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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?






2. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.






3. What does RIMM stand for?






4. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.






5. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.






6. What does SIMM stand for?






7. Networking is a specialized form of input and output that entails using media (cable) and devices (routers - switches) to link multiple computers into an interconnected unit.






8. What does CRT stand for?






9. CPUS: What is CISC?






10. Ethernet network






11. ZIF stands for ______.






12. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.






13. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.






14. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.






15. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






16. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.






17. CPUs: What is RISC?






18. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?






19. Printers






20. Serial mouse or external modem






21. SVGA is ____ x_____






22. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.






23. What are the 4 main types of storage?






24. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.






25. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






26. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






27. What is VRAM used for?






28. Computer programs that perform specific tasks include: - Operating System- Program applications - Hardware drivers (special programs that tell the operating system how to use the hardware)






29. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






30. Joystick or MIDI device (game port) - High Density DB-15 - VGA/SVGA monitor - 6-pin Mini-DIN - PS/2-style keyboard or mouse - By convention - purple connectors are used for the keyboard - and green connectors are used for the mouse.






31. What is Virtual RAM?






32. UXGA is _____x_____






33. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






34. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






35. Level two cache is located on _______.






36. XGA is ____x_____






37. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?






38. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






39. What are the two types of RAM?






40. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.






41. What is DVD-RAM? and how is it used?

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42. LGA stands for ______.






43. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.






44. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.






45. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?






46. Surge






47. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






48. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.






49. An example of firmware.






50. What does LCD stand for?