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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






3. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






4. What does SODIMM stand for?






5. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






6. What are the two types of RAM?






7. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






9. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






10. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






11. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






12. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






13. XGA is ____x_____






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






15. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






16. What is VRAM used for?






17. 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)






18. What does SIMM stand for?






19. LGA stands for ______.






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






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






22. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






24. 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.






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






26. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






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






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






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






31. Internal modem or telephone






32. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.






33. Serial ports have this many pins.






34. Surge






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






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






37. What is Virtual RAM?






38. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






39. Ethernet network






40. SDRAM sands for _______.






41. 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.






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






43. CPUs: What is RISC?






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






45. Level one cache is located on ___________.






46. What does LCD stand for?






47. ZIF stands for ______.






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






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






50. Spike