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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. CPUS: What is CISC?
Radial Lines
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
DB-15

2. What does ECC do?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Too much voltage
Radial Lines
184

3. What is a Brownout?
PS/2-style mouse
Cache
BIOS
Too little voltage

4. level three cache is located on _________.
4
ECC
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
removable chips on the motherboard

5. What are the two types of RAM?
200
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
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.
DB-15

6. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
144
200
Joystick

7. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Speaker
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
7 or 15 (powered)

8. Internal modem or telephone
Error Correction Code.
Speaker
RJ-11
Coaxial

9. What is a Blackout?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Power failure
CMOS
BIOS

10. PGA stands for
Cache
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
verifying data integrity.
Pin Grid Array

11. What does RIMM stand for?
Processing
240
Random Access Memory (RAM)
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

12. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
800 x 600
184
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
144

13. Serial mouse or external modem
B-9 serial
5.25
9-pin serial
DB-25 parallel

14. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
Error Correction Code.
Networking and Communications
PS/2-style mouse
ECC

15. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Joystick
Output
Random Access Memory (RAM)

16. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
BIOS
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Random Access Memory (RAM)

17. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
charged coupled device (CCD)
Volatile
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.
DB-25 parallel

18. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
BIOS
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Pin Grid Array
Speaker

19. Serial ports have this many pins.
PS/2-style mouse
9
40 or 80
Software

20. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Hardware
B-9 serial
Too much voltage
Processing

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

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22. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Speaker
184
Software

23. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
ECC
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.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
200

24. RAID stands for _________.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Componentization
Processing

25. LGA stands for ______.
5.25
Line Grid Array
Small Outline DIMM
Firmware

26. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Firewire 6-pin
Serial
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

27. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
5.25
40 or 80
Front Side Bus.
144

28. What is Virtual RAM?
800 x 600
Cathode Ray Tube
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.
5.25

29. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
34
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Volatile

30. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
RJ-45
Too much voltage
BIOS

31. Level one cache is located on ___________.
CMOS
DB-15
the CPU
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.

32. XGA is ____x_____
1024 x 786
Standardization
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Output

33. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
144
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Too much voltage
Front Side Bus.

34. What does ECC stand for?
184
4
Error Correction Code.
800 x 600

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.
Joystick
verifying data integrity.
BIOS
Input

36. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
4
BIOS
CMOS
PS/2-style mouse

37. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
Cache
PS/2-style mouse
Firmware

38. 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.
1600 x 1200
Componentization
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.
RJ-45

39. What does SIMM stand for?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
1024 x 786
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.
Too much voltage

40. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
Too much voltage
Joystick
5.25
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

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

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42. ZIF stands for ______.
Networking and Communications
9-pin serial
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.
3

43. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Volatile
VGA/SVGA monitor
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Liquid Crystal Display

44. 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)
34
7 or 15 (powered)
Software
Standardization

45. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Cathode Ray Tube
CMOS
USB Type A
Processing

46. SDRAM sands for _______.
tasks or 'Threads'
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Error Correction Code.
144

47. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
40 or 80
Line Grid Array
CMOS

48. Spike
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
ECC
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
USB Type A

49. What does CRT stand for?
3
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Cathode Ray Tube
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

50. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
9-pin serial
Front Side Bus.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
B-9 serial