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A+ Core Hardware
Service Technician Exam Objectives
DOMAIN 4.0: Motherboard/Processors/Memory
This domain requires knowledge of specific terminology, facts, ways
and means of dealing with classifications, categories and principles
of motherboards, processors and memory in desktop computer systems.
4.1 Distinguish between the popular CPU chips in terms of their
basic characteristics. Content may include the following:
- Popular CPU chips (Intel, AMD, Cyrix)
- Characteristics
- Physical size
- Voltage
- Speeds
- On board cache or not
- Sockets
- SEC (Single Edge Contact)
4.2 Identify the categories of RAM (Random Access Memory) terminology,
their locations and physical characteristics. Content may include
the following:
- Terminology:
- EDO RAM (Extended Data Output RAM)
- DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)
- SRAM (Static RAM)
- RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module 184 Pin)
- VRAM (Video RAM)
- SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic RAM)
- WRAM (Windows Accelerator Card RAM)
- Locations and physical characteristics:
- Memory bank
- Memory chips (8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit)
- SIMMS (Single In-line Memory Module)
- DIMMS (Dual In-line Memory Module)
- Parity chips versus non-parity chips
4.3 Identify the most popular type of motherboards, their components
and architecture (bus structures and power supplies). Content may
include the following:
- Types of motherboards:
- Components:
- Communication ports
- SIMM and DIMM
- Processor sockets
- External cache memory (Level 2)
- Bus Architecture
- ISA
- PCI
- AGP
- USB (Universal Serial Bus)
- VESA local bus (VL-Bus)
- Basic compatibility guidelines
- IDE (ATA, ATAPI, ULTRA-DMA, EIDE)
- SCSI (Wide, Fast, Ultra, LVD (Low Voltage Differential))
4.4 Identify the purpose of CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor),
what it contains and how to change its basic parameters. Example
basic CMOS settings:
- Printer parallel port Uni., bi-directional, disable/enable,
ECP, EPP
- COM/serial port memory address, interrupt request, disable
- Floppy driveenable/disable drive or boot, speed, density
- Hard drive size and drive type
- Memory parity, non-parity
- Boot sequence
- Date/Time
- Passwords
- Plug & Play BIOS
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