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Comptia A +: Hardware

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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






2. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.






3. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






4. What does RIMM stand for?






5. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.






6. level three cache is located on _________.






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






8. SVGA is ____ x_____






9. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.






10. XGA is ____x_____






11. ZIF stands for ______.






12. RAID stands for _________.






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 _____.






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






16. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






17. What does ECC stand for?






18. CPUS: What is CISC?






19. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?






20. What is a Sag?






21. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives






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






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






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






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






26. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






27. What are the 4 main types of storage?






28. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






29. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






30. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen






31. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...






32. Internal modem or telephone






33. UXGA is _____x_____






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






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






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






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






38. Surge






39. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE






40. PGA stands for






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






42. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






43. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






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






45. Spike






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






47. Ethernet network






48. What is a Blackout?






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

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50. SDRAM sands for _______.