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COMPTIA A+ 1001 EXAM
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
2024/2025 CORRECT STUDY
SET
WHAT TYPE OF SCREWDRIVER DO YOU NEED TO USE ON DEVICES?
NUMBER 2 SCREWDRIVER.
WHAT IS USED TO PICK UP SCREWS?
HEMOSTAT
WHAT DO YOU USE TO PRY OPEN A DEVICE?
SPUDGERS AND PRY BARS
TEST ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY TOOL?
MULTIMETER AND VOLT TESTER
WHAT TOOL DO YOU USE CARRY SOFTWARE AROUND?
THUMBDRIVE
FIRST STEP IN TROUBLESHOOTING?
ASK QUESTIONS.
WHATS THE SECOND STEP IN TROUBLESHOOTING?
VERIFY FUNCTIONALITY.
THIRD STEP IN TROUBLESHOOTING?
DOCUMENTATION
ANOTHER NAME FOR THE TOWER?
SYSTEM UNIT
KEYBOARDS, MICROPHONES, AND MICE ARE WHAT KIND OF DEVICES? INPUT OR OUTPUT?
INPUT
A PRINTER AND SPEAKERS IS WHAT KIND OF DEVICE? INPUT OR OUTPUT?
OUTPUT
RJ-45 ETHERNET CABLE IS WHAT KIND OF CONNECTION?
NETWORK CABLE CONNECTIONS
PS/2 CONNECTION IS ALSO KNOWN WAS WHAT?
MINI-DINN
WHAT TYPE OF PORTS DO PRINTERS USE?
PARALLEL PORT.
NAME A TYPE OF EXPANSION SLOT?
PCIE
WHAT DOES A CHIPSET DETERMINE?
SUPPORT
WHAT GIVES THE BUTTONS ON THE FRONT OF YOUR TOWER POWER?
FRONT PANEL CONNECTORS
WHERE DO THE PROGRAMS YOU AREN'T USING AT THE MOMENT KEPT?
STORAGE
WHERE ARE PROGRAMS STORED WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING?
RAM
TABLETS, SMARTPHONES, AND LAPTOPS ARE ALL KNOWN AS WHAT?
COMPUTERS
IN BINARY WHAT DOES '1' MEAN?
ON
IN BINARY WHAT DOES '0' MEAN?
OFF
WHERE ARE BINARY CODES KEPT FOR THE CPU TO READ?
CODE BOOK
BINARY KNOWN AS WHAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE?
MACHINE LANGUAGE
WHERE DOES A CPU DO CALCULATIONS?
REGISTERS
IN A CPU. THE FASTER THIS IS THE FASTER INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE EXECUTED BY THE CPU?
CLOCK SPEED
WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT A CPU USES TO DEAL WITH INSTRUCTIONS CALLED?
PIPELINE
1 GHZ SPEED EQUALS?
1 BILLION CYCLES PER SECOND
WHAT DETERMINES THE SPEED AT WHICH A CPU OPERATES?
SYSTEM CRYSTAL
WHAT DO YOU CALL WHEN YOU TURN UP THE CLOCK SPEED IN A CPU?
OVERCLOCKING
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHEN A CPU TAKES 2 CORES AND MULTIPLIES THEM IN 4 (2 BEING VIRTUAL
CORES)?
HYPER-THREADING
WHAT DOES A CORE DO?
ACTS LIKE A CPU
WHERE DO CPU STORES CODES FOR LATER USE?
CACHE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CPU DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT CODE IN THEIR CACHE?
PIPELINE STALL
FASTEST CACHE IS WHAT LEVEL?
L
WHAT FEEDS THE LEVEL 1 CACHE?
L
WHICH CACHE FEED LEVEL 2 CACHE?
L
CACHING HAPPENS BETWEEN WHAT 2 COMPUTER PARTS?
RAM AND CPU
WHAT IS THE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM CALLED INSIDE OF A CPU?
MICRO ARCHITECTURE
INTEL SOCKETS TYPES ARE?
LGA 1151, 2066,
AMD SOCKET TYPES ARE?
AM4, TR
WHAT DO AMD CPUS HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU PLACE IT ON THE MOTHERBOARD CORRECTLY?
ORIENTATION NOTCH
1 CLICK OF THE CLOCK GIVES YOU 2 BITS OF DATA, WHAT TYPE OF RAM IS THIS?
DDR RAM
WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUT IN 2 OF THE EXACT SAME TYPES OF RAM STICKS ARE CALLED WHAT?
DUAL CHANNEL
RAM WITH AN EXTRA CHIP IS CALLED WHAT?
PARITY / ECC RAM
SERIAL PRESENCE DETECT, LETS YOUR SYSTEM CHECK HOW MUCH RAM IS ON A CARD, KNOWN AS
WHAT?
SPD CHIP
BIOS PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE HARDWARE TO FUNCTION ARE CALLED WHAT?
SERVICES
PERFORM DIAGNOSTIC TEST BEFORE BOOTING THE OS IS CALLED?
POST
FOR WHICH FAILURES WOULD YOU EXPECT POST TO ISSUE BEEP CODES?
BAD VIDEO CARD
HOW WOULD A TECHNICIAN START THE SYSTEM SETUP PROGRAM?
KEY COMBINATION
TO PREVENT RANDOM PEOPLE FROM BOOTING THE OS, A TECHNICIAN SHOULD DO WHAT?
USER PASSWORD
WHICH IS MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE A COMPUTER'S REPORTED TIME TO FALL BEHIND?
FAILING CMOS
BEEP CODE WILL REPEAT UNTIL YOU SHUTDOWN PC MEANS WHAT?
NO RAM
WHERE DO YOU GO TO FIND POST ERROR CODE MEANINGS?
USER MANUAL
WHAT TYPE OF PCS CAN POST CARDS CHECK?
DEAD PCS
4 MAIN FORM FACTORS?
ATX, MICRO-ATX, MINI-ITX, ITX
BACK PLATE YOU PUT ON THE MOTHERBOARD IS CALLED?
I/O SHIELD
2 CHIP SETS ARE KNOWN AS WHAT?
NORTHBRIDGE SOUTBRIDGE
SOUTHBRIDGE DID WHAT?
INPUT OUTPUT
NORTHBRIDGE DID WHAT?
FAST MEMORY
WHAT REPLACED THE NORTHBRIDGE CHIPSET?
CPU
SATA CABLES ARE USED TO CONNECT WHAT?
HARD DRIVES
WHAT VOLTS TO PSUS OFFER?
12V, 5V, 3.3V
MOST POPULAR EXPANSION BUS?
PCIE
I/O SHIELD IS CUSTOMIZED TO FIT THE MOTHERBOARD I/O AREA. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
NORTH OR SOUTH BRIDGE CHIPS ARE FOUND ON MODERN MOTHERBOARDS?
SOUTH
SOUTH-BRIDGE INTERACTS WITH WHAT KIND HARDWARE? FAST OR SLOW?
SLOW
CONNECTORS WITH CABLES THAT PLUG INTO THE MOTHERBOARD ARE KNOWN AS WHAT?
DONGLES
KEEPING THE WIRES IN A CASE NEAT, OUT OF THE WAY AND EASY TO IDENTIFY IS CALLED WHAT?
CABLE MANAGEMENT
MOLEX AND SATA CONNECTORS ARE USED FOR WHAT?
PERIPHERALS AND HARD DRIVES
STANDARD CONNECTORS FOR MOTHERBOARDS ARE HOW MANY PINS?
20 OR 24 PINS
PSU DO WHAT EXACTLY?
CONVERT AC POWER TO DC.
VOLTS X AMPS =?
WATTS
WHAT TOOL CAN YOU USE TO TROUBLESHOOT RAM IN WINDOWS?
MEMORY DIAGNOSTICS
CAN RESETTING THE CMOS HELP FIX A 'DEAD' PC BY CLEARING ERROR IN THE SYSTEM STARTUP?
TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
12B POWER CONNECTOR POWERS WHAT?
CPU
LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESSING, IS AN INTERFACE WORKS BETWEEN YOUR STORAGE DEVICES AND
YOUR OS? TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
WHAT ARE THE HDD SIZES?
3.5, 2.5, AND 1.
WHAT ARE THE SSD SIZES?
3.5, 2.
SCSI IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR WHAT?
SMALL COMPUTER SERIAL INTERFACE
SAS IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR WHAT?
SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI
SSDS ARE ORGANIZED INTO LOGICAL BLOCKS, BUT THEIR MEMORY STORAGE CELLS ARE CALLED
WHAT?
PAGES
WHICH INTERFACE IS THE FASTEST WHEN IT COMES TO MASS STORAGE?
NVME
COMBINE SCSI WITH SATA TO GET ____________?
SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI
RUNNING SCSI COMMANDS OVER ETHERNET IS CALLED __________?
ISCSI
MASS STORAGE IS ORGANIZED INTO __________?
LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESSES
SATA DRIVES USE HOW MANY WIRES TO TRANSFER DATA TO AND FROM THE COMPUTER?
WHAT ARE THE 2 STEPS YOU MUST DO BEFORE USING MASS STORAGE?
PARTITION AND FORMAT
RAID 0 (STRIPING) PROVIDES WHAT?
SPEED
RAID 5 CAN LOSE HOW MANY DRIVES?
RAID 6 CAN LOSE HOW MANY DRIVES?
RAID 1 DOES WHAT?
MIRROR
RAID 5 HAS WHAT?
PARITY
RAID 10 DOES WHAT?
STRIPING MIRRORING
COMPLETED RAID LOOKS LIKE WHAT?
A SINGLE DRIVE
WHAT IS S.M.A.R.T USED FOR?
CHECK STORAGE
COMPACT DISC READ ONLY MEMORY ABBREVIATION?
CD-ROM
COMPACT DISC RECORDABLE ABBREVIATION?
CD-R
