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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.






2. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






5. RAID stands for _________.






6. Printers






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






8. Serial mouse or external modem






9. Ethernet network






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






11. ZIF stands for ______.






12. Spike






13. 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.






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






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






16. What is a Sag?






17. level three cache is located on _________.






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






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






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






21. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






22. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






23. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






24. PGA stands for






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






26. UXGA is _____x_____






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






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






29. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






30. QXGA is ____x____






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






32. XGA is ____x_____






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






34. Surge






35. What is VRAM used for?






36. What is a Blackout?






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






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






39. 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)






40. 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.






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

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






43. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. An example of firmware.






49. 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.






50. Level one cache is located on ___________.