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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. 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.






2. RAID stands for _________.






3. What does RIMM stand for?






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






5. What does SODIMM stand for?






6. 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.






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






8. PGA stands for






9. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.






10. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






12. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives






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






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






15. Level one cache is located on ___________.






16. Spike






17. What are the 4 main types of storage?






18. What is Virtual RAM?






19. 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.






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






21. CPUS: What is CISC?






22. 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)






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






24. Ethernet network






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






26. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






27. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?






28. An example of firmware.






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






30. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






32. What does ECC do?






33. 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.






34. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






35. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






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

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38. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






39. What is a Sag?






40. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






41. ZIF stands for ______.






42. Serial mouse or external modem






43. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






45. What does CRT stand for?






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

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47. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






48. What are the two types of RAM?






49. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






50. QXGA is ____x____