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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
USB Type A
Networking and Communications
Network communications

2. LGA stands for ______.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Line Grid Array
Coaxial
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

3. What does SODIMM stand for?
40 or 80
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Small Outline DIMM
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

4. RAID stands for _________.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
TRS
Pin Grid Array
2048 x 1536

5. What does CRT stand for?
Standardization
Volatile
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Cathode Ray Tube

6. 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.
5.25
Small Outline DIMM
DB-15
the motherboard

7. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
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.
ECC
1600 x 1200
USB Type A

8. XGA is ____x_____
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
1024 x 786
Liquid Crystal Display

9. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Processing
2048 x 1536
Liquid Crystal Display
Output

10. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
CMOS
DB-25
Input

11. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
BIOS
PS/2-style mouse
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
DB-25 parallel

12. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
7 or 15 (powered)
BIOS
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.
CMOS

13. What is a Blackout?
tasks or 'Threads'
9-pin serial
Power failure
verifying data integrity.

14. 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.
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
CMOS
verifying data integrity.
tasks or 'Threads'

15. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
Coaxial
CMOS
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
3

16. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
34
DB-25 parallel
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.

17. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
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.
Coaxial
240
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

18. Level two cache is located on _______.
Software
TRS
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
the motherboard

19. 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)
RJ-45
Joystick
CMOS
Software

20. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
144
BIOS
50 - 68 - or 80
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

21. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
DB-15
Cathode Ray Tube
50 - 68 - or 80

22. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
184
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Cache
TRS

23. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
4
Front Side Bus.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Too little voltage

24. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
Processing
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
BIOS
Serial

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

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26. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
240
7 or 15 (powered)
B-9 serial
50 - 68 - or 80

27. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Line Grid Array
Firmware
Standardization
VGA/SVGA monitor

28. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Line Grid Array
Processing
Random Access Memory (RAM)

29. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Storage
9-pin serial
9
removable chips on the motherboard

30. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Coaxial
ECC
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

31. SVGA is ____ x_____
800 x 600
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
removable chips on the motherboard
Speaker

32. What are the two types of RAM?
240
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
9-pin serial

33. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Input
3

34. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Liquid Crystal Display
Serial
144

35. CPUs: What is RISC?
34
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Power failure
tasks or 'Threads'

36. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
USB Type A
ECC
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
RJ-45

37. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
Software
TRS
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
34

38. What does RIMM stand for?
800 x 600
Too much voltage
40 or 80
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

39. What is a Brownout?
DB-15
Too little voltage
the CPU
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

40. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
TRS
PS/2-style mouse
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

41. UXGA is _____x_____
DB-25
1600 x 1200
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

42. Surge
Too much voltage
7 or 15 (powered)
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
TRS

43. Ethernet network
RJ-11
Small Outline DIMM
Software
RJ-45

44. What is Virtual RAM?
34
CMOS
Network communications
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.

45. 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.
Componentization
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Networking and Communications
2048 x 1536

46. Serial ports have this many pins.
9
DB-15
RJ-11
Standardization

47. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
4
Firewire 6-pin
CMOS

48. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
Serial
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
3
1024 x 786

49. What does ECC stand for?
Cache
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.
RJ-11
Error Correction Code.

50. Spike
Coaxial
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Liquid Crystal Display
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)