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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






2. SDRAM sands for _______.






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






4. Video cameras (most common) Less commonly - similar devices that use USB connectors such as printers or external drives






5. Serial mouse or external modem






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






7. XGA is ____x_____






8. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






9. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






10. 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.






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






12. Serial ports have this many pins.






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






14. A temporary data storage location that can be read from and written to.






15. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






16. What is Virtual RAM?






17. 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.






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






19. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD






20. 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.






21. What are the 6 form factors of motherboards?






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






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






24. level three cache is located on _________.






25. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






27. What does SIMM stand for?






28. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.






29. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






30. What is a Brownout?






31. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






33. Spike






34. What is a Sag?






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






36. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.






37. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA






38. An example of firmware.






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






40. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR2 DIMM?






41. PGA stands for






42. ZIF stands for ______.






43. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






45. What does RIMM stand for?






46. QXGA is ____x____






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






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






49. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...






50. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen