Terms you’ll need to understand:

• USB port

• FireWire/IEEE-1394 port

• HDMI

• DVI

• Composite video

• Component (RGB) video

• Aspect Ratio

• Joystick

• Mouse

• Trackball

• CRT monitor

• HDTV

• Touch screens/pads

• LCD display

• S-video

Exam objectives you’ll learn in this chapter:

Essentials 1.1—Identify the fundamental principles of using personal computers.

• Identify the names, purposes, and characteristics of display devices; for example, projectors, CRT, and LCD.

• Connector types (for example, VGA, DVI/HDMI, S-video, Component/RGB).

• Settings (such as V-hold, refresh rate, resolution).

• Identify the names, purposes, and characteristics of input devices; for example, mouse, keyboard, bar code reader, multimedia (web and digital cameras, MIDI, microphones), biometric devices, touch screen.

• Identify the names, purposes, and characteristics of adapter cards.

  • Video including PCI/PCI-E and AGP

  • Multimedia

  • I/O (SCSI, serial, USB, Parallel)

  • Communications, including network and modem

• Identify the names, purposes, and characteristics of ports and cables; for example, USB 1.1 and 2.0, parallel, serial, IEEE 1394/FireWire, RJ45 and RJ11, PS2/MINI-DIN, Centronics (for instance, mini, 36) multimedia (such as 1/8 connector, MIDI COAX, SPDIF).