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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. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
Coaxial
Firewire 6-pin
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
tasks or 'Threads'

2. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Input
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
B-9 serial
Networking and Communications

3. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
DB-25
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Radial Lines
CMOS

4. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
Volatile
Liquid Crystal Display
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
charged coupled device (CCD)

5. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
USB Type A
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
184
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

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

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7. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
144
VGA/SVGA monitor
800 x 600

8. QXGA is ____x____
2048 x 1536
Liquid Crystal Display
Standardization
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

9. SVGA is ____ x_____
PS/2-style mouse
Line Grid Array
Network communications
800 x 600

10. 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.
Too little voltage
3
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Standardization

11. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
9-pin serial
Pin Grid Array
Componentization
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

12. What is Virtual RAM?
DB-15
1024 x 786
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
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.

13. Serial ports have this many pins.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
9
Too little voltage
Joystick

14. What is DVD-RAM? and how is it used?

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15. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
CMOS
PS/2-style mouse
7 or 15 (powered)

16. What does CRT stand for?
CMOS
Cathode Ray Tube
144
verifying data integrity.

17. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Cathode Ray Tube
Joystick
Radial Lines
DB-25 parallel

18. What is VRAM used for?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Front Side Bus.
DB-25
CMOS

19. Surge
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
the motherboard
Too much voltage
DB-25

20. 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)
Input
Software
Storage
Joystick

21. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
Line Grid Array
3
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
240

22. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
RJ-11
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
DB-15

23. What does SIMM stand for?
Speaker
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
RJ-45
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

24. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
RJ-11
Random Access Memory (RAM)
VGA/SVGA monitor
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

25. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
144
Output
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

26. XGA is ____x_____
BIOS
9-pin serial
1024 x 786
Front Side Bus.

27. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
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.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Cathode Ray Tube
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

28. ZIF stands for ______.
40 or 80
Firmware
the CPU
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.

29. CPUs: What is RISC?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Front Side Bus.
240
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

30. Serial mouse or external modem
Serial
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
B-9 serial
Front Side Bus.

31. Spike
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
4
CMOS

32. CPUS: What is CISC?
Speaker
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
7 or 15 (powered)
CMOS

33. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
200
DB-15
240
Output

34. UXGA is _____x_____
Error Correction Code.
50 - 68 - or 80
1600 x 1200
BIOS

35. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
5.25
Power failure
184
Joystick

36. What are the 4 main types of storage?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
DB-25
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
CMOS

37. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
the CPU
Software
Volatile
144

38. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
144
Random Access Memory (RAM)
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
CMOS

39. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
DB-25
144
removable chips on the motherboard
7 or 15 (powered)

40. An example of firmware.
BIOS
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
BIOS
Pin Grid Array

41. What is a Brownout?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
tasks or 'Threads'
Too little voltage
Firewire 6-pin

42. What does LCD stand for?
CMOS
Networking and Communications
Network communications
Liquid Crystal Display

43. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
Software
USB Type A
DB-15

44. SDRAM sands for _______.
charged coupled device (CCD)
USB Type A
ECC
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

45. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
7 or 15 (powered)
Radial Lines
2048 x 1536
4

46. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Network communications
TRS
Networking and Communications

47. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
240
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Hardware
Speaker

48. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
2048 x 1536
TRS
Line Grid Array
DB-25 parallel

49. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
Speaker
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
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

50. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
Error Correction Code.
4
240
PS/2-style mouse