Exam Review

• Unit 1 - Computer Hardware
  • Definitions
  • Optical Drive
    • CD vs. DVD vs. Blue-Ray
    • Mechanics
    • Pits
    • Track Pitch
    • Minimum Pit Length
    • Dual Layer
  • Hard Drive
    • Mechanics
    • Head Crash
    • Low Level Formatting vs. High Level Formatting
    • Data Rate
    • Seek Time
    • Capacity
    • RAID
    • PATA vs. SATA
  • RAM
    • How is data stored?
    • Refresh
    • Bursting
  • CPU
    • Intel vs AMD
    • ALU
    • Address Bus
    • Data Bus
    • Clock
    • Performance
    • 32 bit vs. 64 bit
    • Single Core vs. Dual Core
• Unit 2 - Networking
  • LAN vs. WAN
  • Ethernet Terminology
    • Medium
    • Segment
    • Node
    • Frame
    • Collision
    • Protocol
    • CSMA/CD
    • Collision Domain
    • Network Diameter
    • Full Duplex vs. Half Duplex
  • Ethernet Hardware
    • Repeater
    • Bridge
    • Router
    • Hub
    • Switch
    • Cross Over Cable vs. Straight Through Cable
  • Token Ring vs. Ethernet
  • Internet Architecture
    • DNS
    • IP
    • ISP
    • Universal Resolvability
    • ICANN
    • Top Level Domain (TLD)
• Unit 3 - Digital Logic
  • Binary Addition
  • Gates
    • NOT
    • AND
    • OR
    • NAND
    • NOR
    • XOR
    • XNOR
  • Adders vs. Full-Adders
  • Flip Flops
  • Boolean Algebra
    • Draw a schematic based on the equation
    • Find the truth table
  • Boolean Schematics
    • Find the equation based on the Schematic
    • Find the truth table
• Unit 4 - Programming
  • Rogue Robotics
    • if statements
    • loops
    • buttons
    • motor control
    • sensors
  • Delphi
    • if statements
    • buttons
    • shapes
    • timers
    • parallel port control
• Unit 5 - Electronics and Interfacing
  • Transistor
    • NPN vs. PNP
    • TIP31C
  • Resistor
  • LED
  • Ohms Law
  • Parallel vs. Series Circuits
  • Parallel Port Pin outs

 

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