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Comptia A +: Hardware

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printers






2. Level two cache is located on _______.






3. What does CRT stand for?






4. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive






5. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?






6. SDRAM sands for _______.






7. 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.






8. SVGA is ____ x_____






9. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






10. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






11. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






12. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






14. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






15. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?






16. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards






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






18. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






19. What is a Sag?






20. CPUS: What is CISC?






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






22. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






23. Serial ports have this many pins.






24. LGA stands for ______.






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






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

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27. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






28. CPUs: What is RISC?






29. level three cache is located on _________.






30. PGA stands for






31. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.






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






33. What is Virtual RAM?






34. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.






35. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen






36. XGA is ____x_____






37. What are the 4 main types of storage?






38. What are the two types of RAM?






39. Internal modem or telephone






40. What does ECC do?






41. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.






42. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






43. What is a Blackout?






44. Serial mouse or external modem






45. Surge






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






47. What does SIMM stand for?






48. ZIF stands for ______.






49. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?






50. What is a Brownout?