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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
PS/2-style mouse
Input
RJ-45
144

2. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
CMOS
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Networking and Communications

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.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
DB-15
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Storage

4. What are the two types of RAM?
VGA/SVGA monitor
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
40 or 80
Small Outline DIMM

5. CPUS: What is CISC?
5.25
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Cathode Ray Tube

6. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
4
Volatile
Cathode Ray Tube

7. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
7 or 15 (powered)
PS/2-style mouse
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

8. What does CRT stand for?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
200
Cathode Ray Tube
BIOS

9. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
Volatile
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
PS/2-style mouse
9

10. LGA stands for ______.
the motherboard
2048 x 1536
240
Line Grid Array

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

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12. What is a Brownout?
Too little voltage
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Firmware

13. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
4
Volatile
CMOS
Zero Insertion Force. a physical interface that lets you set the CPU into the array - and then use actuate a lever to make actual contact.

14. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
Joystick
240
ECC
50 - 68 - or 80

15. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
BIOS
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.

16. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
CMOS

17. What is VRAM used for?
50 - 68 - or 80
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
1600 x 1200
240

18. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
CMOS
5.25
9-pin serial
RJ-11

19. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
DB-25
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Liquid Crystal Display

20. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
7 or 15 (powered)
240

21. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Firmware
DB-25
144

22. An example of firmware.
BIOS
charged coupled device (CCD)
Output
1600 x 1200

23. What does LCD stand for?
Liquid Crystal Display
144
removable chips on the motherboard
Network communications

24. What does RIMM stand for?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
800 x 600
240
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.

25. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
9-pin serial
200

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.
200
Componentization
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
CMOS

27. What does ECC do?
verifying data integrity.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Storage
removable chips on the motherboard

28. CPUs: What is RISC?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
5.25
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

29. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
BIOS
144
Line Grid Array

30. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Line Grid Array
9-pin serial
1024 x 786
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

31. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
Firmware
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
BIOS
RJ-45

32. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Small Outline DIMM
the motherboard
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Volatile

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)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Software
RJ-45
Power failure

34. SVGA is ____ x_____
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
800 x 600
Error Correction Code.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

35. Internal modem or telephone
2048 x 1536
RJ-11
9
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

36. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
Hardware
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
USB Type A

37. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
3
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
34

38. QXGA is ____x____
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
2048 x 1536
Software
9

39. Serial mouse or external modem
Firewire 6-pin
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
B-9 serial
Liquid Crystal Display

40. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
5.25
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
184

41. level three cache is located on _________.
B-9 serial
removable chips on the motherboard
the CPU
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

42. Level two cache is located on _______.
Too much voltage
144
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
the motherboard

43. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Front Side Bus.
USB Type A
Input
9

44. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
1024 x 786
240
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Front Side Bus.

45. XGA is ____x_____
PS/2-style mouse
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
1024 x 786
Serial

46. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
9
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Processing
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

47. What does SODIMM stand for?
40 or 80
Small Outline DIMM
Pin Grid Array
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

48. PGA stands for
Zero Insertion Force. a physical interface that lets you set the CPU into the array - and then use actuate a lever to make actual contact.
Pin Grid Array
7 or 15 (powered)
40 or 80

49. Spike
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
PS/2-style mouse
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
VGA/SVGA monitor

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

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