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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 _____.






2. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.






3. ZIF stands for ______.






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






5. What is Virtual RAM?






6. Internal modem or telephone






7. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.






8. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






9. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.






10. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






11. Serial ports have this many pins.






12. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.






13. RAID stands for _________.






14. What is a Blackout?






15. Networking is a specialized form of input and output that entails using media (cable) and devices (routers - switches) to link multiple computers into an interconnected unit.






16. What is a Sag?






17. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.






18. Surge






19. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






20. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.






21. What does SIMM stand for?






22. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






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






24. An example of firmware.






25. Spike






26. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






27. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal






28. Printers






29. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






31. 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.






32. What does LCD stand for?






33. What does CRT stand for?






34. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






35. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






37. CPUS: What is CISC?






38. What does RIMM stand for?






39. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)






40. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.






41. level three cache is located on _________.






42. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE






43. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






47. What does ECC do?






48. XGA is ____x_____






49. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






50. What is a Brownout?