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Comptia A +: Hardware
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1. Multiple core allow the PC to simultaneously process multiple ______.
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2. Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Hardware
CMOS
34
3. What does CRT stand for?
Power failure
Cathode Ray Tube
Random Access Memory (RAM)
DB-25 parallel
4. What is a Brownout?
Serial
charged coupled device (CCD)
Too little voltage
Volatile
5. The act of keeping or maintaining data. These devices include: - Hard disk drive - Floppy disk drive - Optical drives (CD-ROM - DVD) - Flash drive
Storage
5.25
Error Correction Code.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
6. What is DVD-RAM? and how is it used?
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7. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
5.25
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
RJ-45
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
8. External modems most commonly connect to this port.
Volatile
Serial
Random Access Memory (RAM)
184
9. SDRAM sands for _______.
50 - 68 - or 80
40 or 80
4
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
10. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
PS/2-style mouse
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
144
verifying data integrity.
11. 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.
800 x 600
Standardization
Coaxial
184
12. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
4
CMOS
ECC
Hardware
13. PGA stands for
USB Type A
Pin Grid Array
1600 x 1200
40 or 80
14. SVGA is ____ x_____
RJ-11
50 - 68 - or 80
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
800 x 600
15. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
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.
Network communications
Speaker
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
16. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
DB-15
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
tasks or 'Threads'
17. A type of memory that loses data when the power is no longer supplied to the component.
Componentization
Volatile
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
18. Serial ports have this many pins.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
Line Grid Array
Too little voltage
9
19. What does RIMM stand for?
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
CMOS
TRS
20. What does SODIMM stand for?
Cache
Small Outline DIMM
240
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
21. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
CMOS
charged coupled device (CCD)
184
ECC
22. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
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.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
240
9
23. 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.
Output
DB-15
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
BIOS
24. CPUs: What is RISC?
tasks or 'Threads'
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
144
Radial Lines
25. Level one cache is located on ___________.
34
the CPU
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Cathode Ray Tube
26. UXGA is _____x_____
1600 x 1200
240
BIOS
9-pin serial
27. An example of firmware.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
BIOS
144
Line Grid Array
28. Software that has been permanently placed in a hardware component. An example is a BIOS chip.
Firmware
Radial Lines
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
PS/2-style mouse
29. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
Liquid Crystal Display
9-pin serial
Front Side Bus.
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
30. What does LCD stand for?
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM
Speaker
Pin Grid Array
Liquid Crystal Display
31. An area of memory that holds recently-accessed data.
charged coupled device (CCD)
Cache
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Front Side Bus.
32. The process of the computer presenting - displaying - or otherwise giving data. These devices include: - Video - Audio - Printing
Firewire 6-pin
9-pin serial
Output
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.
33. The actual speed of the CPU is governed by a _______ setting called the clock rate.
1024 x 786
RJ-45
BIOS
CMOS
34. LGA stands for ______.
Firmware
Line Grid Array
the CPU
144
35. Number of Pins for Drives: 1. PATA - ATA - IDE - or EIDE
2048 x 1536
Network communications
Front Side Bus.
40 or 80
36. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
CMOS
40 or 80
DB-25 parallel
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
37. level three cache is located on _________.
Power failure
removable chips on the motherboard
B-9 serial
240
38. 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.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Firmware
verifying data integrity.
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.
39. What is Virtual RAM?
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
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.
5.25
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
40. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
CMOS
Networking and Communications
3
BIOS
41. What does SIMM stand for?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
DB-25 parallel
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.
42. What are the two types of RAM?
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
240
tasks or 'Threads'
Small Outline DIMM
43. 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.
Componentization
Processing
Joystick
the CPU
44. DSD or Dynamic State Drives are organized into Tracks or Rings - and sectors or _____.
Firmware
Cache
Radial Lines
Processing
45. ZIF stands for ______.
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.
2048 x 1536
removable chips on the motherboard
Power failure
46. What are the 5 Expansion Slot types - Daughter Boards or Riser Boards?
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
RJ-11
240
47. Serial mouse or external modem
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
B-9 serial
tasks or 'Threads'
184
48. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
B-9 serial
CMOS
order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
49. What is VRAM used for?
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Pin Grid Array
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack
50. Printers
DB-25 parallel
USB Type A
CMOS
Componentization
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