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Comptia A + Certification
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Aka Internet service provider.
permission
MAC
ISP
single inline memory module (SIMM)
2. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.
BDD Workbench
beam-on-blade connector
HTTP
ASR
3. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.
computer platform
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
primary partition
ultra-portable
4. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
quad-core CPU
active speaking
system attribute
System Configuration Utility
5. A magnetic mass storage device primarily used for backing up data from computers.
spam
fusing rollers
PCI
tape drive
6. A set of skills - behaviors - and attitudes to use when listening to another person.
MSINFO32.EXE
second-level domain (SLD)
active listening
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
7. A method for supporting up to 8.3 GB capacity hard drives. Both the BIOS and hard drive system must use LBA.
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
DVD
logical block address (LBA)
systray
8. The process that authenticates a user and verifies the user account's level of access to a resource.
DVI-A
analog LCD display
virus encyclopedia
authorization
9. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.
random access memory (RAM)
heat sink
value entry
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
10. The fine copper lines that are the electronic circuits through which power - data - and control signals travel on a circuit board.
cable tester
SODIMM
power supply unit (PSU)
traces
11. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.
sector translation
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
code signing
FAT16
12. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.
ACL
SORIMM
CD-R (CD-Record)
spyware
13. A password that locks your hard drive and is often stored in a TPM chip.
SONET
BIOS settings
LED
drive lock password
14. The traditional transmission system for television video signals - which combines the color and brightness information with the synchronization data into one signal. The TV circuitry then separates the two signals from the composite signal.
Return To OS Choices menu
card services
composite video
auditing
15. Aka thread.
Speaker On/Off key
wireless access point (WAP)
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
thread of execution
16. Any video adapter or monitor that exceeds the VGA standard in resolution and color depth with a maximum resolution of 1600
super video graphics array (SVGA)
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
single-mode fiber (SMF)
Internet
17. A partition type on a basic disk that can have only one logical drive assigned to it encompassing the entire partition. This partition type is also the only type of partition on a basic disk that can be marked as active for booting up an operating sy
virtual private network (VPN)
laser beam
primary partition
RAID array
18. A version of the FAT file system used by hard drives and some flash drives (thumb drives - etc.) - using a 32-bit file allocation table.
expansion card
FAT32
laser printer
LPT1
19. A server containing source files for installing software onto client computers. The shared folder containing these files is a software distribution point.
DDR2
DDR3 SDRAM
Windows Update
distribution server
20. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.
Internet Protocol (IP)
video RAM (VRAM)
SVGA
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
21. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).
graphics tablet
key fob
value entry
VoIP
22. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.
dynamic storage
refresh rate
Gigabit Ethernet
APIPA
23. Aka Fast Ethernet.
molex connector
100Base-T
dynamic disk
central processing unit (CPU)
24. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720
social engineering
top-level domain (TLD)
video graphics array (VGA)
memory
25. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.
thin-film transistor (TFT)
LPT2
802.11n
universal data format (UDF)
26. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
EPP
fast page mode (FPM)
partition
firewall
27. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
CNR
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
hidden attribute
28. Aka digitizing tablet.
security auditing
Encrypting File System (EFS)
bit width
graphics tablet
29. A portion of a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and such I/O busses as USB - IDE - PS2 - SATA - and others.
solid ink
basic storage
cache controller
Southbridge
30. [1] On computer circuit boards - a very tiny slide that indicates two states.. [2] In a network - a network device - much like a hub - except that a switch takes an incoming signal and sends it to only the destination port - avoiding collisions and m
switch
ACE
connector
WRAM
31. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).
digital linear tape (DLT)
emergency repair disk (ERD)
audio modem riser (AMR)
EFS
32. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts
random access memory (RAM)
x86
watts
P1 power connector
33. Aka Wireless Fidelity.
Wi-Fi
Advanced Technology (AT)
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
secure socket layer (SSL)
34. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.
miniconnector
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
ISDN
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
35. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.
NTFS
surge suppressor
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
36. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that is used to troubleshoot DNS problems by querying DNS name servers and displaying the results of the queries.
NSLOOKUP
file signature verification
Safe Mode
PCI-E
37. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat
BIOS settings
RAID 0
chrominance
code signing
38. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
compact disc (CD)
FTP
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
IEEE 1394c-2006
39. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
MAC
read/write head
Internet
40. A measurement of the volume of electrons - also called current. It is calculated with the formula amps = watts / volts.
amperes (amps)
memory
Enable Low Resolution Video
mirroring
41. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
thread of execution
gadget
basic disk
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
42. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.
Ethernet
32-bit
10Base-T
denial of service (DoS) attack
43. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR standard. Using far less power than DDR1 - a stick of DDR2 SDRAM has 240 pins.
Type I
DDR2 SDRAM
transferring
FireWire
44. [1] A device that is the central connecting point of a LAN. A hub is little more than a multiport repeater taking incoming signals on one port and repeating them to all other ports. Ethernet hubs have been largely replaced by Ethernet switches.. [2]
hub
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
parity
quad-core CPU
45. A technology for ROM that can be reprogrammed using special software.
volatile
APIPA
video adapter
flash ROM
46. An early method for addressing the disparity between the drive geometry supported by PC BIOSs and the physical geometry of drives.
DDR3
digital video recorder (DVR)
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
sector translation
47. A special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
laptop
thermal compound
DVD-Data discs
48. In the laser printing process - a blade that removes residual toner from the drum.
basic disk
cleaning blade
loopback plug
boot sector
49. Authentication is validation of a user account and password that occurs before the security components of Windows will give the user access to the computer.
Y
unidirectional mode
authentication
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
50. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.
processor bus
COMx
adapter card
modem