Hardware 1_practice test 2
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| Modern PCs are showing up with what special type of port for external hard drives and optical drives? | eSATA
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| NICs usually have a single _____ connection. | RJ-45
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| Newer CPUs process instructions and commands in what type of execution? | Parallel
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| One billion cycles per second is equivalent to ____. | 1 gigahertz
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| RAM storage is not measured in which of the following types of units? | Megahertz
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| RJ-11 jacks are almost exclusively used for ____. | modems
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| SDRAM comes on a stick known as a ____ on most modern PCs. | DIMM
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| Shorter wires can easily handle double or quadruple the ____ speed of the motherboard. | clock speed
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| Some ____ chips on a motherboard handle the infrared connection. | Super I/O
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| Sound cards install proprietary software to support the ____ features not provided by Windows. | configuration
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| Streaming media is the broadcast of data that is played on the computer and immediately ____. | discarded
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| The CPU uses a series of actions to complete a task. What is this series of actions called? | Pipeline
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| The LPX and NLX form factors provided an insertion slot for the ____ card. | riser
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| The SATA 2.0 specification has a speed of: | 3 GBPS
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| The ____ interface enables non-hard drive devices to connect to the PC via the ATA controllers. | ATAPI
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| The ____ type of motherboard has a large keyboard and a split P8/P9 style of power socket. | AT
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| The _______ determines the type of processor and RAM required for a motherboard. | chipset
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| The drive technology that supports only a single device per controller channel is known as _____. | SATA
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| The inability of the source device to keep up with the burner is known as _____. | buffer underrun
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| The motherboard mounts to the case via small connectors called ____. | standouts
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| The only dedicated connector on an AT motherboard is the ____ plug. | keyboard
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| What advanced BIOS feature offers support for multiple software-based machines? | Virtualization support
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| What are programs stored on ROM chips called? | Firmware
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| What are the Northbridge and the Southbridge collectively known as? | Chipset
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| What are the best connections for outputting to television? | HDMI
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| What can be used to read different USB cards? | Card reader
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| What controls the point of impact of an electron beam? | Yoke
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| What determines the type of case a motherboard needs and provides a maximum expansion slot limit? | Form factor
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| What do 3-D game programs use to send standard video commands to the device driver? | APIs
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| What do LCD monitors use to provide brightness for the monitor? | Cold cathode fluorescent lamp
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| What do anti-static mats and wrist straps use to prevent anti-static charges from racing through devices? | Resistors
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| What fast expansion card standard has replaced PCI and AGP? | PCIe
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| What feature, supported by some chipsets, works a lot like dual-channel before it, but with three sticks of RAM instead of two? | Triple-channel memory
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| What hard drive technology typically implements a 1.8-, 2.5-, or 3.5-inch form factor? | SSD
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| What hot-pluggable external hard drive technology uses shielded cable with lengths up to two meters outside the PC? | eSATA
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| What is IEEE 1394? | Firewire
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| What is applied to the CPU before attaching the heat-sink/fan assembly? | Thermal compound
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| What is identified by calculating the number of horizontal pixels times the number of vertical pixels in a monitor? | Resolution
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| What is the Southbridge also known as in Intel systems? | Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH)
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| What is the delay in RAM response time called? | Latency
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| What is the device that is used to read a floppy disk? | Floppy drive
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| What is the format of a MIDI file? | text
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| What is the line out connector used for? | External device
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| What is the maximum length of a USB cable? | 5 meters
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| What is the measurement of the number of different sound characteristics captured during sampling? | Bit depth
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| What is the most common general-purpose connection for PCs? | USB
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| What is the most important thing you should do at the completion of any work? | Document your work
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| What is the practical limit for modern CPU clock speeds? | 4 GHz
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