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From slowest to fastest, what are the speeds of CD Drives?
Rewrite, Write, Read
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How are CD Drives powered?
Molex power cable
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How do you align a CD Drive cable?
Match the red stripe to pin 1.
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CD Drive jumpers can be what, regarding priority.
Master or slave
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Generally, how many pins are on CD Drive IDE cables?
40 or 80. 40's are regular and 80's are EMI resistant.
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How big are Floppy Diskettes?
3.5''
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What is the max storage of a Floppy Disk Drive?
1.44 MB
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How do you align a Floppy Disk Drive cable to their pins?
Line up the red stripe on the cable to pin 1.
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How many pins are in Floppy Disk Drive cables?
They're 34 pin cables with a twist.
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If the Floppy Disk Drive is plugged in wrong, what does it do?
The drive light stays on.
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How are Floppy Disk Drives powered?
Mini-molex or berg.
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What is the CPU Fan powered by?
A power cord that plugs into the motherboard.
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Where does the riser card plug in?
An existing expansion slot.
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What purpose does a Riser Card serve?
Provides extra expansion slots.
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What factor often determines what type of RAM you are using?
The notches in the RAM.
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What is parity/Error Correction Code indicated by?
A odd number of chips. Parity detects. ECC detects and corrects.
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What does SPD (Serial Presence Detect) do?
Sends out info about the RAM to BIOS.
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What is a PC Rating?
It is used to represent data transfer speed.
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What do Gold Leefs provide?
Improved connectivity.
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Regarding dual architecture, what color must the both RAM slots be?
Blue. They also must be identical.
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Solid State Drives use what, to allow no moving parts?
Flash memory.
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What type of power do Solid State Drives (SSDs) use?
Molex
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How do Solid State Drives connect to the motherboard?
With a IDE cable.
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How many pins do Solid State Drive cables generally have?
40 or 80 pins
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What are the jumpers in a Solid State Drive generally set to?
Master, slave, or cable select.
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How many and what kind of paritions are there?
4 primary partitions for the OS. 1 extended for everything else.
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What file systems are used in partitioning?
FAT, FAT13, FAT32, and NTFS
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What is Virtual Memory (Swap space, Page File) and when is it needed?
Your hard drive can act as RAM when your RAM is full.
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Define Defragmentation.
When things are scattered over the hard drive.
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Define Disk Thrashing
Disk Thrashing is caused when your hard drive is constantly being accessed.
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What volts do Power Supply Units (PSUs) generally have?
3.3, 5, and 12 volts
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In regards to the Power Supply Unit, molex is used for what?
HDDs and CD drives.
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In regards to the Power Supply Unit, what is the Mini-Molex used for?
FDDs
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What is a SATA?
A L-shaped connector specifically for SATA HDDs and DVDs.
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How many pins does P1 have?
20 or 24 pins for the motherboard.
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Regarding Form Factors, how does the AT form factor work?
Power connectors connect direclty to the PSU.
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Regarding Form Factors, how do ATX form factors work?
Use soft power so power is constantly going to the motherboard.
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What form factors are there for the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
ZIF (Zero Insertion Force), PGA (Pin Grid Array), SEC (Single Edge Cartridge).
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What does a Domain Controller do?
Stores data files and user account info.
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List some things the the USERS GROUP cannot do.
Cannot access system files, other files, install hardware/software, change the registry. Admins have all rights and permissions.
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How are Backup Operators different from the Users Group?
Same rights as users, except they can access any files on the system.
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What do permissions pertain to?
The workstation.
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What do rights pertain to?
The network.
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Where are names and passwords saved on a network?
On the domain controller or local machine.
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What rights to Power Users have?
All rights except seeing others files.
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What is the difference in power voltage between the US and European countires?
We use a 115 voltage, they use 230.
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Where is the database of file extensions stored?
In the registry.
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Can partitions change the permissions assigned to the files?
No.
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Is data lost when you reformat a partition?
Yes.
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What does the "attrib" command do?
Shows hidden files.
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Can FAT32 encrypt files?
No.
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What was the first file system to come out with encryption?
NTFS
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What does the "DIR" command do?
Lets you see all files.
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Are .com and .exe executable?
Yes.
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