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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What does RIMM stand for?
verifying data integrity.
CMOS
the motherboard
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

2. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
Joystick
CMOS
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
200

3. 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.
PS/2-style mouse
Networking and Communications
184
the motherboard

4. CPUS: What is CISC?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
50 - 68 - or 80
Line Grid Array

5. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
DB-15
TRS
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

6. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Speaker
CMOS
Volatile
Network communications

7. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Hardware
PS/2-style mouse
BIOS

8. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
verifying data integrity.
Front Side Bus.
Componentization
800 x 600

9. Level two cache is located on _______.
the motherboard
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.
184
removable chips on the motherboard

10. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
144
BIOS
CMOS
removable chips on the motherboard

11. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
9-pin serial
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Coaxial
34

12. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
7 or 15 (powered)
tasks or 'Threads'
Serial

13. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
1600 x 1200
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
1024 x 786
Random Access Memory (RAM)

14. XGA is ____x_____
Firmware
Networking and Communications
1024 x 786
144

15. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
VGA/SVGA monitor
PS/2-style mouse
9-pin serial
Firewire 6-pin

16. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
TRS
Cathode Ray Tube
Input
Liquid Crystal Display

17. What does CRT stand for?
1024 x 786
B-9 serial
Cathode Ray Tube
BIOS

18. Multiple core allow the PC to simultaneously process multiple ______.

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19. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Small Outline DIMM
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
B-9 serial

20. Ethernet network
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Componentization
RJ-45
1600 x 1200

21. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
BIOS
Zero Insertion Force. a physical interface that lets you set the CPU into the array - and then use actuate a lever to make actual contact.
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
CMOS

22. What is Virtual RAM?
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.
7 or 15 (powered)
240
the CPU

23. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Radial Lines
removable chips on the motherboard
Small Outline DIMM
Joystick

24. Spike
Power failure
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Joystick
240

25. LGA stands for ______.
184
Hardware
Line Grid Array
1024 x 786

26. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
2048 x 1536
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
240

27. SDRAM sands for _______.
Processing
40 or 80
9
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

28. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
B-9 serial
BIOS
9

29. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
1600 x 1200
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
VGA/SVGA monitor
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

30. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
200
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
DB-25
CMOS

31. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
40 or 80
Power failure
Standardization
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.

32. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
4
Power failure

33. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
B-9 serial
144
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

34. Components from many different manufacturers are interchangeable. As long as the component meets the standards - you can be reasonably confident that it will work in the system.
240
Speaker
Standardization
9

35. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Processing
Standardization
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Componentization

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

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37. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
RJ-11
Random Access Memory (RAM)
1024 x 786
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

38. Serial mouse or external modem
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.
Front Side Bus.
B-9 serial

39. SVGA is ____ x_____
Error Correction Code.
800 x 600
ECC
200

40. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
Output
PS/2-style mouse
Cathode Ray Tube
Random Access Memory (RAM)

41. What is a Blackout?
Coaxial
Cathode Ray Tube
Power failure
Liquid Crystal Display

42. What does ECC do?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
200
CMOS
Line Grid Array

43. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Line Grid Array
7 or 15 (powered)
DB-15
Firmware

44. Printers
DB-25 parallel
Volatile
CMOS
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

45. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
3
BIOS
Small Outline DIMM
removable chips on the motherboard

46. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
240
CMOS
Networking and Communications

47. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Power failure
Coaxial
Cathode Ray Tube
800 x 600

48. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
USB Type A
Processing
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
5.25

49. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
DB-15
Output
Standardization

50. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Radial Lines
DB-25 parallel
CMOS
USB Type A

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