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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. CPUs: What is RISC?
Input
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.
DB-15
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

2. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Firmware
240
tasks or 'Threads'
9-pin serial

3. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
Too little voltage
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
5.25

4. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
Small Outline DIMM
40 or 80
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
DB-15

5. RAID stands for _________.
Network communications
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
1024 x 786

6. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
VGA/SVGA monitor
PS/2-style mouse

7. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
Joystick
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
BIOS
Componentization

8. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
Front Side Bus.
9
CMOS
the motherboard

9. Level one cache is located on ___________.
the CPU
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Line Grid Array
DB-25

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

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11. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

12. What is DVD-RAM? and how is it used?

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13. 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.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Networking and Communications
Firmware
9

14. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
144
charged coupled device (CCD)
Radial Lines
3

15. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Firmware
Output
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Random Access Memory (RAM)

16. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
removable chips on the motherboard
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.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
USB Type A

17. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
34
240
removable chips on the motherboard
5.25

18. SDRAM sands for _______.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
34
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
240

19. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
DB-15
TRS
Serial
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.

20. 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.
Componentization
Standardization
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.
B-9 serial

21. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
1600 x 1200
9-pin serial
5.25
DB-25

22. Printers
Coaxial
Output
Cache
DB-25 parallel

23. What are the two types of RAM?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
BIOS

24. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Front Side Bus.
Firewire 6-pin
2048 x 1536
9

25. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
5.25
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
DB-15

26. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
Coaxial
Storage
CMOS
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

27. UXGA is _____x_____
DB-25
1600 x 1200
Processing
Joystick

28. 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.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
verifying data integrity.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

29. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Volatile
Output
Componentization
50 - 68 - or 80

30. ZIF stands for ______.
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.
VGA/SVGA monitor
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

31. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
9
3
Speaker

32. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Too much voltage
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Error Correction Code.
DB-15

33. LGA stands for ______.
CMOS
Processing
USB Type A
Line Grid Array

34. What does SODIMM stand for?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Small Outline DIMM
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

35. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
50 - 68 - or 80
Coaxial
DB-15
Liquid Crystal Display

36. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Firmware
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Joystick

37. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
Volatile
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Networking and Communications

38. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
Output
240
Hardware
Input

39. CPUS: What is CISC?
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Line Grid Array
Network communications

40. An example of firmware.
BIOS
Serial
Componentization
CMOS

41. What does LCD stand for?
Liquid Crystal Display
Small Outline DIMM
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

42. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
verifying data integrity.
TRS
Cache
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

43. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Speaker
ECC
Power failure
BIOS

44. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Processing
Power failure
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.
Random Access Memory (RAM)

45. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
Small Outline DIMM
Output
144
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

46. What does SIMM stand for?
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.
Power failure
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

47. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Input
Radial Lines
7 or 15 (powered)

48. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
BIOS
144
Pin Grid Array
DB-15

49. A working PC is a combination of many different parts - also called a Field-Replaceable Unit (FRU) - can be replaced when faulty or upgraded to provide additional functionality.
Componentization
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Radial Lines
tasks or 'Threads'

50. What does RIMM stand for?
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
240
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Cathode Ray Tube

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