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Comptia A +: Hardware

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.






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






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






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

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






6. Surge






7. What does ECC do?






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






9. CPUS: What is CISC?






10. Ethernet network






11. What does ECC stand for?






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






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






14. What is Virtual RAM?






15. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






16. RAID stands for _________.






17. Printers






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






19. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






20. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






21. What is a Sag?






22. LGA stands for ______.






23. PGA stands for






24. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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

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






27. What are the 4 main types of storage?






28. Internal modem or telephone






29. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






31. SVGA is ____ x_____






32. What are the two types of RAM?






33. XGA is ____x_____






34. An example of firmware.






35. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






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






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






39. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






40. Level one cache is located on ___________.






41. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






43. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. level three cache is located on _________.






49. What does CRT stand for?






50. Level two cache is located on _______.