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Comptia A +: Hardware

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






2. Printers






3. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






5. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






7. level three cache is located on _________.






8. CPUS: What is CISC?






9. What are the two types of RAM?






10. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?






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






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






13. Level two cache is located on _______.






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






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






16. UXGA is _____x_____






17. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






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






20. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






21. QXGA is ____x____






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






23. What are the 4 main types of storage?






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






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

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26. Serial mouse or external modem






27. Serial ports have this many pins.






28. Ethernet network






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






30. An example of firmware.






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

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32. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






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






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






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






36. What does SODIMM stand for?






37. 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.






38. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






39. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






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






41. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






42. What does RIMM stand for?






43. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






44. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






45. Internal modem or telephone






46. 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.






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






48. What does CRT stand for?






49. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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