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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






2. What is Virtual RAM?






3. 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.






4. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






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






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






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

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






10. Level two cache is located on _______.






11. Spike






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






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






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






15. CPUS: What is CISC?






16. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






18. What does ECC stand for?






19. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






22. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






23. What does LCD stand for?






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. What is a Sag?






26. Ethernet network






27. XGA is ____x_____






28. level three cache is located on _________.






29. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






30. Level one cache is located on ___________.






31. What are the two types of RAM?






32. CPUs: What is RISC?






33. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






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






36. An example of firmware.






37. Serial mouse or external modem






38. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






39. Serial ports have this many pins.






40. What is a Blackout?






41. 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.






42. UXGA is _____x_____






43. ZIF stands for ______.






44. 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.






45. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






46. Internal modem or telephone






47. What are the 4 main types of storage?






48. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






49. What is VRAM used for?






50. Surge