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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. 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)






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






3. LGA stands for ______.






4. RAID stands for _________.






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






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






7. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






8. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.






9. What is a Blackout?






10. What are the 4 main types of storage?






11. 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.






12. PGA stands for






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






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






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






16. CPUS: What is CISC?






17. Serial mouse or external modem






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






19. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






20. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?






21. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






22. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.






23. What does LCD stand for?






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






28. What does ECC stand for?






29. Internal modem or telephone






30. Spike






31. Ethernet network






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






33. Printers






34. SVGA is ____ x_____






35. level three cache is located on _________.






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






37. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






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






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

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40. Speaker or microphone - Common color codes for connectors are: Red = Mic In - Blue = Line In - Green = Line Out






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






42. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






43. What does ECC do?






44. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






45. QXGA is ____x____






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






47. What does RIMM stand for?






48. What is a Sag?






49. 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.






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