Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Exam Certiblast #1

With what do you check voltage for a molex connector? Mulimeter

Which of the following form factors for both cases and motherboards? ATX

Mapped drives in windows xp will appear in: My Computer

Dr Watson is a: Windows Utility that records information about errors and the programs that cause them

Laptop dies when you unplug it from the wall: Replace the Battery

PDAs use IR

Printer Error- Out of Memory. the printer doesn't have enough memory

You are having problems connecting to an internet site. What is the best way to check the connection? TracerT

Power Supply bearings fail, replace the Power supply

Main advantage of 31/2 USB
backup large files

Which consumes more power- Hibernating or stand-by: Stand-by

Advantages of USB- Ease of configuration, Expansion, Speed
NOT safety or security

Maximum number of Firewire busses: 1024... standard for firewire is: EE1394

the best protection from ESD: Using a ground strap.

XP- Map network drive- Right Click on My documents and My computer

Wireless signal- Packet errors occur on the signal's fringe

which can't do a full Duplex?
Parallel

Which file system supports compression on XP- NTFS

If CMOS is erased the first time you start the computer- check PC for problem recurrence (if it recures it's probably the battery)

Post stands for POWER ON SELF TEST

Water on the floor in computer room... call system admin

Storage for OPC drums (Organic PhotoConductive Drums) cool and dark

Single external RCA Jack: SPDIF connector

Security over a WAN- Encrypt before sending

Which UTP (Untwisted Shielded Pair) with Gigabyte capability- Cat 6

Hibernate- doesn't close program, saves the data and turns off computer.

Two types of laptop memory: MicroDIMM and SODIMM- not rambus or sdram

Highest bandwidth- Fiber optic- not UTP or Coaxial or Wireless

Monday, November 22, 2010

2010 Unit Presentation List

Student Presentations
Can be used for your portfolio
Make the interesting by using voicethread, PowerPoint- videos- ect.
4. CPUs and Motherboards: _____Austin and Brady_____
5. Basic Input-Output: ______Robert______
6. Memory: _____Holly_____________
7. Bus Structures: __Mr.Gill_______
8. Expansion Cards: _____________________
9. Peripheral Connections: ____________________
10. Data Storage: _____Nathan and Adam_______
11. Video Output: _________________________
12. Printers: _______Taylen and Jordan___________
13. Connecting Computers: ______________________
14. Networking Computers: ___Tiffany and Morgan___
15. Portable Computers: _________________________
16. Monitoring and management: ____________________
17. OS Troubleshooting: ________________________
18. Security: _________Ryon_______
19. Wireless Networking: ______________________

Thursday, November 18, 2010


Let's go over to the other room and work on our computers today

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A day in the life of Bob

Hey ..
Have you ever blogged in smog. Have you ever tweeted and cheated, and ate candy and sweeted (out)