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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






3. What does SODIMM stand for?






4. What does RIMM stand for?






5. What does SIMM stand for?






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






7. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






8. Ethernet network






9. UXGA is _____x_____






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






11. ZIF stands for ______.






12. What is a Sag?






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






14. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






15. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






16. What is VRAM used for?






17. 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)






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






21. CPUS: What is CISC?






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

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






24. An example of firmware.






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






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






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






28. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






29. What are the 4 main types of storage?






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






31. QXGA is ____x____






32. LGA stands for ______.






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






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






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






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






37. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.






38. 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.






39. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






41. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






42. CPUs: What is RISC?






43. RAID stands for _________.






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






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






46. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






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






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






49. What does LCD stand for?






50. What does ECC do?






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