Jeopardy Review - CST8208 Part 2

Jeopardy Review - CST8208 Part 2

• Jeopardy game format used for final review of CST8208 course materials.
• Questions and answers related to computer hardware and software concepts are presented.

Jeopardy Categories and Point Values

• The categories are:
  • Talk Nerdy to Me
  • I'm Only Here Because You Broke Something
  • PC Hardware
  • Geek-Speak
  • These Headings Don't Actually Mean Anything
• Point values range from 10 to 50.

RAID 6

• RAID 6 can withstand the failure of two hard drives while still recovering data.

PCI-X Expansion Bus

• The bus width of the PCI-X expansion bus is 64 bits.

Overprovisioning

• Overprovisioning is a technique for setting aside a portion of a solid-state drive for maintenance purposes.

SAS and SATA Interfaces

• SAS cards can support SATA drives.

Dot Matrix Printer Heads

• Dot matrix printers still use 9-pin and 24-pin heads, though 18-pin heads are less common.

USB Port Colors

• USB 3.0 ports are blue.
• USB ports with sleep-and-charge capabilities are often red or yellow.

EEPROM and ROM

• EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) can be flashed using software utilities.

DDR2 Memory Speed

• The effective bus speed of DDR2 memory, PC2-6400, is 800 MHz.

Boot Types

• A cold boot is required when a system was completely shut down and then powered back up.

Ink Cartridge Colors

• Ink cartridges in ink jet printers typically use cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks.

IEEE 1394 (FireWire)

• FireWire was an older competitor to USB for external expansion options.

Laser Printer Transferring

• Transferring is a step in the laser printing process where the paper is charged to attract toner from the photosensitive drum.

USB 2.0 Transfer Mode

• The transfer mode used with USB 2.0 is "Hi speed."

Processor Clock Speed and Multiplier

• A processor with a 200 MHz base clock speed and a 17x multiplier results in a 3.4 GHz speed.

Warm Boot Memory Count

• During a warm boot, PC memory is not counted during POST because the system isn't fully powered down, and that process requires a complete system off state before adding or removing memory.

USB Data Transfer Coordination

• USB is "host-based" because it needs a host to manage data transfers, whereas FireWire is considered "peer-to-peer."

LCD Monitor Refresh Rate

• The most common refresh rate for LCD monitors is 60 Hz.

AMD Server Processor

• AMD's most common server processor is the "Epyc."

SATA Third Generation Transfer Rate

• The maximum transfer rate for the most recent SATA (third generation) is 6 Gb/s.

ExpressCard

• ExpressCard replaced PC Cards for external expansion slots in laptops.