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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What is Virtual RAM?






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






3. What does CRT stand for?






4. ZIF stands for ______.






5. Spike






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






7. Internal modem or telephone






8. What is a Brownout?






9. 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.






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






11. What does RIMM stand for?






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






13. What are the two types of RAM?






14. An example of firmware.






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






16. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






17. What are the 4 main types of storage?






18. PGA stands for






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






20. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






22. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






24. QXGA is ____x____






25. 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.






26. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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33. What is VRAM used for?






34. level three cache is located on _________.






35. UXGA is _____x_____






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






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






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






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






40. SDRAM sands for _______.






41. 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.






42. What does ECC do?






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






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






45. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






46. CPUS: What is CISC?






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






48. Ethernet network






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






50. What does LCD stand for?