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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






2. SDRAM sands for _______.






3. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






4. 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.






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






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






7. QXGA is ____x____






8. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






9. 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.






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






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






12. Level two cache is located on _______.






13. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






15. level three cache is located on _________.






16. Serial mouse or external modem






17. What does RIMM stand for?






18. What is a Sag?






19. What does CRT stand for?






20. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






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






23. What is VRAM used for?






24. RAID stands for _________.






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






26. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?






27. Spike






28. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






29. CPUs: What is RISC?






30. 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.






31. SVGA is ____ x_____






32. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






33. What are the two types of RAM?






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






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






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

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






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






39. CPUS: What is CISC?






40. Surge






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






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






43. 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.






44. What is Virtual RAM?






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






46. Serial ports have this many pins.






47. Internal modem or telephone






48. ZIF stands for ______.






49. UXGA is _____x_____






50. What are the 4 main types of storage?