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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






2. What does ECC stand for?






3. What does SIMM stand for?






4. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






5. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






6. What does CRT stand for?






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






8. RAID stands for _________.






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






10. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?






11. What is a Sag?






12. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






13. What is a Blackout?






14. LGA stands for ______.






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

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16. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






17. What does ECC do?






18. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






19. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.






20. 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.






21. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.






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






23. What does LCD stand for?






24. Spike






25. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






27. CPUs: What is RISC?






28. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.






29. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives






30. What are the two types of RAM?






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






32. What is VRAM used for?






33. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






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






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






37. QXGA is ____x____






38. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.






39. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)






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






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






42. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






43. ZIF stands for ______.






44. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






46. 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)






47. XGA is ____x_____






48. Internal modem or telephone






49. 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.






50. PGA stands for