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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. ZIF stands for ______.






3. What is Virtual RAM?






4. Spike






5. What is a Blackout?






6. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?






7. What is a Sag?






8. QXGA is ____x____






9. Serial mouse or external modem






10. What does SODIMM stand for?






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






15. What is VRAM used for?






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






17. What are the 4 main types of storage?






18. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)






19. CPUs: What is RISC?






20. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






22. What does ECC stand for?






23. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






24. XGA is ____x_____






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






26. CPUS: What is CISC?






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

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28. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






29. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






31. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






32. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






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






35. RAID stands for _________.






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






37. What does ECC do?






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






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






40. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.






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






43. Surge






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






45. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






46. Serial ports have this many pins.






47. level three cache is located on _________.






48. Internal modem or telephone






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






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