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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. Spike






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






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






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






6. XGA is ____x_____






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






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






9. RAID stands for _________.






10. What is VRAM used for?






11. 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.






12. What is Virtual RAM?






13. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






15. An example of firmware.






16. Printers






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






18. What does ECC stand for?






19. What does SIMM stand for?






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. What does ECC do?






23. SVGA is ____ x_____






24. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.






25. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






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






28. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






29. Level two cache is located on _______.






30. What does CRT stand for?






31. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...






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






33. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






35. 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.






36. What are the 4 main types of storage?






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






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






39. ZIF stands for ______.






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






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






42. level three cache is located on _________.






43. CPUs: What is RISC?






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






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






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






47. What is a Blackout?






48. What does LCD stand for?






49. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






50. Ethernet network