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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






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






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






4. What does RIMM stand for?






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






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






7. PGA stands for






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






9. Ethernet network






10. What are the 4 main types of storage?






11. An example of firmware.






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. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






14. 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.






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






16. What does LCD stand for?






17. Surge






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






19. Spike






20. 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)






21. What is Virtual RAM?






22. Level two cache is located on _______.






23. What is a Sag?






24. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






25. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






27. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






29. What is VRAM used for?






30. RAID stands for _________.






31. Serial mouse or external modem






32. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






33. What is a Brownout?






34. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






35. 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.






36. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. SVGA is ____ x_____






45. level three cache is located on _________.






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






47. UXGA is _____x_____






48. What is a Blackout?






49. ZIF stands for ______.






50. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?







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