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Comptia A +: Hardware

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
the CPU
DB-15
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
RJ-11

2. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
Pin Grid Array
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
2048 x 1536

3. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
tasks or 'Threads'
5.25
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
TRS

4. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
Volatile
removable chips on the motherboard
184
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

5. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Coaxial
Processing
B-9 serial
TRS

6. Serial ports have this many pins.
TRS
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
9
1024 x 786

7. What is a Brownout?
Too little voltage
Storage
Line Grid Array
BIOS

8. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Volatile
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Radial Lines
2048 x 1536

9. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
Error Correction Code.
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
Speaker

10. An example of firmware.
7 or 15 (powered)
800 x 600
4
BIOS

11. Surge
Too much voltage
240
9-pin serial
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

12. What does SODIMM stand for?
Too much voltage
the CPU
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Small Outline DIMM

13. UXGA is _____x_____
Serial
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
200
1600 x 1200

14. Internal modem or telephone
4
RJ-11
VGA/SVGA monitor
CMOS

15. What does SIMM stand for?
CMOS
Front Side Bus.
Cathode Ray Tube
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

16. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Serial
Too much voltage
CMOS
Output

17. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Storage
34
Power failure
verifying data integrity.

18. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
the motherboard
Firewire 6-pin
5.25
tasks or 'Threads'

19. What does LCD stand for?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Volatile
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Liquid Crystal Display

20. What does ECC do?
184
9
1024 x 786
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

21. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
Random Access Memory (RAM)
144
9
Small Outline DIMM

22. Level two cache is located on _______.
RJ-45
5.25
the motherboard
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

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

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24. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
BIOS
7 or 15 (powered)
Error Correction Code.

25. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Firmware
CMOS
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Cache

26. RAID stands for _________.
Front Side Bus.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
USB Type A
Radial Lines

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

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28. Level one cache is located on ___________.
184
Hardware
the CPU
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

29. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
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.
40 or 80
CMOS
Serial

30. What does RIMM stand for?
verifying data integrity.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Random Access Memory (RAM)
CMOS

31. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
50 - 68 - or 80
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
USB Type A

32. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
240
Serial
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
DB-25

33. CPUS: What is CISC?
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Pin Grid Array
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Small Outline DIMM

34. Serial mouse or external modem
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
DB-15
B-9 serial
Firewire 6-pin

35. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
Standardization
TRS
PS/2-style mouse
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

36. XGA is ____x_____
CMOS
1024 x 786
Hardware
34

37. level three cache is located on _________.
Error Correction Code.
removable chips on the motherboard
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Componentization

38. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Input
Network communications

39. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
charged coupled device (CCD)
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Front Side Bus.

40. 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.
Standardization
verifying data integrity.
DB-25
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.

41. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Network communications
Front Side Bus.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

42. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
9-pin serial
Serial
DB-25 parallel

43. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
144
200
the motherboard

44. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Liquid Crystal Display
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Storage
Front Side Bus.

45. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
Volatile
Serial
40 or 80
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.

46. SDRAM sands for _______.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
ECC
9-pin serial
DB-25

47. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
USB Type A
Speaker
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
184

48. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
9-pin serial
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Coaxial
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

49. 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.
Networking and Communications
CMOS
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
800 x 600

50. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Line Grid Array
Radial Lines
3
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM