Question: Write operations to typical Hi-Speed hard drives can what?
Answer: sustain rates of 25–30 MB/s,

Question:  For USB 3.0, typical write speed is what?
Answer: 70–90 MB/s

Question: What is the read speed for USB 3.0?
Answer: 90–110 MB/s

Question: After the sync field, all packets are made of how many bit bytes?
Answer: 8-bit bytes

Question: How are the bit bytes transmitted?
Answer: least-significant bit first

Question: The first byte is what?
Answer: a packet identifier (PID) byte

Question: Handshake packets consist of only a single what?
Answer: PID byte

Question: When are handshake packets generally sent?
Answer: in response to data packets

Question: What is provided by transmitting four bits that represent the packet type twice, in a single PID byte using complemented form?
Answer: Error detection

Question: IN and OUT tokens contain what?
Answer: a seven-bit device number and four-bit function number

Question: An IN token expects what?
Answer: a response from a device

Question: An OUT token is followed immediately by a what?
Answer: DATAx frame

Question:  a larger three-byte SPLIT token with a seven-bit hub number, 12 bits of control flags, and a five-bit CRC were created to do what?
Answer: to perform split transactions

Question:  Rather than tie up the high-bandwidth USB bus sending data to a slower USB device, what happens?
Answer: the nearest high-bandwidth capable hub receives a SPLIT token followed by one or two USB packets at high bandwidth

Question: How many bits of control flags did USB 2.0 add?
Answer: 12 bits

Question: There are two basic forms of data packet, what are they?
Answer: DATA0 and DATA1

Question: A data packet must always be preceded by what?
Answer: an address token

Question: What is a data packet usually followed by?
Answer: a handshake token from the receiver back to the transmitter

Question: Low-bandwidth devices are supported with what?
Answer: a special PID value, PRE

Question: All PID bytes include how many 0 bits?
Answer: four 0 bits

Question:  Full-bandwidth devices other than hubs can what?
Answer: simply ignore the PRE packet and its low-bandwidth contents

Question: These and other differences reflect the differing design goals of what?
Answer: two buses

Question: USB was designed for what?
Answer: simplicity and low cost

Question: FireWire was designed for what?
Answer: high performance, particularly in time-sensitive applications such as audio and video

Question: FireWire 400 is faster than what?
Answer: USB 2.0 Hi-Bandwidth in real-use

Question: The IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard specifies a what?
Answer: more elaborate power negotiation scheme than powered USB

Question: Is USB cheaper or more expensive than PoE?
Answer: cheaper

Question: What keeps USB cheaper than PoE?
Answer: the distance is short, and power demand is low.

Question: USB  was designed for peripherals to be what?
Answer: closely associated with a host computer

Question: USB connects what?
Answer: the peripheral and host grounds

Question: Ethernet standards require what?
Answer: isolation between the networked device (computer, phone, etc.) and the network cable up to 1500 V AC or 2250 V DC for 60 seconds

Question: eSATA does not supply power to what?
Answer: external devices

Question: Even though USB 3.0's 4.5 W is sometimes insufficient to power external hard drives, technology is what?
Answer: advancing and external drives gradually need less power

Question: On a notebook eSATAp usually supplies how much power?
Answer: 5 V to power a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD

Question: USB 2.0 High-Speed Inter-Chip (HSIC) is a what?
Answer: chip-to-chip variant of USB 2.0

Question: What does USB 2.0 High-Speed Inter-Chip eliminate?
Answer: the conventional analog transceivers found in normal USB

Question: When was the USB 2.0 High-Speed Inter-Chip adopted as the standard by the USB Implementers Forum
Answer: 2007

Question: What was Sichuan referred to as by ancient Chinese sources?
Answer: Ba-Shu

Question: How far back can civilizations in the Yangtze region be dated?
Answer: at least the 15th century BC

Question: Where were the kingdoms of Ba and Shu located?
Answer: within the Sichuan Basin

Question: What land was included in the kingdom of Ba?
Answer: Chongqing and the land in eastern Sichuan along the Yangtze and some tributary streams

Question: What land was included in the kingdom of Shu?
Answer: Chengdu, its surrounding plain and adjacent territories in western Sichuan

Question: What did Emperor  Duyu transform himself into after his death?
Answer: a cuckoo

Question: What does the name Shu refer to?
Answer: Sichuan in subsequent periods in Chinese history up to the present day.

Question: When was the site believed to be ancient city of Shu discovered, and by whom?
Answer: a local farmer in 1929

Question: The Shu were an ally of who, according to the Book of Documents?
Answer: the Zhou

Question: When were the Chronicles of Huayang compiled?
Answer: the Jin dynasty (265–420)

Question: What surrounds the Sichuan basin to the west?
Answer: the Himalayas

Question: What mountains surround the Sichuan basin to the North?
Answer: Qin Mountains

Question: What river flows through the Sichuan basin?
Answer: Yangtze

Question: Where was the Qin dynasty based?
Answer: present-day Gansu and Shaanxi

Question: What surrounds the Sichuan basin to the South?
Answer: mountainous areas of Yunnan

Question: By what year did the Qin armies finish their conquest of Shu and Ba?
Answer: 316 BC

Question: What did Qin administrators introduce to Shu and Ba?
Answer: improved agricultural technology.

Question: Who engineered the Dujiangyan irrigation system to control the Min River?
Answer: Li Bing

Question: The Min River is a major tributary of what river? 
Answer: Yangtze

Question: The Dujiangyan irrigation system was used for what purpose?
Answer: to either provide irrigation or prevent floods.

Question: During which dynasty did Sichuan regain its political and cultural prominence for which it was known during the Han?
Answer: Tang dynasty

Question: Who was known as China's greatest poet and lived in Chengdu?
Answer: Du Fu

Question: What was Chengu known to supply the country with?
Answer: armies

Question: Which years saw the An Lushan Rebellion?
Answer: 755-763

Question: Which empire ravished the Chengdu region with constant warfare and economic distress?
Answer: the Tibetan Empire

Question: What was the nickname rebel leader Zhang Xianzhong?
Answer: Yellow Tiger

Question: Which region did Yellow Tiger conquer in the mid-17th century?
Answer: Sichuan

Question: Which dynasty did Yellow Tiger declare himself the emperor of? 
Answer: Daxi Dynasty

Question: Which province supplied a large amount of people to the Sichuan resettlement, following years of turmoil during the Ming-Qing transition?
Answer: Huguang Province

Question: To which city was the Chinese capitol relocated to during Japanese occupation in the 20th century? 
Answer: Chongqing

Question: What are some major cities occupied by the Chinese during the Second Sino-Japanese War?
Answer: Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan

Question: What are some inland provinces that began to develop modern, westernized education systems? 
Answer: Shaanxi, Gansu, and Guizhou

Question: What are some reasons for the lack of accurate Japanese bombing during the Second Sino-Japanese War in the Sichuan Basin?
Answer: The difficulty of accessing the region overland from the eastern part of China and the foggy climate

Question: What group was the main antagonist during the Chinese Civil War?
Answer: the Communists

Question: Who led the defense of Chongqing in November 1949?
Answer: Chiang Kai-Shek

Question: On what date in 1949 did Chengdu fall to the communists?
Answer: 10 December

Question: Why did Sichuan see some communist activity?
Answer: it was one area on the road of the Long March