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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
7 or 15 (powered)
Random Access Memory (RAM)
240
charged coupled device (CCD)

2. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
CMOS
Joystick

3. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
DB-25
PS/2-style mouse
Hardware
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

4. What does RIMM stand for?
9
Hardware
RJ-11
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

5. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
BIOS
Network communications
Firmware

6. level three cache is located on _________.
1600 x 1200
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
removable chips on the motherboard
DB-25 parallel

7. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
charged coupled device (CCD)
144
2048 x 1536

8. SVGA is ____ x_____
9-pin serial
Too much voltage
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
800 x 600

9. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Standardization
800 x 600
DB-15
Random Access Memory (RAM)

10. XGA is ____x_____
1024 x 786
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
9
TRS

11. ZIF stands for ______.
Zero Insertion Force. a physical interface that lets you set the CPU into the array - and then use actuate a lever to make actual contact.
BIOS
VGA/SVGA monitor
9

12. RAID stands for _________.
Software
2048 x 1536
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
7 or 15 (powered)

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

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14. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
50 - 68 - or 80
removable chips on the motherboard
Too little voltage
Radial Lines

15. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
200
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

16. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
USB Type A
144
DB-15
Hardware

17. What does ECC stand for?
Storage
Hardware
DB-15
Error Correction Code.

18. CPUS: What is CISC?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
DB-15
RJ-11
Cache

19. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.
Network communications
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Networking and Communications

20. What is a Sag?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
RJ-11
7 or 15 (powered)

21. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Firewire 6-pin
the motherboard
tasks or 'Threads'

22. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
B-9 serial
Too little voltage
200

23. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
DB-15
Hardware
Coaxial

24. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
Line Grid Array
RJ-11
Cathode Ray Tube
PS/2-style mouse

25. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
34
Joystick
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Cache

26. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
240
Too much voltage
Joystick
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

27. What are the 4 main types of storage?
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
Too little voltage
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

28. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
BIOS
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Coaxial

29. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
B-9 serial
800 x 600
ECC
USB Type A

30. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Input
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
9-pin serial
Firewire 6-pin

31. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

32. Internal modem or telephone
CMOS
RJ-11
Too much voltage
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

33. UXGA is _____x_____
TRS
RJ-45
184
1600 x 1200

34. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
9
Line Grid Array
Volatile
Processing

35. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
ECC
240
tasks or 'Threads'

36. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
BIOS
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Pin Grid Array
ECC

37. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
9-pin serial
ECC
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
VGA/SVGA monitor

38. Surge
Processing
Too much voltage
B-9 serial
Space on the HD that the RAM uses as an overflow area and as a backup copy of the contents in case of power failure.

39. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
40 or 80
2048 x 1536

40. PGA stands for
Pin Grid Array
Firmware
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
40 or 80

41. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Zero Insertion Force. a physical interface that lets you set the CPU into the array - and then use actuate a lever to make actual contact.
Front Side Bus.
the motherboard
discharge the capacitors by touching and connecting the phase with the ground plug and then the neutral to the ground plug with an insulated screwdriver or pliers.

42. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
Componentization
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
4

43. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
34
CMOS
VGA/SVGA monitor
Standardization

44. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Cache
Firmware
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

45. Spike
7 or 15 (powered)
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
240
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

46. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
ECC
Output
DB-25
Random Access Memory (RAM)

47. Ethernet network
CMOS
RJ-45
240
Networking and Communications

48. What is a Blackout?
verifying data integrity.
Power failure
Joystick
7 or 15 (powered)

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

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50. SDRAM sands for _______.
9
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Cache
50 - 68 - or 80