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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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