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Comptia A +: Hardware

Subjects : certifications, comptia-a-+, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?
144
Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

2. 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.
verifying data integrity.
Too much voltage
Input
DB-15

3. XGA is ____x_____
1024 x 786
240
Liquid Crystal Display
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.

4. What is a Brownout?
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
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.
Too little voltage
240

5. Spike
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX
240
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
Storage

6. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.
VGA/SVGA monitor
DB-15
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

7. What does ECC do?
Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs
Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
RJ-45

8. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable
Componentization
DB-15
Cache
Firmware

9. Serial mouse or external modem
34
5.25
the CPU
B-9 serial

10. An example of firmware.
Hardware
VGA/SVGA monitor
BIOS
RJ-11

11. The process of sending data to the computer. These devices include: - Mouse - Keyboard - Touchscreen
CMOS
Input
RJ-45
the CPU

12. A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.
9-pin serial
TRS
4
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

13. A dime sized component of the camera head into which light enters and is converted into and electronic or video signal
PS/2-style mouse
the CPU
Liquid Crystal Display
charged coupled device (CCD)

14. RAID 1+0 and 0+1 require ____ disks which are two disks that are striped and then mirrored or vise vera.
B-9 serial
VGA/SVGA monitor
4
Coaxial

15. Printer - Scanner - Camera - Printer - Mouse - Keyboard - External CD-ROM drive - MP3 player - PDA
USB Type A
Radial Lines
Joystick
Componentization

16. CPUS: What is CISC?
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
2048 x 1536
Pin Grid Array

17. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?
Small Outline DIMM
PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA
240
Standardization

18. The event of a program being loaded - retrieved - transmitted - or executed. Major components include: - CPU (Central Processing Unit) - RAM
Standardization
Processing
ECC
Cathode Ray Tube

19. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI
50 - 68 - or 80
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.
verifying data integrity.
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

20. What does SODIMM stand for?
USB Type A
Small Outline 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

21. Before sending a power supply to the recycling facility...
VGA/SVGA monitor
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.
Liquid Crystal Display
Too much voltage

22. Parallel devices connect to this connector.
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
Too little voltage
DB-25
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

23. Surge
Processing
200
Liquid Crystal Display
Too much voltage

24. An example of a device that uses a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector.
Storage
Standardization
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.
PS/2-style mouse

25. A special RAM chip powered and maintained by a small battery that holds basic configuration data a computer needs to start.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
CMOS
1024 x 786
Software

26. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.
Volatile
DB-15
5.25
2048 x 1536

27. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
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.
144
1024 x 786

28. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.
charged coupled device (CCD)
they plug into the motherboard to allow further expansion. 1. Magnetic Disk 2. Tape 3. Laser 4. Solid State Flash
Coaxial
detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

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

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30. What are the two types of RAM?
DB-25
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS

31. What does RIMM stand for?
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot
Small Outline DIMM
PS/2-style mouse
ATX - BTX - Micro ATX - ITX - NLX - and LPX

32. What do the type types of Hard Drive acronyms stand for?
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
Firewire 6-pin
184
Dynamic and Static - Dynamic - loses info in the absence of power. Static - retains info like a hard drive.

33. RAID stands for _________.
RJ-45
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
VGA/SVGA monitor
Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

34. 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)
Redundant Array of Independant (Inexpensive) Disks.
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage
its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.
Software

35. An example of a device that uses a TRS connector.
Speaker
34
Small Outline DIMM
Input

36. UXGA is _____x_____
1600 x 1200
1024 x 786
240
Volatile

37. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?
Line Grid Array
Power failure
RJ-45
184

38. This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
DSD and SSD (DSD - Dynamic State Drives SSD - Solid State Drives)
the CPU
CMOS
RJ-45

39. QXGA is ____x____
200
Storage
2048 x 1536
a mini DIN Tip Sleeve Ring (TSR) 3.5 millimeter jack

40. Ethernet network
Radial Lines
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
RJ-45
BIOS

41. 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.
Joystick
verifying data integrity.
9-pin serial
RJ-45

42. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?
BIOS
1. jumper 2. dip switch 3. push button switch 4. and configured with a separae SCSI BIOS
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Very Brief time (milliseconds) of too much voltage

43. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.
144
DB-25
Pin Grid Array
CMOS

44. 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.
Processing
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.
800 x 600
Componentization

45. Parity is used in some _____________ - hard drives - and RAM.
Coaxial
Front Side Bus.
Network communications
Volatile

46. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.
video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
1600 x 1200
3

47. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA
34
DB-25
Pin Grid Array
7 or 15 (powered)

48. Level one cache is located on ___________.
1024 x 786
144
Small Outline DIMM
the CPU

49. What is Virtual RAM?
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
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.
184

50. Multicore CPUs share a common ____ _____ _____. Which can cause traffic bottlenecks as competing cores communicate on the main system bus.
2048 x 1536
Random Access Memory (RAM)
40 or 80
Front Side Bus.