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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Radial Lines
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Too little voltage
CMOS

2. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
Standardization
TRS
Output
RJ-45

3. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
Hardware
4
Network communications

4. What does RIMM stand for?
RJ-11
DB-15
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

5. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
CMOS
verifying data integrity.
Hardware
Componentization

6. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
BIOS
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
PS/2-style mouse
240

7. PGA stands for
Pin Grid Array
DB-25
50 - 68 - or 80
CMOS

8. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
Firewire 6-pin
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
40 or 80

9. Ethernet network
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.
charged coupled device (CCD)
800 x 600
RJ-45

10. What are the 4 main types of storage?
Input
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Speaker
7 or 15 (powered)

11. An example of firmware.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
4
BIOS
USB Type A

12. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
Random Access Memory (RAM)
2048 x 1536
Liquid Crystal Display

13. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Random Access Memory (RAM)
34
PS/2-style mouse
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

14. 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
USB Type A
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

15. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
144
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
1600 x 1200
VGA/SVGA monitor

16. What does LCD stand for?
Liquid Crystal Display
Input
DB-25
Radial Lines

17. Surge
Too much voltage
CMOS
Software
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

18. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
BIOS
the motherboard
40 or 80
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.

19. Spike
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Firmware
DB-25
Firewire 6-pin

20. 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)
CMOS
Line Grid Array
Software
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

21. What is Virtual RAM?
Componentization
TRS
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.
50 - 68 - or 80

22. Level two cache is located on _______.
PS/2-style mouse
9
the motherboard
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

23. What is a Sag?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
240
CMOS

24. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
Line Grid Array
4
DB-25

25. Level one cache is located on ___________.
VGA/SVGA monitor
BIOS
the CPU
B-9 serial

26. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
CMOS
50 - 68 - or 80
Componentization
Firmware

27. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
tasks or 'Threads'
184
Firewire 6-pin
charged coupled device (CCD)

28. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Output
removable chips on the motherboard
9-pin serial
Componentization

29. What is VRAM used for?
BIOS
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Pin Grid Array

30. RAID stands for _________.
240
Componentization
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
the motherboard

31. Serial mouse or external modem
B-9 serial
Line Grid Array
184
800 x 600

32. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Error Correction Code.
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
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

33. What is a Brownout?
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.
Too little voltage
Componentization
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

34. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
7 or 15 (powered)
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

35. 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.
verifying data integrity.
2048 x 1536
Speaker
Hardware

36. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
Standardization
verifying data integrity.
USB Type A
144

37. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
Coaxial
4
5.25
144

38. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
CMOS
1024 x 786
Front Side Bus.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

39. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
Line Grid Array
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
CMOS
1600 x 1200

40. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Serial
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
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.
Input

41. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
7 or 15 (powered)
144
Firewire 6-pin
2048 x 1536

42. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Joystick
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

43. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
USB Type A
184
Processing
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

44. SVGA is ____ x_____
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
800 x 600
USB Type A
the motherboard

45. level three cache is located on _________.
Line Grid Array
removable chips on the motherboard
7 or 15 (powered)
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

46. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Power failure
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
144
Processing

47. UXGA is _____x_____
4
RJ-11
BIOS
1600 x 1200

48. What is a Blackout?
tasks or 'Threads'
Front Side Bus.
Power failure
B-9 serial

49. ZIF stands for ______.
Liquid Crystal Display
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.
RJ-11
40 or 80

50. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Too much voltage
1024 x 786
RJ-11

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