Nov 2, 2011 CompTIA A+ Practical Application take 2

candidate score:  581
passing score:  700

1.1 Given a scenario, install, configure and maintain personal computer components.
Storage

    HDD

            

            SATA

            PATA

            Solid state

FDD

Optical drives

        CD, DVD, RW , Blu-Ray

Removable

External

Motherboards

    Jumper settings

    CMOS battery

    Advanced BIOS settings

    Bus Speeds

    Chipsets

    Firmware updates

    Sockets types

    Expansion slots

    Memory Slots

    Front panel connectors

    I/O ports

            Sound, video, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, serial, IEEE 1394 / Firewire, parallel, NIC, Modem, PS/2

Power Supplies

    Wattages and Capacity

    Connector types and quantity

    Output voltage

Processors

    Socket Types

    Speed

    Number of cores

    Power consumption

    Cache

    Front side bus

    32bit vs 64bit

Memory

Adapter cards

    

    Graphics cards

    Sound cards

    Storage controllers

        RAID cards (RAID array - levels 0, 1 , 5)

        eSATA cards

I/O cards

    Fireware

    USB

    Parallel

    Serial

Wired and wireless network cards

Capture cards (TV, video)

    

    Media reader

Cooling systems

    

    Heat sinks

    Thermal compound

    CPU fans
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Video 12: Storage Part 1|32:34
Given a scenario, install, configure and maintain personal computer components, Categorize storage devices and backup media, FDD, HDD, Solid state vs. magnetic, Optical drives, CD / DVD / RW / Blu-Ray, Removable storage, Solid state (e.g. thumb drive, flash, SD cards, USB), External CD-RW and hard drive, Hot swappable devices and non-hot swappable devices.