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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. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
CMOS
DB-25 parallel
5.25
Serial

2. Printers
charged coupled device (CCD)
DB-25 parallel
40 or 80
Speaker

3. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
DB-25
40 or 80
B-9 serial
Output

4. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
verifying data integrity.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
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.

5. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
144
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
3
Joystick

6. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
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.
4
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

7. level three cache is located on _________.
removable chips on the motherboard
Software
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
4

8. CPUS: What is CISC?
RJ-11
Error Correction Code.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

9. What are the two types of RAM?
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.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

10. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
Too much voltage
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Network communications

11. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Power failure
800 x 600
Output
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.

12. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
Small Outline DIMM
PS/2-style mouse
ECC
Software

13. Level two cache is located on _______.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
the motherboard
CMOS
Standardization

14. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
40 or 80
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.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
B-9 serial

15. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
9
9-pin serial
Coaxial
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

16. UXGA is _____x_____
4
DB-15
verifying data integrity.
1600 x 1200

17. Level one cache is located on ___________.
ECC
Front Side Bus.
the CPU
Volatile

18. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
VGA/SVGA monitor
CMOS
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
TRS

19. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
verifying data integrity.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
1600 x 1200
Joystick

20. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Too much voltage
Volatile
the CPU
34

21. QXGA is ____x____
1024 x 786
USB Type A
the motherboard
2048 x 1536

22. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
PS/2-style mouse
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
USB Type A

23. What are the 4 main types of storage?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
RJ-11
Software

24. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
CMOS
Coaxial

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

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26. Serial mouse or external modem
DB-15
B-9 serial
Cathode Ray Tube
removable chips on the motherboard

27. Serial ports have this many pins.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Radial Lines
9
Cache

28. Ethernet network
Pin Grid Array
Standardization
Small Outline DIMM
RJ-45

29. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
144
Coaxial
Hardware
Small Outline DIMM

30. An example of firmware.
Hardware
Processing
BIOS
Small Outline DIMM

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

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32. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
9
200
Standardization
Cathode Ray Tube

33. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Volatile
Speaker
7 or 15 (powered)
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

34. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Storage
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
144

35. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
3
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Front Side Bus.

36. What does SODIMM stand for?
Too little voltage
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.
Small Outline DIMM
DB-25

37. 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.
DB-15
50 - 68 - or 80
Standardization
Volatile

38. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
144
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
34

39. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
7 or 15 (powered)
tasks or 'Threads'
B-9 serial
Front Side Bus.

40. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Hardware
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Too much voltage

41. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
removable chips on the motherboard
184
TRS

42. What does RIMM stand for?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
CMOS
removable chips on the motherboard
Pin Grid Array

43. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
Serial
34
Componentization
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.

44. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
CMOS
Pin Grid Array
5.25
144

45. Internal modem or telephone
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.
RJ-11
Too little voltage
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

46. 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.
CMOS
Componentization
Liquid Crystal Display
Storage

47. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
PS/2-style mouse
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
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.

48. What does CRT stand for?
Cathode Ray Tube
7 or 15 (powered)
CMOS
BIOS

49. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
removable chips on the motherboard
240
9-pin serial

50. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Cathode Ray Tube
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
RJ-11
Volatile