Comptia A +: Hardware MCQs

Comptia A +: Hardware MCQs

Try to answer these 30 Comptia A +: Hardware MCQs and check your understanding of the Comptia A +: Hardware subject.
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1: This device converts a visual input into a binary stream through an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)

A.   144

B.   Network communications

C.   1600 x 1200

D.   CMOS

2: CPUS: What is CISC?

A.   RJ-45

B.   Too little voltage

C.   9-pin serial

D.   Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

3: ZIF stands for ______.

A.   Line Grid Array

B.   USB Type A

C.   9-pin serial

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

A.   184

B.   Firewire 6-pin

C.   Complex -Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in General Purpose PCs

D.   Charged coupled device (CCD)

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

A.   3

B.   PCIe - PCI - AGP - ESIA - and ISA

C.   Verifying data integrity.

D.   Random Access Memory (RAM)

6: BIOS allows you to do 4 things - what are they?

A.   Componentization

B.   Order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

C.   Video ram for the use of the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Not related to Virtual RAM.

D.   Standardization

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

A.   CMOS

B.   Networking and Communications

C.   1024 x 786

D.   Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

8: How many pins is a DDR DIMM?

A.   Detects and fixes corrupt data in RAM.

B.   Serial

C.   DB-15

D.   184

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

A.   Removable chips on the motherboard

B.   TRS

C.   Processing

D.   184

10: A serial mouse connects to a computer with this connector.

A.   TRS

B.   9

C.   9-pin serial

D.   Power failure

11: CPUs: What is RISC?

A.   Reduced Instruction - Set - Chips - Used in data collection - sensors - routers - and graphics processors.

B.   PS/2-style mouse

C.   1600 x 1200

D.   DB-25

12: Serial mouse or external modem

A.   Tasks or 'Threads'

B.   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.

C.   B-9 serial

D.   VGA/SVGA monitor

13: Number of Pins for Drives: 4. FDD

A.   184

B.   Joystick

C.   5.25

D.   34

14: 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.

A.   Componentization

B.   Too much voltage

C.   Synchronous Dynamic RAM. Data transfer is timed to the system clock. DDR replaced 168 SDRAM

D.   Too little voltage

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

A.   Processing

B.   9-pin serial

C.   240

D.   DB-15

16: Parallel devices connect to this connector.

A.   Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

B.   5.25

C.   PS/2-style mouse

D.   DB-25

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

A.   9-pin serial

B.   Output

C.   Cathode Ray Tube

D.   Tasks or 'Threads'

18: What is a Blackout?

A.   Power failure

B.   RJ-45

C.   Volatile

D.   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.

19: External modems most commonly connect to this port.

A.   Too little voltage

B.   Standardization

C.   BIOS

D.   Serial

20: What does SODIMM stand for?

A.   800 x 600

B.   Small Outline DIMM

C.   Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

D.   Tasks or 'Threads'

21: What does ECC stand for?

A.   144

B.   Front Side Bus.

C.   Error Correction Code.

D.   Too little voltage

22: What does RIMM stand for?

A.   DB-25 parallel

B.   RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

C.   Cathode Ray Tube

D.   144

23: Number of Pins for Drives: 2. SCSI

A.   Output

B.   9-pin serial

C.   50 - 68 - or 80

D.   CMOS

24: How many pins is a MICRODIMM DIMM?

A.   144

B.   DB-15

C.   RJ-45

D.   VGA/SVGA monitor

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

A.   Networking and Communications

B.   5.25

C.   Firewire 6-pin

D.   Cathode Ray Tube

26: 10Base-2 Ethernet uses this cable.

A.   Coaxial

B.   RAMBUS Inline Memory Module - Comes in 184 and 232-pin slot

C.   Very brief time (milliseconds) of too little voltage

D.   Processing

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

A.   Random Access Memory (RAM)

B.   Liquid Crystal Display

C.   Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

D.   Its used as 'Endlessly' rewritable and used primarily as surveillance camera footage.

28: What is a Brownout?

A.   TRS

B.   Firmware

C.   Too little voltage

D.   Order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

29: 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.

A.   Single Inline Memory Module - has 30 or 72 contacts on only one side.

B.   DB-15

C.   Order Boot sequence - Integrated devices - drive controllers - power supply settings

D.   Random Access Memory (RAM)

30: What does CRT stand for?

A.   DB-15

B.   Removable chips on the motherboard

C.   Radial Lines

D.   Cathode Ray Tube