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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






2. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






4. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)






5. What are the 4 main types of storage?






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






7. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.






8. 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.






9. What is Virtual RAM?






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






11. What is a Blackout?






12. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






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






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






15. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






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

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18. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






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






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






21. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






22. What does SODIMM stand for?






23. 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.






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






25. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?






26. CPUS: What is CISC?






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






28. LGA stands for ______.






29. What does RIMM stand for?






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

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31. RAID stands for _________.






32. PGA stands for






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






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






35. Serial mouse or external modem






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






37. What is a Sag?






38. XGA is ____x_____






39. What are the two types of RAM?






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






41. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






43. An example of firmware.






44. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






45. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






46. What does CRT stand for?






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






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






49. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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







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