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What is Not an I/O Device?   Compact Disc  
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What is not commonly used as a connector for a keyboard?   SATA  
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How many devices can a USB bus Hold?   127  
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The original Fire Wire was how fast?   400 Mbps  
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What does a KVM switch do?   It's used to connect to mulitple computers with using only one keyboard, mouse and monitor.  
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High speed USB know as?   USB 2.0  
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What is an example of data stored sequentially?   A tap drive.  
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A compact flash card is also another name for what memory?   Flash memory  
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How is data on a DVD laid out?   In a Spiral  
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How is data stored on magnetic hard drives?   In concentric circles  
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Are tap drives still around?   Yes, they were popular but they will be around for a long time.  
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Do all drivers require special software beyond the driver to run?   No, the driver is all it needs to run. Their may be additional software beyond the drive but its not needed to run.  
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What does USB stand for?   Universal Serial Bus  
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What does a P1 connector connect to?   The motherboard.  
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What does CMOS stand for?   Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor  
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Everything is in time on the motherboard by using what?   The system clock  
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All data is stored how?   In Binary Code  
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Where is the BIOS stored?   CMOS  
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Is SATA faster than PATA?   Yes, SATA is newer and faster  
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What is a graphics card specially designed to handle?   Floating Point numbers  
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A USB flash drive is an example of what kind of memory; volatile or nonvolatile?   Nonvolatile  
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What does Nonvolatile mean?   It does not require energy to store data. Volatile memory does.  
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How many bits in a byte?   8 bits in a byte  
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What level of cache is closest to the processor?   Level 1 cache  
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What does MMX stand for?   Multi Media Extensions  
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What does ALU stand for?   Arithmetic Logic Unit  
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Which of the following is not measured in RAM speed; CAS,RIMM,RAS,PC RATING?   RIMM  
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How many Pins dos DDR2 and DDR3 have?   240 pins  
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What is newer, DDR, DIMM, RIMM, or SIMM?   DDR  
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How many ALUSdoes a normal processor have per core?   2  
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Can ECC RAM correct a one bit error?   Yes ECC RAM can correct a 1 bit error.  
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What is GPF   General Protection Fault  
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What must a CPU always have?   Heat sink, fan is optional.  
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AMD manufactured what family of CPU processors; Atom, semperon, pentium, core??   Semperon  
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An OS identifies the logical locations of files through what?   A cluster  
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What is JBOD?   Just a Bunch of Disks  
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What is MBR?   Master Boot Record  
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What is the MBR stored on the hard drive?   In the first sector  
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Which of the following is a valid type of partition? (Enterprise, Extraneous, Extended, or Existential)   Extended  
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What is a valid standard for PATA?   Ultra ATA  
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How many primary partions can a hard drive have?   4 primary partitions  
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What does ATAPI stand for?   Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface  
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What is a valid type of FAT file system?   FAT16  
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What can raid do?   Fault tolerance, and improved performance. Will do one of these (and)or (both)  
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What will a floppy disk cable have to make it easily identifiable?   A twist in the cable  
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Storage drives come in what sizes?   1.8" 2.5" and 3.5"  
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What does windows refer to RAID 1 to?   Mirrored Volume  
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Does an SSD drive have any moving parts?   No, SSD stands for Solid State Drive.  
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What is a post?   Power on self test  
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What does PCI stand for?   Peripheral component Interconnect  
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What is a warm boot?   Booting a computer which has been reset by the operating system.  
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What does ZIF stand for?   Zero insertion force  
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what does a form factor determine?   A form factor defines the physical size of the motherboard, how the screw holes line up, and what type of power supply is used.  
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What is a UPS?   Uninterrupted power supply  
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What does UPS do?   Protects your computer from power surges  
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How do you measure electricity?   Ohms  
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What is an example of an FRU?   The power supply  
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What is FRU   Field Replacement Unit  
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What is another name for updating the BIOS?   Flashing  
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Your computer must pass what before it will Boot?   POST  
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What is the AGP slot used for on the motherboard?   The graphics card  
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Describe what the jumper pins on an EIDE drive do.   The jumper pins on an EIDE drive determine what drive is going to be the master, and slave.  
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What is throttling?   Motherboards and processors offer some type of protection against over heating. It will throttle down to prevent the processor from over heating.  
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What is DMA?   DMA stands for Direct memory access.  
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What is microcode?   Microcode is the smallest set of intrustions used by the processor. A good example is MMX.  
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What is a Bus?   A device used to communicate with the motherboard.  
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What are the four basic functions of a computer?   The four basic functions are Input, output, process, and storage.  
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How fast are these three SATA connections? SATA1? SATA2? SATA3?   SATA1 = 1.5 gbps SATA2 = 3.0 gbps SATA3=6.0 gbps  
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what does ReT stand for?   Resolution enhancement technology  
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What does multiple memory modules equal?   Multiple memory modules equal's a bank of memory.  
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HDMI stands for what?   High Definition Media Interface  
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What is another name for an impact printer?   Another name for the impact printer is the DOT matrix.  
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Using spanning to join the space on two hard drive into one volume is referred to by what acronym?   JBOD, basically taking two disks put them together and make them contiguous.  
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Describe the two main benefits of having a SSD over a HDD?   No moving parts, and nonvolatile memory.  
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What is ESD?   Static Electricity  
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what is one way to prevent ESD?   Always be ground while working on the inside of the computer.  
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What are three types of grid arrays a CPU can attach to a motherboard?   PGA(pits) LGA(lands) and NLX.  
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Give three examples of form factors?   ATX, Flex ATX, BTX  
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How much data can a single sided, single layered DVD hold?   4.7 gigs of data  
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How much data can a CD hold?   700mB  
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What is a TIFF?   A TIFF is an uncompressed file.  
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What is JPEG?   JPEG is a compressed file, usually associated with pictures.  
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What is MIDI?   Musical Instrument Digital Interface  
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Whats Fusing?   It melts and presses the Toner to the paper.  
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What is Duplex printing?   Printing on both sides of the paper.  
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What is XPS?   XPS xml paper specification.  
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What has EIDE technology been replaced by?   eSATA or SATA  
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What is a molex connector?   Its the power cord for the hard drive. Supplies 12v  
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How many conductors does floppy disk drive ribbon have?   34  
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