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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






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






3. What is a Sag?






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






5. 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)






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






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






8. What is a Blackout?






9. ZIF stands for ______.






10. 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.






11. What does LCD stand for?






12. SDRAM sands for _______.






13. 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.






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






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






16. What does SIMM stand for?






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






18. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






20. What is a Brownout?






21. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.






22. Level two cache is located on _______.






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

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






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






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






27. Printers






28. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






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






30. Surge






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






32. 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.






33. Ethernet network






34. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






35. LGA stands for ______.






36. What does ECC stand for?






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






38. What are the two types of RAM?






39. What is VRAM used for?






40. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






41. QXGA is ____x____






42. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






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






45. PGA stands for






46. What does ECC do?






47. An example of firmware.






48. 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.






49. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






50. Serial ports have this many pins.