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Comptia A +: Hardware

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Level one cache is located on ___________.
Too much voltage
the CPU
Error Correction Code.
CMOS

2. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
Input
Firmware
40 or 80
Random Access Memory (RAM)

3. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
ECC
DB-25
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
CMOS

4. What does ECC do?
50 - 68 - or 80
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Networking and Communications

5. CPUs: What is RISC?
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
charged coupled device (CCD)
Front Side Bus.
BIOS

6. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
ECC
Storage
charged coupled device (CCD)
Cache

7. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
PS/2-style mouse
TRS
Line Grid Array
VGA/SVGA monitor

8. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
BIOS
TRS
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
the CPU

9. What are the two types of RAM?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Line Grid Array
Power failure
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

10. XGA is ____x_____
800 x 600
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Random Access Memory (RAM)
1024 x 786

11. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Line Grid Array
Liquid Crystal Display
PS/2-style mouse
Hardware

12. What does ECC stand for?
Input
Error Correction Code.
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
50 - 68 - or 80

13. 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.
PS/2-style mouse
Standardization
Output
Processing

14. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
34
Front Side Bus.
50 - 68 - or 80
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

15. What does SODIMM stand for?
Radial Lines
Processing
Small Outline DIMM
TRS

16. 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.
DB-25 parallel
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual 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.
Networking and Communications

17. An example of firmware.
Network communications
1600 x 1200
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
BIOS

18. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
Input
Power failure
144
1024 x 786

19. Serial ports have this many pins.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
7 or 15 (powered)
9
Coaxial

20. Printers
Pin Grid Array
Cache
DB-25 parallel
800 x 600

21. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Network communications
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Speaker
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

22. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
9
DB-25 parallel
Cache

23. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
CMOS
34
Joystick
removable chips on the motherboard

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

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25. LGA stands for ______.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Firewire 6-pin
CMOS
Line Grid Array

26. What is a Sag?
Serial
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
7 or 15 (powered)
Front Side Bus.

27. What does LCD stand for?
Input
Liquid Crystal Display
TRS
Random Access Memory (RAM)

28. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Power failure
9-pin serial
CMOS

29. Surge
ECC
Too much voltage
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Too little voltage

30. What does RIMM stand for?
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.
CMOS
240
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

31. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
tasks or 'Threads'
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
4

32. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
1600 x 1200
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Storage
DB-15

33. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
TRS
Firmware
Coaxial

34. What is a Brownout?
800 x 600
Too little voltage
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
DB-25

35. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Storage
4
Firewire 6-pin

36. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
1024 x 786
184
USB Type A
240

37. Serial mouse or external modem
B-9 serial
tasks or 'Threads'
the motherboard
Joystick

38. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Pin Grid Array
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
240

39. level three cache is located on _________.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
200
removable chips on the motherboard

40. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
2048 x 1536
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
50 - 68 - or 80
Random Access Memory (RAM)

41. RAID stands for _________.
B-9 serial
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Input
3

42. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Too little voltage
Coaxial
Power failure
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.

43. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Volatile
Liquid Crystal Display
Error Correction Code.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

44. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
3
Too little voltage
Serial
CMOS

45. CPUS: What is CISC?
VGA/SVGA monitor
Too much voltage
Processing
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

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

47. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
800 x 600
9-pin serial
PS/2-style mouse
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.

48. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
7 or 15 (powered)
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.
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.
34

49. 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
the CPU
240
Output

50. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
3
Error Correction Code.
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.