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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






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






3. 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.






4. What are the two types of RAM?






5. CPUS: What is CISC?






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






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






8. What does CRT stand for?






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






10. LGA stands for ______.






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

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12. What is a Brownout?






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






14. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






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






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






17. What is VRAM used for?






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






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






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






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






22. An example of firmware.






23. What does LCD stand for?






24. What does RIMM stand for?






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






26. 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.






27. What does ECC do?






28. CPUs: What is RISC?






29. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






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






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






33. 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)






34. SVGA is ____ x_____






35. Internal modem or telephone






36. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






37. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






38. QXGA is ____x____






39. Serial mouse or external modem






40. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






41. level three cache is located on _________.






42. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






44. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






45. XGA is ____x_____






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






47. What does SODIMM stand for?






48. PGA stands for






49. Spike






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

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