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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






3. What is a Brownout?






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






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






6. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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






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






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






10. QXGA is ____x____






11. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






13. What does RIMM stand for?






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






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






16. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






17. What does SIMM stand for?






18. LGA stands for ______.






19. Internal modem or telephone






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






21. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






22. What are the 4 main types of storage?






23. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






24. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






25. 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.






26. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive






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


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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. XGA is ____x_____






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






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






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






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






38. An example of firmware.






39. Surge






40. 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.






41. Level one cache is located on ___________.






42. ZIF stands for ______.






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






44. What does ECC do?






45. What is a Sag?






46. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






48. What is a Blackout?






49. What is Virtual RAM?






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