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Comptia A +: Hardware
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1. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
BIOS
144
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Serial
2. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
40 or 80
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
CMOS
ECC
3. What is a Blackout?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Small Outline DIMM
Power failure
Networking and Communications
4. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
1024 x 786
Speaker
Random Access Memory (RAM)
DB-25 parallel
5. 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.
40 or 80
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
DB-15
Componentization
6. Level one cache is located on ___________.
VGA/SVGA monitor
Network communications
the CPU
RJ-45
7. 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.
Network communications
VGA/SVGA monitor
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Networking and Communications
8. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
Volatile
TRS
800 x 600
charged coupled device (CCD)
9. What does RIMM stand for?
Line Grid Array
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
verifying data integrity.
10. What is a Sag?
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.
Error Correction Code.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
verifying data integrity.
11. Printers
Coaxial
DB-25
DB-25 parallel
3
12. What is VRAM used for?
Liquid Crystal Display
7 or 15 (powered)
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Too much voltage
13. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Hardware
Output
DB-15
Small Outline DIMM
14. Multiple core allow the PC to simultaneously process multiple ______.
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183
15. Surge
Volatile
Too much voltage
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.
2048 x 1536
16. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
9-pin serial
Coaxial
1600 x 1200
Output
17. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
Joystick
Processing
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
18. What is a Brownout?
Front Side Bus.
Too little voltage
7 or 15 (powered)
PS/2-style mouse
19. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Cathode Ray Tube
the CPU
CMOS
20. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
9-pin serial
CMOS
ECC
21. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Software
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.
Joystick
CMOS
22. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
Software
Componentization
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
BIOS
23. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
240
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
CMOS
Firewire 6-pin
24. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
4
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
25. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
DB-15
CMOS
9-pin serial
Error Correction Code.
26. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
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.
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
DB-15
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
27. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Network communications
CMOS
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Line Grid Array
28. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
VGA/SVGA monitor
removable chips on the motherboard
Componentization
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
29. level three cache is located on _________.
removable chips on the motherboard
200
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
PS/2-style mouse
30. Serial ports have this many pins.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Joystick
9
Too little voltage
31. What does LCD stand for?
40 or 80
DB-15
Line Grid Array
Liquid Crystal Display
32. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
3
Standardization
USB Type A
Cache
33. RAID stands for _________.
TRS
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
CMOS
34. Level two cache is located on _______.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
the motherboard
charged coupled device (CCD)
VGA/SVGA monitor
35. SVGA is ____ x_____
800 x 600
Input
1024 x 786
PS/2-style mouse
36. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
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.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
50 - 68 - or 80
37. Serial mouse or external modem
B-9 serial
Joystick
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
144
38. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
tasks or 'Threads'
Software
ECC
DB-15
39. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
800 x 600
Standardization
Front Side Bus.
40. What does ECC do?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Too little voltage
Serial
41. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
Storage
9
BIOS
42. CPUS: What is CISC?
Pin Grid Array
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
34
9
43. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
Cache
Too little voltage
184
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
44. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
Cathode Ray Tube
Line Grid Array
USB Type A
45. 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)
Software
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
2048 x 1536
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
46. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Processing
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
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.
Coaxial
47. What is Virtual RAM?
Joystick
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.
4
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
48. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Volatile
Firmware
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Network communications
49. What is DVD-RAM? and how is it used?
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50. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Software
removable chips on the motherboard
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