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Comptia A +: Hardware

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
PS/2-style mouse
9-pin serial
Componentization
240

2. What is a Brownout?
Too little voltage
DB-25
Error Correction Code.
Standardization

3. UXGA is _____x_____
Processing
BIOS
1600 x 1200
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

4. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
240
CMOS
Speaker
VGA/SVGA monitor

5. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Radial Lines
BIOS
Cathode Ray Tube
9

6. Printers
DB-15
Hardware
TRS
DB-25 parallel

7. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Cathode Ray Tube
Small Outline DIMM
Firmware
Standardization

8. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
9
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Firewire 6-pin
240

9. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
CMOS
40 or 80

10. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
144
Joystick
7 or 15 (powered)

11. QXGA is ____x____
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
9
2048 x 1536
Storage

12. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
B-9 serial
Firmware
removable chips on the motherboard
144

13. 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.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Too much voltage
DB-15
RJ-45

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

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15. What does SODIMM stand for?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
the CPU
Small Outline DIMM
Input

16. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
Joystick
Input
200
144

17. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
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.
DB-15
Processing
Small Outline DIMM

18. RAID stands for _________.
the motherboard
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
B-9 serial
Power failure

19. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Input
Front Side Bus.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Small Outline DIMM

20. Surge
Cache
Line Grid Array
Too much voltage
Pin Grid Array

21. What is a Sag?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
40 or 80
1024 x 786

22. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
DB-25
Pin Grid Array
144

23. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Too much voltage
9-pin serial
Liquid Crystal Display

24. What is VRAM used for?
144
184
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

25. PGA stands for
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Power failure
Pin Grid Array
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

26. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
Componentization
Cathode Ray Tube
Random Access Memory (RAM)
4

27. What is Virtual RAM?
Hardware
Cathode Ray Tube
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.
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.

28. XGA is ____x_____
5.25
1024 x 786
DB-25 parallel
Power failure

29. ZIF stands for ______.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Volatile
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.

30. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Small Outline DIMM
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Volatile

31. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
200
DB-25
CMOS

32. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Too much 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.
Coaxial
1600 x 1200

33. Serial mouse or external modem
PS/2-style mouse
3
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
B-9 serial

34. What does RIMM stand for?
184
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
800 x 600
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.

35. Spike
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
7 or 15 (powered)
Error Correction Code.
5.25

36. Serial ports have this many pins.
240
144
9
Liquid Crystal Display

37. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Standardization
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

38. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
Power failure
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
TRS

39. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
VGA/SVGA monitor
Error Correction Code.
Storage
Power failure

40. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
2048 x 1536
DB-15
CMOS

41. Ethernet network
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Too much voltage
RJ-45
7 or 15 (powered)

42. 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
Speaker
144
Cache

43. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
240
5.25
removable chips on the motherboard
USB Type A

44. LGA stands for ______.
Line Grid Array
40 or 80
Network communications
1024 x 786

45. SVGA is ____ x_____
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
9
800 x 600
Coaxial

46. Level two cache is located on _______.
the motherboard
Joystick
Hardware
1024 x 786

47. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Error Correction Code.
Speaker
40 or 80
Line Grid Array

48. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Front Side Bus.
DB-15
TRS
removable chips on the motherboard

49. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Error Correction Code.
1600 x 1200
50 - 68 - or 80
Network communications

50. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
40 or 80
Hardware
Processing
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.