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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?






3. What does ECC stand for?






4. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






5. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards






6. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






7. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.






8. RAID stands for _________.






9. Printers






10. CPUs: What is RISC?






11. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






12. What is a Blackout?






13. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen






14. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






15. What is a Brownout?






16. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...






17. What does ECC do?






18. What does LCD stand for?






19. Internal modem or telephone






20. CPUS: What is CISC?






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






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






23. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






25. Serial mouse or external modem






26. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.






27. 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.






28. What are the two types of RAM?






29. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






31. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.






32. PGA stands for






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






34. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing






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






36. What does RIMM stand for?






37. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






38. What does CRT stand for?






39. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






41. What is a Sag?






42. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






43. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.






44. Ethernet network






45. XGA is ____x_____






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






47. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






48. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






49. 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.






50. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.