Comptia A+: Hardware

subwoofer

A ____ adds deep bass sounds, it is a type of speaker, not an expansion card

DL DVD

A ____ can hold 8.5 GB per side

7.1 sound system

A ____ includes the five speakers and subwoofer found in a 5.1 sound system and adds right and left speakers to the left and right of the listener

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

A ____ is a chip on a motherboard. When the TPM is enabled in the BIOS, it can be used to encrypt hard drives and monitor a system for tampering

CRT

A ____ monitor requires an analog input

RAID

A _____ can be used to provide fault tolerance.

5.1 sound system

A _____ includes five speakers and a subwoofer. The five speakers include right and left speakers in the front, right and left speakers in the rear, and a central speaker.

TV tuner

A _____ is required to record and play back TV shows

DVI

A port that is a rectangular-shaped connector that comes with multiple pin configurations to connect display devices

wattage

A primary consideration when replacing a power supply is the ____, which is an indication of the power it can provide. If the ____ is too low, the power supply cannot provide enough power, and the system might not work at all or might suffer from intermittent failures

SATA

An internal _____ drive is plugged into a ____connector that has a distinctive L shape

UPS

When upgrading the firmware on a computer (also called flashing the BIOS), the biggest risk is losing power to the system during the upgrade. If you plug the system into an _____, the system will still have power even if the power to the building fails.

BIOS

You can set the time and date by using the ____ application

RAM

You should install matched pairs of _______ into slots of the same color for dual-channel ____ Colors identify slots in the same bank in a dual-channel motherboard, and matched pairs should be installed in the same bank

Surround-sound audio

____ (eight-channel 7.1 sound system or six-channel 5.1 sound system) is required to play audio such as 3D positional audio adequately

FireWire

____ 400 has a speed of 400 Mbps, and _____ 800 has a speed of 800 Mbps

RJ-11

____ connections are used for phone lines, including with dial-up modems

RJ-45

____ connections are used for twisted-pair cable

Class 2 Bluetooth

____ devices are commonly used in a personal area network (PAN) and have a range of about 33 feet (10 meters).

Floppy

____ drives are powered by a mini-Molex connector

PATA

____ drives plug into 40-pin IDE connectors

USB 2.0

____ has a speed of 480 Mbps

USB 3.0

____ has a speed of 5 Gbps

L-shaped

____ power connector is used for serial ATA (SATA) drives

Advanced RISC Machine (ARM)

____ processors are more common in tablets and are not replaceable

Lumens

_____ identify the brightness of a display

802.11n

_____ is a fast wireless protocol

IEEE 1394

_____ is the designation for FireWire. FireWire is used for external connections, including external drives

WPA2

_____ provides the highest level of security for an 802.11 wireless network

RAID-5

_____ uses three or more disks and is sometimes called striping with parity

RAID-1

_____ uses two disks in a mirror

Motherboards

______ include a jumper used to clear passwords in the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS).

DDR3-3200

______ is the standard name for DDR3 using a 400-MHz clock. The formula for the DDR3 standard name is: Clock x 8 or, in this case, 400 MHz x 8 or ___.

Privacy filters

______ limit the viewing angle of a monitor. With the filter over the monitor, only the person directly in front of the monitor can view it.

DDR3-400

_______ indicates a clock of 50 MHz (50 MHz * 8)

DDR3

_______ is the random access memory (RAM) most commonly used in desktop computers. It is a type of synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM)

mouse

_______ with mini-DIN connectors plug into the green PS/2 port.

Keyboards

_______ with mini-DIN connectors plug into the purple PS/2 port.

Class 3 Bluetooth

______devices have a range of 5 meters (about 16 feet)

PCIe

_____connectors from the power supply can be 6 pins, 8 pins, or a combination of 6 + 2 pins.

Class 1 Bluetooth

_____devices have a range of 100 meters (about 328 feet)

RAID-10

_____uses an even number of disks greater than 2 and is organized as a stripe of mirrors

SODIMM

____are used in laptops, and they typically use DDR3

DVD

____can hold 4.7 GB per side

4-pin or 8-pin

connector provides 12 VDC as secondary power for the CPU

CMOS battery

If the clock loses time or needs to be reset more than once, it is a strong indication that the ____ battery needs to be replaced.If you remove the _____ battery for a short time, the BIOS settings will reset to the factory settings. This includes the password.

L2 cache

Multiple core CPUs often have a single ____ shared by all cores

CPU

Only the ____ fan should be plugged into the motherboard CPU fan connection

200

PC3-12800 indicates a clock of ____ Mhz

VM

Security professionals often use isolated ___to observe new viruses,are often used to test new applications, are very useful for learning new operating systems

Blu-ray

Single-layer ____ discs have a capacity of 25 GB per side, and dual-layer _____ discs have a capacity of 50 GB per side.

intrusion detection monitoring

Systems that support _______ detect when a case has been opened and record the event. When the system is restarted, the BIOS reports that the case has been opened.

black TRS

The ___ port is used for the rear speakers

throw ratio

The ____ affects the size of the display and identifies the best location to position the projector

L1 cache

The ____ is the fastest cache the central processing unit (CPU) uses,A system will have a separate ____ for each of the cores located on the CPU,located closest to the CPU

eSATA

The _____ connector is not used internally and do not have an L shape

real-time clock

The _____ doesn't need to be enabled. It is always running when the system is powered on and continues to run, using the CMOS battery on the motherboard, when the system is powered off.

green TRS

The ______ port is for headphones or front speakers

power connector

The ______provides 3.3V, 5V, and 12 V (positives and negatives of each v)

4.5 meters (about 15 feet)

The maximum distance of FireWire 400 is ____ meters

16 feet (5 meters = 16.4 feet)

The maximum distance of USB 2.0 cables in feet is about ____feet

pink TRS

The standard port used for a microphone is the _____ port

Molex

power connectors provide 5 VDC and 12 VDC to parallel ATA (PATA) drives

HDMI

used to connect display devices and can transfer both audio and video.A home theater PC would include ____ for high-quality video

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)

used to connect musical devices