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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What is a Sag?






2. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.






3. What does SODIMM stand for?






4. What is a Blackout?






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






6. An example of firmware.






7. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.






8. Serial ports have this many pins.






9. CPUs: What is RISC?






10. What does ECC do?






11. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives






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






13. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






14. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






17. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE






18. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






19. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






21. 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.






22. What does ECC stand for?






23. What is Virtual RAM?






24. A working PC is a combination of many different parts - also called a Field-Replaceable Unit (FRU) - can be replaced when faulty or upgraded to provide additional functionality.






25. What is a Brownout?






26. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?






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






28. What does CRT stand for?






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






30. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






31. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM






32. Level one cache is located on ___________.






33. What does RIMM stand for?






34. Surge






35. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards






36. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






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






39. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






40. What are the 4 main types of storage?






41. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






42. ZIF stands for ______.






43. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






44. What is VRAM used for?






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






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






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






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






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






50. Serial mouse or external modem







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