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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What is a Brownout?






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






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

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4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. What does SODIMM stand for?






8. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






9. Level two cache is located on _______.






10. LGA stands for ______.






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






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






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






14. What does ECC stand for?






15. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






16. Ethernet network






17. What are the two types of RAM?






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






19. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






20. Level one cache is located on ___________.






21. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






22. What are the 4 main types of storage?






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






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






25. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






27. Spike






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






29. 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.






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






31. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






33. QXGA is ____x____






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






35. Internal modem or telephone






36. UXGA is _____x_____






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






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






39. CPUS: What is CISC?






40. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






41. Surge






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






43. What does SIMM stand for?






44. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






45. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






47. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.






48. What does RIMM stand for?






49. What does ECC do?






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







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