Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizzas Around

[greencreeper]

I'm thinking of taking the CompTia A+ exams - two of them. I decided against doing the course and have bought a (thick) book instead, which has test exams on a CD. It's a comprehensive book. I sailed through the OS exam but failed the Core (hardware) exam - 78%. I need around another 10%. I need to somehow remember all the various CPUs, their speeds, caches and connection methods (Slot 1, Socket 8...); connectors and cabling (e.g. the yellow wire on a molex is what voltage?); typical DMA, IRQ and I/O addressing; and finally, networking standards - e.g. distances between devices on a hub.

Anyone any useful suggestions on how I might remember this lot Maybe memory aids or mnemonics? Or is it a case of decorating the house with post-it notes?

you do not need post it notes just use paper and stick them up with said sausage pizza

[bmxbandit]

i always write down the info i need to remember, then keep condensing it and trying to write it down again from memory. using the info practically always helps me to remember, but m not sure how applicable that is in this case!
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random things (like wire colours) i always remember by making associations and twisting them until it becomes entirely logical...

[danielf]

Perhaps you can find something useful here:

http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/mnemonics.htm

The Acrostic technique looks like it might be useful.

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you do not need post it notes just use paper and stick them up with said sausage pizza

There's a green rep for he/she that understands the sausage pizza...

Originally Posted by bmxbandit

i always write down the info i need to remember, then keep condensing it and trying to write it down again from memory. using the info practically always helps me to remember, but m not sure how applicable that is in this case!

That's the trouble - I had my first computer aged around 8 and since then I've never needed to know that the red wire on a molex is 5V. Can't see me ever needing to know, but that's exams - test what you know about stuff that you'll never use I've wrote everything down but the I/O map is just

Originally Posted by bmxbandit

random things (like wire colours) i always remember by making associations and twisting them until it becomes entirely logical...

Yes - I've been looking at the info at trying to find possible ways of remembering it, such as pictures.

Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, Network Layer, Transport Layer, Session Layer, Presentation Layer, Application Layer

[danielf]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, Network Layer, Transport Layer, Session Layer, Presentation Layer, Application Layer

In other words: The Acrostic technique

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, Network Layer, Transport Layer, Session Layer, Presentation Layer, Application Layer

Otherwise known as the OSI model

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, Network Layer, Transport Layer, Session Layer, Presentation Layer, Application Layer

I will rep you as soon as I've done a bit of rep spreading.

[Chimaera]

Originally Posted by Paul

Otherwise known as the OSI model

Oi you - back to your revision!

[Raistlin]

I don't get it.....Sausage Pizza?

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

I don't get it.....Sausage Pizza?

Look at the first letter of each word, then look at Zingle's post above...

[Monster Jedi]

This thread has made me hungry and there's no pizza

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Monster Jedi

This thread has made me hungry and there's no pizza

Awwwwww

[zoombini]

What are you referring to as a "Molex" ??

Molex are a company that manufactures all sorts of connectors so a molex could be any one of the ones used within a PC.

Are you referring to the hard drive power cable connector?

It would look really good referring to it as a molex in the exam