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Comptia A +: Hardware

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






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






5. RAID stands for _________.






6. Surge






7. ZIF stands for ______.






8. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






10. What does CRT stand for?






11. Level one cache is located on ___________.






12. What does RIMM stand for?






13. Internal modem or telephone






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






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






16. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






18. level three cache is located on _________.






19. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






20. Serial mouse or external modem






21. CPUS: What is CISC?






22. Printers






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






24. Ethernet network






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






26. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






28. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






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






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






32. What does SIMM stand for?






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






34. What is a Brownout?






35. What is VRAM used for?






36. 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.






37. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






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






40. XGA is ____x_____






41. What is a Sag?






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






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






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






45. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






46. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






48. What is a Blackout?






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






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