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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
Storage
Networking and Communications
Input
Error Correction Code.

2. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?
DB-25
Line Grid Array
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

3. Printers
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
tasks or 'Threads'
DB-25 parallel
DB-15

4. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
Power failure
charged coupled device (CCD)
RJ-45

5. LGA stands for ______.
DB-25 parallel
Storage
Line Grid Array
Pin Grid Array

6. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
2048 x 1536
Networking and Communications
Firmware
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

7. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
RJ-45
the motherboard
CMOS
200

8. Level one cache is located on ___________.
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.
Cache
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
the CPU

9. What is VRAM used for?
removable chips on the motherboard
DB-25
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
RJ-45

10. An example of a device that uses a low-density (two-row) male DB-15 connector.
Joystick
800 x 600
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

11. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
RJ-11
Standardization
Front Side Bus.
Radial Lines

12. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
CMOS
Standardization
40 or 80
Hardware

13. An example of firmware.
200
BIOS
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.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

14. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
CMOS
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

15. Serial mouse or external modem
Joystick
B-9 serial
3
4

16. What is a Blackout?
Power failure
ECC
PS/2-style mouse
VGA/SVGA monitor

17. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Firmware
BIOS
9-pin serial
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

18. What is a Brownout?
Firmware
Too little voltage
Serial
200

19. Level two cache is located on _______.
VGA/SVGA monitor
the motherboard
DB-25
Software

20. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
240
Output
40 or 80
Serial

21. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
Random Access Memory (RAM)
3
Too much voltage

22. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
3
BIOS
9-pin serial
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash

23. SDRAM sands for _______.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
CMOS
VGA/SVGA monitor
Error Correction Code.

24. RAID stands for _________.
4
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Componentization
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.

25. What does SODIMM stand for?
Small Outline DIMM
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
Liquid Crystal Display
Processing

26. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
charged coupled device (CCD)
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
TRS

27. Spike
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
144
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Random Access Memory (RAM)

28. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
B-9 serial
Volatile
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Software

29. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
144
4
240
1024 x 786

30. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
Front Side Bus.
CMOS
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
144

31. The physical components that work together to make a computer system or network: - Keyboard - mouse - monitor - printer - Connectors and cables - Drives - Circuit boards
Hardware
Power failure
Error Correction Code.
RJ-11

32. 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.
Radial Lines
Networking and Communications
7 or 15 (powered)
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

33. What is a Sag?
verifying data integrity.
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
9
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

34. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
3
Too little voltage
9
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

35. 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.
5.25
verifying data integrity.
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
USB Type A

36. 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)
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
9-pin serial
Software
ECC

37. What does ECC stand for?
Liquid Crystal Display
removable chips on the motherboard
Error Correction Code.
Firewire 6-pin

38. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?
Radial Lines
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.
240
Serial

39. What are the two types of RAM?
Firewire 6-pin
removable chips on the motherboard
BIOS
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

40. QXGA is ____x____
Software
2048 x 1536
240
Too little voltage

41. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
the motherboard
Hardware
Too much voltage
DB-25

42. Surge
Too much voltage
Storage
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.
USB Type A

43. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.
CMOS
Random Access Memory (RAM)
240
Cathode Ray Tube

44. CPUS: What is CISC?
charged coupled device (CCD)
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
the CPU

45. What is Virtual RAM?
Firmware
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.
Software
Front Side Bus.

46. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
Front Side Bus.
CMOS
40 or 80

47. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
5.25
800 x 600
Network communications
Cache

48. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
Output
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.
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.
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)

49. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
Hardware
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
9
charged coupled device (CCD)

50. 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.
Joystick
PS/2-style mouse
Firewire 6-pin
DB-15

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