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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
DB-25
Firmware
Input
Speaker

2. What is VRAM used for?
removable chips on the motherboard
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Front Side Bus.
RJ-45

3. Level one cache is located on ___________.
the CPU
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
CMOS
PS/2-style mouse

4. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
the CPU
BIOS
1024 x 786
40 or 80

5. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Input
Cache
DB-25
TRS

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

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7. What does ECC do?
Line Grid Array
Componentization
9
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

8. SVGA is ____ x_____
RJ-45
Small Outline DIMM
800 x 600
184

9. What is a Sag?
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Firmware
the CPU
Small Outline DIMM

10. UXGA is _____x_____
240
1600 x 1200
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Random Access Memory (RAM)

11. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Cache
Processing
1024 x 786
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

12. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
4
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Power failure

13. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
Networking and Communications
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
charged coupled device (CCD)
RJ-11

14. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Networking and Communications
Coaxial
Front Side Bus.

15. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
CMOS
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.
Coaxial

16. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
Line Grid Array
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
DB-25

17. What are the two types of RAM?
verifying data integrity.
Line Grid Array
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

18. Both Parity and _______ decrease efficiency - but increase reliability in RAM.
ECC
Power failure
Processing
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

19. 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.
Firmware
USB Type A
CMOS

20. Serial ports have this many pins.
CMOS
Joystick
9
ECC

21. Printers
DB-25 parallel
Networking and Communications
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
ECC

22. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
Coaxial
9
Random Access Memory (RAM)
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

23. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
9-pin serial
CMOS
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Processing

24. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?
Random Access Memory (RAM)
DB-25 parallel
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
DB-25

25. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
1024 x 786
CMOS

26. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
VGA/SVGA monitor
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Output

27. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
CMOS
7 or 15 (powered)
USB Type A
Cathode Ray Tube

28. PGA stands for
Pin Grid Array
CMOS
4
Power failure

29. What does SIMM stand for?
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Liquid Crystal Display
Coaxial
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

30. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
Coaxial
USB Type A
184
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

31. CPUS: What is CISC?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
tasks or 'Threads'
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
1600 x 1200

32. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
CMOS
Network communications
Output
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

33. SDRAM sands for _______.
7 or 15 (powered)
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Too little voltage
184

34. level three cache is located on _________.
removable chips on the motherboard
9
3
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

35. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
240
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
RJ-45
CMOS

36. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
Storage
BIOS
Line Grid Array
34

37. What does ECC stand for?
Software
tasks or 'Threads'
Error Correction Code.
200

38. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
VGA/SVGA monitor
Input
DB-25 parallel
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

39. What does CRT stand for?
DB-25 parallel
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Cathode Ray Tube
verifying data integrity.

40. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
B-9 serial
240
40 or 80
34

41. What is a Blackout?
ECC
Power failure
Hardware
USB Type A

42. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
240
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Cathode Ray Tube
Radial Lines

43. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
the CPU
RJ-45
DB-15

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
Storage
Processing
Standardization

45. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
CMOS
Processing
5.25
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

46. RAID stands for _________.
Cache
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

47. QXGA is ____x____
2048 x 1536
Coaxial
Cathode Ray Tube
1600 x 1200

48. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
CMOS
Random Access Memory (RAM)
DB-15
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

49. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
1024 x 786
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

50. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
DB-15
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash