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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What are the two types of RAM?






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






3. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






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






5. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal






6. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






7. RAID stands for _________.






8. ZIF stands for ______.






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






10. PGA stands for






11. 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.






12. What does SODIMM stand for?






13. What does LCD stand for?






14. Internal modem or telephone






15. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive






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






17. What does ECC stand for?






18. Level one cache is located on ___________.






19. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






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






22. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






23. Ethernet network






24. Printers






25. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






26. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen






27. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






28. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






29. SDRAM sands for _______.






30. LGA stands for ______.






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






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






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






34. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing






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






36. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






37. What does RIMM stand for?






38. level three cache is located on _________.






39. What is a Blackout?






40. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






43. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






44. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)






45. Spike






46. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






47. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.






48. Surge






49. An example of firmware.






50. Parity is a method of ____________. It is used when the reliability of the data is more important than the speed at which it is written or read. When the data is read or received - the bytes should still be even. If not - the data is corrupt.