 power connector? | PCIe (PCI Express) |
What device might require extra power so that it uses the 12v 6-pin power connector? What two locations might you find the connector? | -High End Video Card
1. On the video card
2. On the motherboard |
What is the purpose of the 4-pin auxiliary connector? | To provide more power (+12V) to the processor. |
What is the purpose of the 4-pin Molex connector? | Adds power to older IDE and some of the newer SATA (+5V or +12V) |