| 1. What must be true before MMX, SSE, SSE2, and 3DNow! technology can improve multimedia performance on a PC? |
You must have a processor that supports SIMD (single instruction, multiple data). |
| 2. What is the significance of the multisession feature on a CD drive? |
This means that the drive can read a disc that has had data written to it at different times rather than in one long session. |
| 3. Name three ways a CD drive can interface with a motherboard. |
They can use the EIDE interface, the SATA interface, and SCSI with a SCSI host adapter. |
| 4. Which side of a CD contains data? |
The bottom of the CD, opposite the side with the label on it. |
| 5. If a CD drive and a hard drive are sharing the same data cable in a computer system, what type of connection is the CD drive using? Which of the two drives should be set to master? Which to slave? |
EIDE. Hard drive. CD drive. Although it is not recommended that you use a CD drive and hard drive on the same channel because it slows down the performance of the hard drive. |
| 6. What unit of measure is used to express the sampling rate of a sound card? |
Hertz (Hz) |
| 7. Why must sound and video input into a PC be converted from analog to digital? |
Because computers store Data digitally and ultimately as a stream of 1s and 0s. And analog has an infinite number of variations |
| 8. What is the sampling rate (in Hz) of music CDs? |
44,100 Hz |
| 9. How many samples can be stored in 8 bits? |
1 |
| 10. What would be a quick, short test to see if a sound card was successfully installed? |
put in a music CD and see if you can hear it or not |
| 11. In a system that uses a CD drive, the audio wire connects the _____ to the _____. |
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| 12. Why would you want to retension a backup tape? |
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| 13. Which holds more data, a microdrive or a Zip drive? |
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| 14. How is the direction of data flow different for data transfers for MP3 players and digital cameras? |
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| 15. What is the significance of Sound Blaster compatibility for a sound card? |
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| 16. When using a single speaker, which port on a sound card is used to send sound out? |
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| 17. What is the difference between MPEG, JPEG, and MP3? Explain for what each one is used. |
MPEG is for videos, JPEG is for pictures and MP3 is for audio |
| 18. Name at least four features you should look for when buying a video capture card. |
Capture resolution and color-depth capabilities. Ability to transfer data back to a digital camcorder or VCR. Video-editing software bundled with the card. Stereo audio jacks. |
| 19. When connecting cords to the rear of a sound card and the card has a blue, red, yellow and black port, which port is most likely to be used for the microphone? |
red |
| 20. In the question above, which port is likely to be used for sound input from a DVD player sitting beside the computer? |
blue |
| 21. What are the three ways that data on a DVD can be decoded? |
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| 22. What is the most popular way an internal DVD drive interfaces with a motherboard? |
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| 23. What is the difference between CD, CD-R, and CD-RW drives? |
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| 24. Rank these storage methods in order of their storage capacity: DVD, floppy disk, CD, tape. |
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| 25. How many unique speakers can Surround Sound 7.1 support? |
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| 26. Which type of flash memory device is typically used on a Sony digital camera? |
is the compact flash. HP |
| 27. What is currently the most popular memory device used in digital camera? |
frash card . HP |
| 28. Of the flash memory device used in digital cameras, which uses the latest technology and holds the most data? |
the flash card and hold up to 2 gb of data. HP |
| 29. Current DVD recordable drives for personal computers can write only 8.5 GB of data on a DVD. How many layers and how many sides or surfaces of the disc are used for the data? |
4 layer up to 17.08 gb of data. HP |
| 30. Which version of RAID is supported by Windows XP? Does this RAID version provide fault tolerance? |
Any. You should have appropriate drivers for your hardware RAIDs. And during win Xp installation process when it asks to install drivers for SCSI devices (Press F6) and install drivers for your hardware RAID.RAID 0 does not provide any fault tolerance. HP |