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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. CPUS: What is CISC?






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






3. CPUs: What is RISC?






4. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






6. Serial mouse or external modem






7. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






8. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






9. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






10. What does ECC do?






11. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






13. 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)






14. PGA stands for






15. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






17. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






18. SVGA is ____ x_____






19. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






20. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






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






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






23. Networking is a specialized form of input and output that entails using media (cable) and devices (routers - switches) to link multiple computers into an interconnected unit.






24. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






25. 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.






26. XGA is ____x_____






27. What are the 4 main types of storage?






28. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive






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






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






31. Internal modem or telephone






32. Printers






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






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






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






36. Surge






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






38. What does ECC stand for?






39. What is a Blackout?






40. What does CRT stand for?






41. 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.






42. SDRAM sands for _______.






43. 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.






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






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






46. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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

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






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






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







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