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Comptia A +: Hardware
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1. Ethernet network
Software
RJ-45
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.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
2. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Joystick
Hardware
800 x 600
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
3. PGA stands for
Pin Grid Array
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
7 or 15 (powered)
RJ-45
4. 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.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
4
Standardization
1600 x 1200
5. Level two cache is located on _______.
B-9 serial
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
the motherboard
Speaker
6. Surge
TRS
Too much voltage
DB-15
Hardware
7. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
Cache
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
RJ-11
8. Serial mouse or external modem
9
PS/2-style mouse
144
B-9 serial
9. What does LCD stand for?
Liquid Crystal Display
B-9 serial
DB-15
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
10. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Firmware
Liquid Crystal Display
the motherboard
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
11. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
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.
12. QXGA is ____x____
Power failure
CMOS
2048 x 1536
184
13. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
Power failure
144
Firmware
VGA/SVGA monitor
14. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
verifying data integrity.
Volatile
5.25
Cache
15. Spike
ECC
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
verifying data integrity.
DB-25 parallel
16. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
40 or 80
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
CMOS
17. LGA stands for ______.
Cathode Ray Tube
Line Grid Array
Input
Front Side Bus.
18. 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.
Storage
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
verifying data integrity.
Standardization
19. What is DVD-RAM? and how is it used?
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20. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
CMOS
240
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.
Firmware
21. What is VRAM used for?
PS/2-style mouse
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Line Grid Array
22. What does RIMM stand for?
3
5.25
Firewire 6-pin
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
23. CPUs: What is RISC?
VGA/SVGA monitor
34
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
RJ-11
24. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
2048 x 1536
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
the CPU
25. 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)
Software
Volatile
Pin Grid Array
34
26. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
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.
BIOS
Firewire 6-pin
34
27. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Firewire 6-pin
7 or 15 (powered)
1600 x 1200
Front Side Bus.
28. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
the motherboard
7 or 15 (powered)
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
144
29. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
144
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
9
Small Outline DIMM
30. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
7 or 15 (powered)
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.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
31. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
VGA/SVGA monitor
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
40 or 80
32. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Cache
DB-25
BIOS
33. What is a Sag?
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
1600 x 1200
Error Correction Code.
34. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
Liquid Crystal Display
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Processing
35. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
240
charged coupled device (CCD)
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
36. CPUS: What is CISC?
Cache
Software
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
800 x 600
37. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
Firewire 6-pin
Pin Grid Array
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
3
38. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
240
Volatile
CMOS
39. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
BIOS
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Software
Processing
40. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Hardware
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Network communications
ECC
41. SVGA is ____ x_____
240
Too much voltage
Error Correction Code.
800 x 600
42. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
Pin Grid Array
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
240
5.25
43. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
9-pin serial
VGA/SVGA monitor
240
Speaker
44. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
7 or 15 (powered)
USB Type A
240
Storage
45. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Front Side Bus.
Network communications
Storage
5.25
46. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
Output
Too much voltage
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
ECC
47. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
34
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
PS/2-style mouse
Serial
48. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
Input
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Too much voltage
49. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Liquid Crystal Display
3
144
9-pin serial
50. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
VGA/SVGA monitor
TRS
tasks or 'Threads'
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