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Comptia A +: Hardware

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

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What does SIMM stand for?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Liquid Crystal Display
DB-25 parallel

2. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
Standardization
DB-15
Volatile

3. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
CMOS
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Too little voltage
200

4. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Speaker
Line Grid Array
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
144

5. What is a Sag?
Cathode Ray Tube
Too little voltage
Software
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

6. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
240
4
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Radial Lines

7. level three cache is located on _________.
Too little voltage
ECC
removable chips on the motherboard
Power failure

8. What does LCD stand for?
DB-15
Liquid Crystal Display
240
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

9. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Volatile
Storage
PS/2-style mouse

10. Serial mouse or external modem
B-9 serial
the CPU
Too little voltage
240

11. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
2048 x 1536
Hardware
Firewire 6-pin
B-9 serial

12. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
USB Type A
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

13. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
2048 x 1536
VGA/SVGA monitor
144
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

14. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
Error Correction Code.
Small Outline DIMM
800 x 600
200

15. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
DB-25
1024 x 786
34
Serial

16. 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)
the CPU
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Software
34

17. What is a Brownout?
Front Side Bus.
RJ-11
Too little voltage
7 or 15 (powered)

18. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Firmware
3
Storage

19. UXGA is _____x_____
2048 x 1536
Power failure
the motherboard
1600 x 1200

20. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
34
RJ-11
144

21. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Cathode Ray Tube
Random Access Memory (RAM)

22. QXGA is ____x____
5.25
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.
2048 x 1536
4

23. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
5.25
Too little voltage

24. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
Network communications
Input
9

25. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
1024 x 786
Joystick
34
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.

26. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
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.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

27. PGA stands for
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.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Pin Grid Array
34

28. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
TRS
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
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.

29. CPUs: What is RISC?
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
2048 x 1536
ECC
TRS

30. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
240
VGA/SVGA monitor

31. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
40 or 80
CMOS
5.25
Joystick

32. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
240
2048 x 1536
VGA/SVGA monitor
40 or 80

33. An example of firmware.
Power failure
BIOS
Network communications
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.

34. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Standardization
the motherboard
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Network communications

35. Level one cache is located on ___________.
RJ-11
BIOS
Small Outline DIMM
the CPU

36. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
tasks or 'Threads'
9-pin serial
Cache
DB-25

37. CPUS: What is CISC?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
3

38. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
DB-25
Output
Software
RJ-11

39. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
DB-25
Storage
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Processing

40. Printers
Serial
Front Side Bus.
PS/2-style mouse
DB-25 parallel

41. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
7 or 15 (powered)
DB-25
Hardware
184

42. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
charged coupled device (CCD)
Firmware
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

43. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
40 or 80
Cache
Power failure
Componentization

44. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
charged coupled device (CCD)
5.25
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Error Correction Code.

45. What is Virtual RAM?
144
Firewire 6-pin
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.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

46. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
Coaxial
DB-15
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
RJ-45

47. Ethernet network
240
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
9-pin serial
RJ-45

48. ZIF stands for ______.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
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

49. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
CMOS
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.
40 or 80
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

50. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Input
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Coaxial
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.