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Why a computer system would need to have some type of external storage device?
Generally external drives are used for backing up information, although it external drives make it very easy to transfer files from one PC to another, like if you have pictures on your computer that you want to show your friends, you can load them on an external drive from your PC and download them on your friends PC to view or save them to the other PC.
Which device is useful when upgrading a client's PC from XP to Win7?
An external hard driver And network
What two cables are most commonly used to download multimedia content onto your computer from an external device?
The most common cable you would use to get something from an external device to your PC would be a "USB Cable", they come with almost all exteral devices, and can fit to nearly (if not all) PC's. As far as another cable to get something on your PC from an external device, I would assume it to be whats called "Firewire", it's like usb, but not all PC's have a spot to plug it into, a lot of times you must by additional hardware to support firewife. On top of that, most external devices don't use firewire.
What is the name of the backing storage device found in a typical PC?
CD-R, DVD-R and external hdd
What type of connector is used to connect the USB device to the PC end?
A "Type A" connector.
What type of audio device might be embedded in a PC camera?
Microphone Microphone
What device enables a PC to retrieve a specific row of data from system memory and place it on the external data bus?
Memory Controller Chip
Differentiante between cross cabling and straight cabling?
Straight Cable is used to connect a device to a different type of devices Eg: PC to a Switch PC to a Hub Switch to a Router E.t.c. Cross Cable is used to connect a device to a similar type of devices Eg: PC to PC Switch to Switch E.t.c.
Which PC card device would not use a type II form factor?
hard drive
What type of device is an LE1600?
An LE1600 is a Tablet or Slate PC. You can get more information about Tablet PC's at the Wikipedia. Once on the website, type "Tablet PC" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
Why is it that when you run cmd in XP and type 'edit' it says that edit is not recognised as an internal or external command?
Then something is wrong with your PC
What is a peripheral device in pc?
The peripherals are all of the input/output devices that are connected to the computer, including the keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, external drives, scanner, router, etc.
