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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






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






3. RAID stands for _________.






4. What is a Sag?






5. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.






6. An example of firmware.






7. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






8. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






9. What does LCD stand for?






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






11. SVGA is ____ x_____






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






13. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






14. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.






15. Internal modem or telephone






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






17. What does RIMM stand for?






18. What does SIMM stand for?






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






20. 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.






21. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.






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






23. 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.






24. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?






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






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






27. What does ECC stand for?






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






29. What does CRT stand for?






30. LGA stands for ______.






31. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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

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33. What is VRAM used for?






34. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






36. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






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






38. CPUs: What is RISC?






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

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40. SDRAM sands for _______.






41. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






43. QXGA is ____x____






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






45. CPUS: What is CISC?






46. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






47. XGA is ____x_____






48. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM






49. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.






50. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?