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Comptia A +: Hardware

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1. How many pins is a SODIMM DDR DIMM?






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.






3. XGA is ____x_____






4. What is a Brownout?






5. Spike






6. An example of a device that uses a high-density (three-row) DB-15 connector.






7. What does ECC do?






8. 10Base-5 Ethernet and game ports use this cable






9. Serial mouse or external modem






10. An example of firmware.






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






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






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






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






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






16. CPUS: What is CISC?






17. How many pins is a DDR3 DIMM?






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






19. Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI






20. What does SODIMM stand for?






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






22. Parallel devices connect to this connector.






23. Surge






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






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






26. Hard Drives mount at 3.5 or 2.5 - Optical Drives mount at _____.






27. How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?






28. 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.






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

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30. What are the two types of RAM?






31. What does RIMM stand for?






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






33. RAID stands for _________.






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)






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






36. UXGA is _____x_____






37. How many pins is a DDR DIMM?






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






39. QXGA is ____x____






40. Ethernet network






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.






42. SCSI code is set by a 4 things - what are they?






43. The BIOS is stored on the _______ chip that is on the motherboard.






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.






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






46. RAID 5 has at least ___ hard drives.






47. Number of Pins for Drives: 3. SATA






48. Level one cache is located on ___________.






49. What is Virtual RAM?






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