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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






3. What is Virtual RAM?






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






5. Serial mouse or external modem






6. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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






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






9. QXGA is ____x____






10. Level two cache is located on _______.






11. LGA stands for ______.






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






13. What does SIMM stand for?






14. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






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






17. Spike






18. Level one cache is located on ___________.






19. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?






20. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.






21. Surge






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






23. What does ECC do?






24. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...






25. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






26. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






27. 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.






28. SVGA is ____ x_____






29. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






30. What does RIMM stand for?






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

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32. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






33. What is a Sag?






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






35. What are the two types of RAM?






36. RAID stands for _________.






37. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






38. SDRAM sands for _______.






39. What does SODIMM stand for?






40. 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.






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






42. What is a Brownout?






43. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






44. 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.






45. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM






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






47. What does LCD stand for?






48. Internal modem or telephone






49. ZIF stands for ______.






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