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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.






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






3. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






4. What does SODIMM stand for?






5. What is a Sag?






6. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






7. Spike






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

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9. CPUs: What is RISC?






10. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






11. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.






12. level three cache is located on _________.






13. What does CRT stand for?






14. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






15. CPUS: What is CISC?






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. An example of firmware.






19. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






21. Surge






22. 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.






23. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






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






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






28. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






29. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






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






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






32. RAID stands for _________.






33. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






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






36. What is a Blackout?






37. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.






38. ZIF stands for ______.






39. What does ECC do?






40. What does ECC stand for?






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






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






43. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






45. XGA is ____x_____






46. Ethernet network






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






48. What is Virtual RAM?






49. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






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