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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






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






3. An example of firmware.






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






5. 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.






6. UXGA is _____x_____






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






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






9. What are the 4 main types of storage?






10. What is Virtual RAM?






11. Internal modem or telephone






12. What does ECC do?






13. XGA is ____x_____






14. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






15. Ethernet network






16. What is VRAM used for?






17. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






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






20. 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.






21. What does SIMM stand for?






22. Printers






23. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






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






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






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






28. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






29. CPUs: What is RISC?






30. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






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






32. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






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






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






36. ZIF stands for ______.






37. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






38. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.






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






40. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






42. What does SODIMM stand for?






43. 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.






44. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






45. PGA stands for






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






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






48. RAID stands for _________.






49. Surge






50. What does ECC stand for?