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in the industry to describe various media. For example, the Red book describes the original audio CD format. If you have a lot of money—say, $3000 (US)—you may purchase copies of these books, and yes, their covers really match the colors of the standards. You might hear a fellow computer support person using these terms. Instead of saying, “Does your CD-ROM read CD-RWs?” they will say, “Is that CD-ROM of yours Orange book?” Technical specifications also use these terms. I personally don’t like the way many people refer to these book colors, but the terms are used enough that you should memorize the meanings of at least three book colors: Red, Yellow, and Orange. Table 13-3 shows a complete list of CD-media book colors.

Table 13-3 CD Media Book Colors

Blu-ray Disc Java

Blu-ray Disc Java (BD-J) is a program application environment based on Java ME (Java Platform, Micro Edition) that enables content providers to develop and deliver highly interactive Blu-ray Disc movies, games, and content to you. Most state-of-the-art (or state of the business) mobile devices, smart cards, and other gadgets use Java APIs (application program interfaces) to support requests made by the device, program, or operating system. BD-J APIs are used for similar purposes with Blu-ray Disc devices. They enable and detail the interaction of such things as fancy menus, downloaded games and content, and certain playback capabilities. If you play online games through your PlayStation®3 and HDTV, for example, you use BD-J in more ways than you probably know.

Chapter Review

Questions

1. To install a floppy drive as the A: drive, what must you do?

A. Attach the mini connector.

B. Plug it into the end connector of the ribbon cable.

C. Plug it into the middle connector on the ribbon cable.

D. Attach the Molex connector.

2. If the floppy disk you used last week will not work today in your floppy drive, what should you do first to determine if the problem is the drive or the disk?

A. Try another disk in the drive or try the disk in another drive.

B. Open the computer and check the ribbon cable.

C. Replace the floppy drive.

D. Check the CMOS settings.

3. Which term describes the capability to burn files to a CD-R and then come back later and burn additional files?

A. MultiBurn

B. Multisession

C. MultiDrive

D. Multibuffer

4. Which type of flash memory card is currently the most popular?

A. CompactFlash

B. Memory Stick

C. Secure Digital

D. SmartMedia

5. What type of device must be installed on your system so you can access data on a flash memory card?

A. Scanner

B. Card reader

C. Floppy drive

D. Zip drive

6. Which of the following can be bootable media? (Select the best answer.)

A. CD-R disc

B. Floppy disk

C. USB thumb drive

D. All of the above

7. When you insert a CD, the AutoPlay feature of Windows looks for what file?

A. AUTOPLAY.INF

B. AUTORUN.INF

C. AUTORUN.INI

D. AUTORUN.EXE

8. You can save a copy of a CD or DVD as what type of file?

A. ISO

B. ISO-9660

C. INF

D. CDDA

9. A CD-RW has a speed rating of 12×10×32×. What do the three numbers refer to, in order?

A. Write, rewrite, read

B. Read, write, rewrite

C. Rewrite, read, write

D. Write, read, rewrite

10. Which standard covers DVD-ROM technology?

A. MPEG-1

B. MPEG-2

C. MPEG-3

D. MPEG-4

Answers

1. B. Plug the floppy drive into the end of the ribbon cable to make it the A: drive.

2. A. If the floppy disk won’t read in the drive, try another disk first.

3. B. The term multisession describes the capability to burn files to a CD-R and then come back later and burn additional files.

4. C. Secure Digital cards are the current kings of the marketplace.

5. B. You need some sort of card reader to read a flash memory card.

6. D. You can make a boot disk out of optical discs, floppy disks, or flash memory drives.

7. B. By default, Windows looks for AUTORUN.INF when you insert a CD.

8. A. You can save a complete CD or DVD as an