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