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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. Level two cache is located on _______.






2. CPUs: What is RISC?






3. CPUS: What is CISC?






4. Parity is a method of ____________. It is used when the reliability of the data is more important than the speed at which it is written or read. When the data is read or received - the bytes should still be even. If not - the data is corrupt.






5. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






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






8. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






11. level three cache is located on _________.






12. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






13. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.






14. What are the 4 main types of storage?






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






16. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.






17. What is a Sag?






18. Surge






19. What is a Blackout?






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






21. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.






22. What does ECC do?






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

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24. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






25. PGA stands for






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






27. RAID stands for _________.






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






29. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






31. Ethernet network






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

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






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






35. Spike






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






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






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






39. What does SIMM stand for?






40. What does CRT stand for?






41. What is Virtual RAM?






42. QXGA is ____x____






43. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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






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






46. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






48. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






49. Internal modem or telephone






50. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?