CIS 166 week 7 homework

1. The first (main) printer port on a Windows based PC is frequently designated as:
Character Port
LPT1
Printer Port 1
Main Printer Port

2. The type of printer techology that sprays droplets of ink on the page:
DMP (dot matrix printer)
Laser
Inkjet
Thermal Printer

3. What are Imagesetter printers most often used for:
low-resolution proofs
high-resolution printouts for commercial publishing
animations
none of the above

4. A Centronics port can best be described as:
a serial port that is often used to connect a printer to a computer
a high-speed digital port frequently used for digital cameras
a parallel port that has become the standard printer interface for IBM-compatible PCs
an older printer interace that is rarely used today.

5. When you have a need to have more than 2 people use a printer, the best solution is to:
Network them and use the printer as a network resource
Put a switch on it
Use floppy disks and take the print jobs to the printer
use a serial printer.

6. A modem interaces with all of the following interfaces EXCEPT:
USB
PCI
ISA
PS/2
Serial

7. The Hayes command sequence that you start to dial over a tone connection.
ATDT
ATDP
ATTH
ATTouch

8. The Asynchronous in Asynchronous DSL (ADSL) refers to what?
It allows for FTP as well as HTTP traffic
Communication rates upstream and downstream are not the same.
A more secure protocol than sDSL
AT & T implementation of DSL

9. The actual throughput on a v.90 modem is a maximum of what?
28.8kbps
42.2kbps
53 kbps
56 kbps

10. Some modem manufacturers make modems cheaper by eliminating certain components that have to be emulated in software. These are referred to by all of the following EXCEPT?
DSP modems
WinModems
Software Modems
Serial Modem.