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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. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
Speaker
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
DB-25 parallel
40 or 80

2. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
Processing
1600 x 1200
4
Standardization

3. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
1600 x 1200
Radial Lines
50 - 68 - or 80

4. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
DB-15
Processing
200
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

5. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Coaxial
RJ-11
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

6. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
144
Too much voltage
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
184

7. LGA stands for ______.
Processing
USB Type A
CMOS
Line Grid Array

8. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
PS/2-style mouse
50 - 68 - or 80

9. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
Line Grid Array
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Storage
144

10. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
5.25
Pin Grid Array
Firewire 6-pin

11. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Radial Lines
34
240
7 or 15 (powered)

12. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
Front Side Bus.
removable chips on the motherboard
BIOS
7 or 15 (powered)

13. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
BIOS
144
Input
1024 x 786

14. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
Cathode Ray Tube
verifying data integrity.
DB-25 parallel

15. What does LCD stand for?
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Software
Liquid Crystal Display
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

16. 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.
CMOS
charged coupled device (CCD)
verifying data integrity.
Pin Grid Array

17. What does SODIMM stand for?
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Small Outline DIMM
Too much voltage
40 or 80

18. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
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.
Line Grid Array
CMOS
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

19. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Output
7 or 15 (powered)
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

20. Surge
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Output
CMOS
Too much voltage

21. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Network communications
9
Input

22. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
charged coupled device (CCD)
Small Outline DIMM
Firmware
Power failure

23. What is VRAM used for?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
4
Firmware
800 x 600

24. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
Coaxial
144
Radial Lines
200

25. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
144
3
Cathode Ray Tube
CMOS

26. What does ECC do?
1600 x 1200
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Firmware
7 or 15 (powered)

27. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
VGA/SVGA monitor
tasks or 'Threads'
Firmware
5.25

28. 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
Error Correction Code.
200
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

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

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30. CPUS: What is CISC?
BIOS
144
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
DB-15

31. 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)
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Software
ECC
removable chips on the motherboard

32. What are the two types of RAM?
Processing
Networking and Communications
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Standardization

33. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Line Grid Array

34. Joystick or MIDI device (game port) - High Density DB-15 - VGA/SVGA monitor - 6-pin Mini-DIN - PS/2-style keyboard or mouse - By convention - purple connectors are used for the keyboard - and green connectors are used for the mouse.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
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.
9-pin serial

35. Level one cache is located on ___________.
the CPU
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.
Front Side Bus.

36. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
CMOS
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
144

37. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
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.
Pin Grid Array
240
CMOS

38. Serial mouse or external modem
Front Side Bus.
B-9 serial
CMOS
Storage

39. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Radial Lines
Componentization
Front Side Bus.
PS/2-style mouse

40. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
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.
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.
Firmware
Joystick

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.
Standardization
5.25
verifying data integrity.
Liquid Crystal Display

42. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
the motherboard
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Joystick
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

43. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
B-9 serial
Volatile
Hardware
200

44. An example of firmware.
1024 x 786
184
Front Side Bus.
BIOS

45. RAID stands for _________.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Network communications
the motherboard
1600 x 1200

46. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
the CPU
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Standardization

47. What does SIMM stand for?
BIOS
Processing
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

48. XGA is ____x_____
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
USB Type A
Standardization
1024 x 786

49. Level two cache is located on _______.
200
the motherboard
9
Standardization

50. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Storage
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
34
144