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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. CPUS: What is CISC?
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.
Power failure
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Serial

2. What are the two types of RAM?
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Pin Grid Array
RJ-11
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

3. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Output
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Firmware

4. What does ECC stand for?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Error Correction Code.
CMOS
800 x 600

5. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
144
TRS
removable chips on the motherboard

6. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
240
184
Standardization
Firmware

7. 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)
Joystick
VGA/SVGA monitor
Software
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

8. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
144
Small Outline DIMM
the CPU
184

9. What does RIMM stand for?
Power failure
144
1024 x 786
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

10. Surge
DB-25 parallel
BIOS
Too much voltage
PS/2-style mouse

11. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Input
Line Grid Array
Error Correction Code.
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. What are the 4 main types of storage?
40 or 80
144
3
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

13. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
DB-15
Hardware
the CPU

14. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
1600 x 1200
Firmware
ECC
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

15. CPUs: What is RISC?
Software
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Joystick
240

16. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
DB-15
240
tasks or 'Threads'
4

17. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
200
3
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
tasks or 'Threads'

18. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
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.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Error Correction Code.
PS/2-style mouse

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

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20. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
2048 x 1536
4
3
B-9 serial

21. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
40 or 80
Random Access Memory (RAM)
BIOS
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

22. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
144
CMOS
Storage
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

23. LGA stands for ______.
charged coupled device (CCD)
Line Grid Array
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Coaxial

24. 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.
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Componentization
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
CMOS

25. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
184
DB-15
1024 x 786
240

26. Internal modem or telephone
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
TRS
tasks or 'Threads'
RJ-11

27. What is Virtual RAM?
200
3
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.
CMOS

28. Printers
DB-25 parallel
Processing
PS/2-style mouse
Liquid Crystal Display

29. RAID stands for _________.
Small Outline DIMM
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

30. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
9-pin serial
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
CMOS
CMOS

31. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
DB-15
2048 x 1536

32. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
Componentization
VGA/SVGA monitor
4

33. What is a Blackout?
240
Networking and Communications
Input
Power failure

34. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
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.
7 or 15 (powered)
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

35. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
Small Outline DIMM
144
Cache
CMOS

36. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
CMOS
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
200
Processing

37. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
50 - 68 - or 80
Storage
the motherboard
Cache

38. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
charged coupled device (CCD)
verifying data integrity.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

39. 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.
Too much voltage
CMOS
Firewire 6-pin
DB-15

40. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
RJ-45
Firewire 6-pin

41. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
RJ-11
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.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
200

42. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Liquid Crystal Display
Input
184

43. An example of firmware.
200
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
9-pin serial
BIOS

44. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
VGA/SVGA monitor
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.
Volatile
5.25

45. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
DB-15
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

46. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Joystick
BIOS
DB-25 parallel

47. XGA is ____x_____
1024 x 786
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
4
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

48. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
Serial
verifying data integrity.
40 or 80
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

49. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Hardware
Too little voltage
Joystick
Too much voltage

50. What does ECC do?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
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.
Firmware
CMOS