Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia A +: Hardware

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.






2. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






3. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






5. ZIF stands for ______.






6. What does CRT stand for?






7. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






9. CPUs: What is RISC?






10. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






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






13. Printers






14. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






15. What are the two types of RAM?






16. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing






17. 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.






18. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






19. What is a Sag?






20. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






21. What does ECC stand for?






22. PGA stands for






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






24. Internal modem or telephone






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






26. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.






27. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






28. Serial mouse or external modem






29. What does LCD stand for?






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






31. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


35. What is a Brownout?






36. UXGA is _____x_____






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






38. RAID stands for _________.






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


40. What is VRAM used for?






41. What does ECC do?






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






43. CPUS: What is CISC?






44. XGA is ____x_____






45. 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.






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






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






48. What is Virtual RAM?






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






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