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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. Internal modem or telephone






3. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






4. What is Virtual RAM?






5. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






6. Serial ports have this many pins.






7. UXGA is _____x_____






8. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






10. Ethernet network






11. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






12. What does ECC stand for?






13. Level one cache is located on ___________.






14. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






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






16. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






17. What does ECC do?






18. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






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






20. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






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






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






24. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






26. What is a Sag?






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

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28. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






30. XGA is ____x_____






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






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






34. What is a Blackout?






35. CPUS: What is CISC?






36. What is VRAM used for?






37. QXGA is ____x____






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






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






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






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






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






43. RAID stands for _________.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. level three cache is located on _________.






49. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






50. What are the two types of RAM?