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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
9-pin serial
1600 x 1200
4
Coaxial

2. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
removable chips on the motherboard
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Cathode Ray Tube

3. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
Processing
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
7 or 15 (powered)
1024 x 786

4. What does SODIMM stand for?
CMOS
Radial Lines
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Small Outline DIMM

5. What is a Sag?
Output
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Networking and Communications
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

6. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
Output
144
184
800 x 600

7. Spike
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
144
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

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

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9. CPUs: What is RISC?
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
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.
CMOS
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

10. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
9-pin serial
Cathode Ray Tube
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Coaxial

11. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
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.
the motherboard
Random Access Memory (RAM)

12. level three cache is located on _________.
Firmware
Hardware
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
removable chips on the motherboard

13. What does CRT stand for?
200
Cathode Ray Tube
the motherboard
tasks or 'Threads'

14. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
7 or 15 (powered)
240
34

15. CPUS: What is CISC?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
PS/2-style mouse
9
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

16. 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.
1024 x 786
DB-15
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
verifying data integrity.

17. 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.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Standardization
Firmware
Volatile

18. An example of firmware.
PS/2-style mouse
BIOS
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

19. Serial ports have this many pins.
9-pin serial
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Front Side Bus.
9

20. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
Networking and Communications
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
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.
BIOS

21. Surge
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Input
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Too much voltage

22. 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.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
240
Componentization

23. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Firmware
BIOS
240

24. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
RJ-11
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Volatile
Liquid Crystal Display

25. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
Coaxial
VGA/SVGA monitor
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
CMOS

26. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Cache
Input
CMOS
Network communications

27. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
charged coupled device (CCD)
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
PS/2-style mouse

28. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Speaker
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
50 - 68 - or 80

29. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
DB-25 parallel
ECC
34
Power failure

30. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
5.25
Firewire 6-pin
Pin Grid Array

31. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Software
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
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.
Hardware

32. RAID stands for _________.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Firmware
Storage
USB Type A

33. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
Speaker
240
CMOS
144

34. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
40 or 80
1024 x 786
DB-25 parallel

35. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Firewire 6-pin
Speaker
Joystick
Liquid Crystal Display

36. What is a Blackout?
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.
Speaker
2048 x 1536
Power failure

37. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
Software
CMOS
3
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

38. ZIF stands for ______.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
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.
Firewire 6-pin
Networking and Communications

39. What does ECC do?
50 - 68 - or 80
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
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.

40. What does ECC stand for?
Error Correction Code.
Small Outline DIMM
USB Type A
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

41. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Too much voltage
Input
DB-25 parallel
RJ-11

42. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
40 or 80
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.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Storage

43. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
Input
144
Firewire 6-pin
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

44. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
Firewire 6-pin
BIOS
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

45. XGA is ____x_____
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Too little voltage
1024 x 786
Firmware

46. Ethernet network
RJ-45
Firmware
the CPU
40 or 80

47. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Componentization
Firmware
BIOS
Standardization

48. What is Virtual RAM?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
50 - 68 - or 80
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.
DB-15

49. SVGA is ____ x_____
800 x 600
Componentization
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Network communications

50. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
PS/2-style mouse
3
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
CMOS

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