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Comptia A +: Hardware

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






5. What does ECC stand for?






6. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






7. PGA stands for






8. RAID stands for _________.






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






10. 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)






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






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

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






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

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15. Serial mouse or external modem






16. Surge






17. level three cache is located on _________.






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






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






20. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






22. Level one cache is located on ___________.






23. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






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






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






26. Printers






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






28. What does CRT stand for?






29. What is a Sag?






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






31. 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.






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






33. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






34. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






35. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






36. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






38. What does SODIMM stand for?






39. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






40. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






41. What are the two types of RAM?






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






43. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






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






45. ZIF stands for ______.






46. What are the 4 main types of storage?






47. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






48. What does SIMM stand for?






49. What does LCD stand for?






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