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Comptia A +: Hardware

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is Virtual RAM?






2. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






3. Printers






4. What is a Blackout?






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

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6. Serial mouse or external modem






7. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






8. 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)






9. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






10. What is a Sag?






11. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






12. Surge






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

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14. What are the two types of RAM?






15. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






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






23. Level one cache is located on ___________.






24. 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.






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






26. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






28. What does ECC stand for?






29. What does ECC do?






30. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






32. LGA stands for ______.






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






34. 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.






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






36. What does RIMM stand for?






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






38. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






39. Ethernet network






40. Spike






41. UXGA is _____x_____






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






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






44. CPUs: What is RISC?






45. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.






46. An example of firmware.






47. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






48. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






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






50. What does CRT stand for?