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Comptia A +: Hardware

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printers
200
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Standardization
DB-25 parallel

2. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Front Side Bus.
9-pin serial
Processing
B-9 serial

3. Serial mouse or external modem
B-9 serial
Processing
TRS
Componentization

4. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
VGA/SVGA monitor
1600 x 1200
PS/2-style mouse
DB-15

5. QXGA is ____x____
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
2048 x 1536
Speaker
Too much voltage

6. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
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.
USB Type A
Input
Network communications

7. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
CMOS
Front Side Bus.
RJ-11
VGA/SVGA monitor

8. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
the CPU
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Cache

9. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
9-pin serial
Volatile
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

10. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
34
Joystick
Firmware
Too much voltage

11. What are the two types of RAM?
Liquid Crystal Display
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
verifying data integrity.

12. What is VRAM used for?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
RJ-45
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
5.25

13. LGA stands for ______.
4
Output
Line Grid Array
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

14. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
CMOS
240
DB-25
Standardization

15. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
Networking and Communications
BIOS
Random Access Memory (RAM)

16. Ethernet network
RJ-45
Firewire 6-pin
Cathode Ray Tube
4

17. Level two cache is located on _______.
TRS
Software
Pin Grid Array
the motherboard

18. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
charged coupled device (CCD)
Standardization
Speaker

19. An example of firmware.
Storage
removable chips on the motherboard
BIOS
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

20. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Firewire 6-pin
removable chips on the motherboard
CMOS
Storage

21. SDRAM sands for _______.
the motherboard
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
B-9 serial
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

22. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
800 x 600
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Firewire 6-pin
144

23. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
RJ-11
Cache
verifying data integrity.
Hardware

24. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
240
Componentization
800 x 600
Volatile

25. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
tasks or 'Threads'
Firmware
ECC
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

26. CPUS: What is CISC?
7 or 15 (powered)
BIOS
Output
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

27. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
charged coupled device (CCD)
50 - 68 - or 80
Hardware
verifying data integrity.

28. What is Virtual RAM?
detects and fixes corrupt data in 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.
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Firewire 6-pin

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

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30. What does SODIMM stand for?
Line Grid Array
Power failure
Small Outline DIMM
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

31. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
40 or 80
240
BIOS
4

32. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
CMOS
charged coupled device (CCD)
1024 x 786
200

33. 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.
Standardization
Too much voltage
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.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

34. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Coaxial
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

35. SVGA is ____ x_____
800 x 600
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Too much voltage
PS/2-style mouse

36. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
VGA/SVGA monitor
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little 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.
5.25

37. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
1024 x 786
ECC
charged coupled device (CCD)
the CPU

38. XGA is ____x_____
USB Type A
Power failure
1024 x 786
Pin Grid Array

39. Spike
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
1600 x 1200
Speaker
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

40. What are the 4 main types of storage?
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Coaxial
Networking and Communications
TRS

41. ZIF stands for ______.
Pin Grid Array
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.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

42. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
Serial
Too much voltage
BIOS
5.25

43. Serial ports have this many pins.
Componentization
Radial Lines
9
verifying data integrity.

44. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
DB-15
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Output
200

45. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
RJ-45
Serial
Processing
240

46. PGA stands for
tasks or 'Threads'
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Power failure
Pin Grid Array

47. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Front Side Bus.
Hardware
BIOS

48. What is a Blackout?
Hardware
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Power failure
Pin Grid Array

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

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50. CPUs: What is RISC?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
the motherboard
RJ-45
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.