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Comptia A +: Hardware

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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: 3. SATA
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
RJ-45
7 or 15 (powered)
tasks or 'Threads'

2. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Cache
Too much voltage
Too little voltage
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.

3. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
BIOS
200
CMOS
VGA/SVGA monitor

4. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
240
Serial
50 - 68 - or 80

5. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
Software
CMOS
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Hardware

6. Spike
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
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.
Software
Liquid Crystal Display

7. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
CMOS
200
USB Type A
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

8. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
3
PS/2-style mouse
TRS
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.

9. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
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.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Power failure

10. What is a Brownout?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
USB Type A
Too little voltage
the CPU

11. What is Virtual RAM?
Cathode Ray Tube
USB Type A
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.
Firmware

12. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
tasks or 'Threads'
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
1024 x 786

13. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
DB-25
Too much voltage
CMOS

14. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
Storage
DB-25
34
Radial Lines

15. SDRAM sands for _______.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
1600 x 1200
DB-15
34

16. What does ECC do?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Radial Lines

17. Printers
CMOS
BIOS
Cathode Ray Tube
DB-25 parallel

18. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
7 or 15 (powered)
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Serial
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

19. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
ECC
DB-25 parallel
5.25
Componentization

20. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Processing
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Cathode Ray Tube
CMOS

21. What does SIMM stand for?
ECC
800 x 600
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Front Side Bus.

22. QXGA is ____x____
1600 x 1200
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.
the motherboard
2048 x 1536

23. What does LCD stand for?
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
RJ-45
Firmware
Liquid Crystal Display

24. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
BIOS
Input
TRS
Cache

25. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Front Side Bus.
Too much voltage
Storage
200

26. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
144
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
verifying data integrity.
1024 x 786

27. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Input

28. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
Line Grid Array
Firmware
Cache

29. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
Hardware
Small Outline DIMM
ECC
B-9 serial

30. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
Standardization
144
Software
PS/2-style mouse

31. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
tasks or 'Threads'
Serial
Firewire 6-pin
Firmware

32. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
144
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Speaker
Output

33. Level two cache is located on _______.
the motherboard
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Input

34. XGA is ____x_____
Small Outline DIMM
DB-15
Joystick
1024 x 786

35. Level one cache is located on ___________.
Network communications
the CPU
Radial Lines
BIOS

36. ZIF stands 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.
Volatile
240
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

37. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
ECC
40 or 80
Firmware

38. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

39. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
40 or 80
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Volatile

40. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
DB-15
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
240
Cache

41. UXGA is _____x_____
1600 x 1200
Liquid Crystal Display
TRS
4

42. SVGA is ____ x_____
800 x 600
Software
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
3

43. What does SODIMM stand for?
VGA/SVGA monitor
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Small Outline DIMM
Power failure

44. What does ECC stand for?
Error Correction Code.
1600 x 1200
800 x 600
3

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

46. CPUS: What is CISC?
Processing
184
RJ-11
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

47. Ethernet network
RJ-45
40 or 80
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
9-pin serial

48. 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.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
TRS
Networking and Communications

49. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Hardware
RJ-11
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

50. What does RIMM stand for?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Coaxial
800 x 600
Speaker