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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
RJ-11
B-9 serial
1024 x 786

2. What does RIMM stand for?
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Speaker
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

3. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
Too much voltage
Speaker
removable chips on the motherboard

4. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Input
Hardware
34
Firmware

5. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Processing
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Coaxial
Front Side Bus.

6. CPUS: What is CISC?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
34
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
9

7. RAID stands for _________.
BIOS
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
B-9 serial
800 x 600

8. What does SIMM stand for?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
PS/2-style mouse
Error Correction Code.

9. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Firewire 6-pin
Pin Grid Array
Cathode Ray Tube
Processing

10. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Output
Random Access Memory (RAM)
9-pin serial
CMOS

11. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
PS/2-style mouse

12. What does ECC do?
Front Side Bus.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
the motherboard
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

13. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Speaker
9
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
Firmware

14. level three cache is located on _________.
DB-25 parallel
removable chips on the motherboard
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
BIOS

15. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
1024 x 786
the CPU
1600 x 1200

16. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Serial
the CPU
tasks or 'Threads'

17. What does CRT stand for?
34
Componentization
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Cathode Ray Tube

18. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
removable chips on the motherboard
240
Serial
Radial Lines

19. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
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.
800 x 600
7 or 15 (powered)

20. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
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.
Network communications
Small Outline DIMM
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

21. ZIF stands for ______.
Networking and Communications
DB-25 parallel
USB Type A
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.

22. What are the two types of RAM?
184
B-9 serial
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

23. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
Software
240
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

24. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Volatile
removable chips on the motherboard
Cathode Ray Tube
Network communications

25. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
9
Coaxial
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

26. What is a Blackout?
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
DB-15
Power failure

27. What is a Brownout?
Volatile
Input
Too little voltage
Standardization

28. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Radial Lines
CMOS
RJ-11
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.

29. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?
200
7 or 15 (powered)
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

30. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out
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.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
TRS
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

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

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32. What does LCD stand for?
Networking and Communications
Front Side Bus.
verifying data integrity.
Liquid Crystal Display

33. Internal modem or telephone
RJ-11
Joystick
Componentization
9-pin serial

34. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Front Side Bus.
Power failure
184
Speaker

35. What is Virtual RAM?
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.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
144
Liquid Crystal Display

36. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
CMOS
removable chips on the motherboard
2048 x 1536
Random Access Memory (RAM)

37. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
1024 x 786
Cathode Ray Tube
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.
184

38. 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)
240
Radial Lines
Software
removable chips on the motherboard

39. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
Standardization
BIOS
Firmware
Cache

40. Spike
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Radial Lines
BIOS
USB Type A

41. 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.
Processing
Firmware
Standardization
Software

42. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
the CPU
800 x 600
7 or 15 (powered)
ECC

43. 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.
Hardware
charged coupled device (CCD)
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
verifying data integrity.

44. Surge
Too much voltage
charged coupled device (CCD)
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Line Grid Array

45. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
9-pin serial
Speaker
3

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

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47. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Input
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
CMOS
Small Outline DIMM

48. CPUs: What is RISC?
BIOS
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Liquid Crystal Display
Joystick

49. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
4
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
USB Type A
Too little voltage

50. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
VGA/SVGA monitor
144
800 x 600
50 - 68 - or 80

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