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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ZIF stands for ______.
Hardware
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.
Front Side Bus.
tasks or 'Threads'

2. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
Error Correction Code.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
1600 x 1200

3. What does CRT stand for?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Standardization
Cathode Ray Tube

4. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
PS/2-style mouse
Too little voltage
1600 x 1200

5. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
charged coupled device (CCD)
RJ-11
VGA/SVGA monitor
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

6. What is Virtual RAM?
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.
7 or 15 (powered)
Power failure
VGA/SVGA monitor

7. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
240
2048 x 1536
Software
5.25

8. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
charged coupled device (CCD)
Componentization
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

9. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
Componentization
Firewire 6-pin
2048 x 1536
VGA/SVGA monitor

10. Level one cache is located on ___________.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
RJ-11
the CPU

11. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
240
Firmware
removable chips on the motherboard
200

12. Surge
Cache
Too much voltage
tasks or 'Threads'
PS/2-style mouse

13. CPUS: What is CISC?
tasks or 'Threads'
Speaker
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Cathode Ray Tube

14. RAID stands for _________.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Firewire 6-pin
verifying data integrity.
9

15. What does ECC stand for?
Error Correction Code.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
240
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

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

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17. What are the 4 main types of storage?
the CPU
Hardware
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

18. Parity is a method of ____________. It is used when the reliability of the data is more important than the speed at which it is written or read. When the data is read or received - the bytes should still be even. If not - the data is corrupt.
verifying data integrity.
3
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
DB-25

19. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Firmware
5.25
RJ-45
Hardware

20. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
50 - 68 - or 80
charged coupled device (CCD)
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
34

21. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
Firmware
40 or 80
7 or 15 (powered)
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little 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.
Line Grid Array
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Software
Componentization

23. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
CMOS
240
4
50 - 68 - or 80

24. 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
144
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of 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.

25. UXGA is _____x_____
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Cathode Ray Tube
1600 x 1200

26. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Small Outline DIMM
9-pin serial
Pin Grid Array
1024 x 786

27. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
7 or 15 (powered)
144
Hardware

28. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
34
Software
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
CMOS

29. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
BIOS
Small Outline DIMM
RJ-45
Radial Lines

30. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
5.25
144
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

31. What is VRAM used for?
1600 x 1200
BIOS
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Input

32. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
50 - 68 - or 80
Input
Random Access Memory (RAM)
RJ-45

33. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Componentization
USB Type A
BIOS

34. XGA is ____x_____
Firmware
PS/2-style mouse
1024 x 786
50 - 68 - or 80

35. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
VGA/SVGA monitor
ECC
Firewire 6-pin
Componentization

36. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Power failure
Cache
50 - 68 - or 80
1024 x 786

37. QXGA is ____x____
Software
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
2048 x 1536
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

38. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
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.
144
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Componentization

39. SDRAM sands for _______.
4
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Hardware
CMOS

40. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
9
Coaxial
144
50 - 68 - or 80

41. 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.
charged coupled device (CCD)
removable chips on the motherboard
1024 x 786
Standardization

42. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
184
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
9-pin serial
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.

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

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44. An example of firmware.
tasks or 'Threads'
BIOS
Firmware
the motherboard

45. Serial mouse or external modem
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
40 or 80
B-9 serial

46. What is a Brownout?
ECC
7 or 15 (powered)
Too little voltage
RJ-11

47. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
BIOS
200
Input
CMOS

48. What is a Blackout?
5.25
Power failure
DB-25 parallel
B-9 serial

49. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
40 or 80
Power failure
tasks or 'Threads'
144

50. Serial ports have this many pins.
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
200
240
9