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Comptia A +: Hardware

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What does SODIMM stand for?
B-9 serial
Small Outline DIMM
184
40 or 80

2. Printers
40 or 80
DB-25 parallel
Cache
Componentization

3. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
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.
Coaxial
Too little voltage

4. XGA is ____x_____
Processing
USB Type A
tasks or 'Threads'
1024 x 786

5. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
50 - 68 - or 80
Output
Volatile
Joystick

6. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
DB-15
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.
Firmware
Line Grid Array

7. Serial ports have this many pins.
184
Software
Pin Grid Array
9

8. Surge
Firewire 6-pin
4
Too much voltage
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

9. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Cache
240
DB-25 parallel

10. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Speaker
Processing
Coaxial

11. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
BIOS
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Output
Storage

12. What is VRAM used for?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
1600 x 1200
Radial Lines
CMOS

13. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
RJ-11
Input
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.
240

14. Level one cache is located on ___________.
CMOS
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
the CPU

15. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
240
1024 x 786
tasks or 'Threads'
9-pin serial

16. What is a Blackout?
Power failure
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Componentization

17. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
BIOS
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.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
charged coupled device (CCD)

18. 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.
5.25
9-pin serial
1024 x 786
Standardization

19. What are the 4 main types of storage?
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.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
VGA/SVGA monitor
the motherboard

20. What are the two types of RAM?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
the CPU
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

21. What does SIMM stand for?
1024 x 786
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Cache

22. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Cathode Ray Tube
Firewire 6-pin

23. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
240
Output

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

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25. What is a Sag?
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
RJ-11
2048 x 1536
DB-15

26. What does ECC stand for?
Error Correction Code.
B-9 serial
DB-25
7 or 15 (powered)

27. SVGA is ____ x_____
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.
800 x 600
CMOS
3

28. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Storage
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
200

29. What does RIMM stand for?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Storage
DB-25
Pin Grid Array

30. 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)
Software
1024 x 786
DB-15
240

31. LGA stands for ______.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
CMOS
240
Line Grid Array

32. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
144
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Volatile
9

33. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
DB-15
4
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Hardware

34. What does CRT stand for?
Cathode Ray Tube
4
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.
144

35. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
7 or 15 (powered)
144
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
TRS

36. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
240

37. What is a Brownout?
Cache
Too little voltage
144
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.

38. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
tasks or 'Threads'
5.25
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

39. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Too much voltage
the CPU
Coaxial
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

40. QXGA is ____x____
2048 x 1536
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.
1600 x 1200
Too little voltage

41. What does LCD stand for?
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Liquid Crystal Display
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

42. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Line Grid Array
Hardware
Software
Speaker

43. CPUS: What is CISC?
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.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

44. level three cache is located on _________.
removable chips on the motherboard
800 x 600
DB-25
40 or 80

45. CPUs: What is RISC?
1600 x 1200
CMOS
Radial Lines
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

46. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Front Side Bus.
9
Input

47. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
184
DB-15
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Coaxial

48. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Cathode Ray Tube
Network communications
RJ-11
CMOS

49. 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
Radial Lines
Small Outline DIMM
Cathode Ray Tube

50. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
the CPU
USB Type A
144
144