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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. Printers






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






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

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






6. CPUs: What is RISC?






7. Level two cache is located on _______.






8. SVGA is ____ x_____






9. What is VRAM used for?






10. RAID stands for _________.






11. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






12. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






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






15. level three cache is located on _________.






16. What does CRT stand for?






17. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.






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






19. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






20. 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.






21. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






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






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






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






26. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






28. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






29. PGA stands for






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






31. UXGA is _____x_____






32. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






33. What does SIMM stand for?






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






35. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.






36. Ethernet network






37. What is Virtual RAM?






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






39. What does ECC do?






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






41. Serial mouse or external modem






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






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






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






45. What is a Sag?






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






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






48. What does LCD stand for?






49. 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.






50. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?