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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

Instructions:

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: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
Coaxial
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Network communications
40 or 80

2. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Radial Lines
Coaxial
144
Joystick

3. Internal modem or telephone
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.
the CPU
RJ-11
184

4. level three cache is located on _________.
240
removable chips on the motherboard
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Small Outline DIMM

5. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Pin Grid Array
Network communications
Hardware
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

6. LGA stands for ______.
Line Grid Array
4
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
DB-15

7. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Joystick
CMOS
240

8. SDRAM sands for _______.
Input
Cache
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Line Grid Array

9. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
CMOS
Input
USB Type A
DB-25

10. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
BIOS
Input
tasks or 'Threads'

11. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
4
removable chips on the motherboard
USB Type A
9-pin serial

12. CPUS: What is CISC?
DB-15
Storage
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
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.

13. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Volatile
the CPU
DB-25 parallel
DB-25

14. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
4
7 or 15 (powered)
Error Correction Code.

15. UXGA is _____x_____
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Hardware
1600 x 1200
Radial Lines

16. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
50 - 68 - or 80
Output
Input
Error Correction Code.

17. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
TRS
Standardization
BIOS
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

18. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
Random Access Memory (RAM)
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
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

19. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
Pin Grid Array
2048 x 1536
RJ-45
charged coupled device (CCD)

20. Serial mouse or external modem
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.
B-9 serial
CMOS
Processing

21. What are the two types of RAM?
DB-15
Standardization
Output
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

22. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
the motherboard
Too much voltage
Firmware
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

23. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
240
Componentization
200
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.

24. What is a Blackout?
240
240
Power failure
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

25. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
Cache
Radial Lines
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
50 - 68 - or 80

26. RAID stands for _________.
DB-15
144
7 or 15 (powered)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

27. Serial ports have this many pins.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Radial Lines
40 or 80
9

28. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
DB-15
Too much voltage

29. PGA stands for
9
Cache
Pin Grid Array
Input

30. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
200
RJ-45
CMOS
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.

31. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
Standardization
B-9 serial
tasks or 'Threads'

32. QXGA is ____x____
CMOS
144
2048 x 1536
Hardware

33. What does CRT stand for?
USB Type A
Cache
240
Cathode Ray Tube

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

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35. 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.
Line Grid Array
2048 x 1536
Componentization
BIOS

36. 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.
50 - 68 - or 80
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Networking and Communications

37. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Hardware
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
7 or 15 (powered)
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

38. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Serial
240
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

39. What is VRAM used for?
Network communications
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Standardization

40. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
Hardware
144
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
TRS

41. Level two cache is located on _______.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
the motherboard
the CPU
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.

42. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
Volatile
Networking and Communications
BIOS
VGA/SVGA monitor

43. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
charged coupled device (CCD)
Joystick
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Componentization

44. Spike
removable chips on the motherboard
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
RJ-11
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

45. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
4
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
200

46. What are the 4 main types of storage?
2048 x 1536
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
BIOS

47. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
ECC
Processing
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
200

48. XGA is ____x_____
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
1024 x 786
CMOS
Error Correction Code.

49. CPUs: What is RISC?
BIOS
RJ-11
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Random Access Memory (RAM)

50. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
7 or 15 (powered)
144
50 - 68 - or 80
USB Type A