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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.






2. Serial mouse or external modem






3. How many pins is a DDR2 DIMM?






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






5. XGA is ____x_____






6. QXGA is ____x____






7. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






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






9. What does RIMM stand for?






10. What does SIMM stand for?






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






12. Level one cache is located on ___________.






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






14. PGA stands for






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






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






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






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. What does SODIMM stand for?






20. External modems most commonly connect to this port.






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






22. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






23. Multiple core allow the PC to simultaneously process multiple ______.

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24. level three cache is located on _________.






25. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






26. What is the formal name of the 'headphone jack'?






27. What does ECC do?






28. RAID stands for _________.






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






30. Printers






31. BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?






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






33. Ethernet network






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






35. What is Virtual RAM?






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






37. What is VRAM used for?






38. What are the two types of RAM?






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






40. What is a Blackout?






41. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.






42. What is a Sag?






43. 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.






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

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






46. Internal modem or telephone






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






48. 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)






49. What is a Brownout?






50. An example of firmware.