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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What are the two types of RAM?






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






3. 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)






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






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






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






7. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






8. 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.






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






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






11. An example of firmware.






12. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






14. SVGA is ____ x_____






15. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






17. LGA stands for ______.






18. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






19. RAID stands for _________.






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






21. What is a Sag?






22. level three cache is located on _________.






23. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






24. PGA stands for






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






26. Internal modem or telephone






27. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






28. 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.






29. Spike






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






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

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32. 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.






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






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

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35. What does ECC stand for?






36. Level two cache is located on _______.






37. What is Virtual RAM?






38. Serial ports have this many pins.






39. What does SIMM stand for?






40. Surge






41. CPUS: What is CISC?






42. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






43. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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






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






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






47. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






48. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






50. What is a Blackout?







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