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Comptia A +: Hardware

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Cache
34
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.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

2. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
Networking and Communications
Processing
Software

3. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
1024 x 786
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
CMOS

4. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
Cache
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
TRS

5. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
removable chips on the motherboard
TRS
Volatile
DB-15

6. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
DB-25 parallel
Front Side Bus.
40 or 80
the motherboard

7. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
DB-25
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
CMOS
4

8. What does ECC do?
CMOS
RJ-45
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
34

9. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Firmware
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Small Outline DIMM

10. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
Serial
Standardization
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

11. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
USB Type A
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Radial Lines
PS/2-style mouse

12. QXGA is ____x____
7 or 15 (powered)
2048 x 1536
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
DB-15

13. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
240
5.25
9
CMOS

14. What does SIMM stand for?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
B-9 serial
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Power failure

15. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
4
Hardware
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
1600 x 1200

16. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
9
Random Access Memory (RAM)
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Small Outline DIMM

17. CPUS: What is CISC?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
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.
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.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

18. SDRAM sands for _______.
5.25
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
50 - 68 - or 80

19. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
BIOS
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

20. What is a Sag?
Hardware
5.25
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
RJ-11

21. Serial ports have this many pins.
Cache
PS/2-style mouse
9
Pin Grid Array

22. Ethernet network
RJ-45
charged coupled device (CCD)
Small Outline DIMM
Processing

23. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
50 - 68 - or 80
800 x 600
CMOS
Volatile

24. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
PS/2-style mouse
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
240
184

25. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
Network communications
RJ-45
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Networking and Communications

26. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
144
Error Correction Code.
Radial Lines
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

27. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
50 - 68 - or 80
BIOS
Processing
Cache

28. 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.
Radial Lines
B-9 serial
Standardization
Componentization

29. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Network communications
Random Access Memory (RAM)
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.

30. PGA stands for
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
USB Type A
DB-25 parallel
Pin Grid Array

31. RAID stands for _________.
Cache
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
verifying data integrity.
40 or 80

32. What are the 4 main types of storage?
Too much voltage
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
CMOS
removable chips on the motherboard

33. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
CMOS
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
2048 x 1536

34. 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)
240
184
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

35. Serial mouse or external modem
the motherboard
B-9 serial
Processing
5.25

36. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
VGA/SVGA monitor
Firewire 6-pin
PS/2-style mouse
Output

37. What is a Blackout?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
40 or 80
Power failure
VGA/SVGA monitor

38. An example of firmware.
7 or 15 (powered)
BIOS
200
9

39. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
DB-15
Speaker
Input

40. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
50 - 68 - or 80
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

41. 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.
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
verifying data integrity.
Standardization
DB-25 parallel

42. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
Firmware
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
TRS
BIOS

43. Surge
DB-15
50 - 68 - or 80
Too much voltage
2048 x 1536

44. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
1024 x 786
Cache
Firewire 6-pin
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

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

46. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
CMOS
RJ-11
5.25
Front Side Bus.

47. XGA is ____x_____
7 or 15 (powered)
1024 x 786
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Processing

48. What does LCD stand for?
DB-15
Liquid Crystal Display
CMOS
1024 x 786

49. Level one cache is located on ___________.
Pin Grid Array
RJ-45
the CPU
Random Access Memory (RAM)

50. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
800 x 600
144
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS