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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. An example of firmware.






2. What does RIMM stand for?






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






4. What does SIMM stand for?






5. What does SODIMM stand for?






6. LGA stands for ______.






7. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






9. What is VRAM used for?






10. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






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






13. CPUS: What is CISC?






14. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






15. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






16. What is a Blackout?






17. 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)






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






19. What are the two types of RAM?






20. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






21. 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.






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






23. Ethernet network






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






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






26. What is Virtual RAM?






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






28. What is a Brownout?






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






30. Components from many different manufacturers are interchangeable. As long as the component meets the standards - you can be reasonably confident that it will work in the system.






31. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






32. What does CRT stand for?






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






34. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






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






36. QXGA is ____x____






37. Printers






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






39. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






40. level three cache is located on _________.






41. Spike






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






43. XGA is ____x_____






44. What does ECC do?






45. Serial mouse or external modem






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






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






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






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






50. UXGA is _____x_____