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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. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically
antistatic wrist strap
DC Controller
communication network riser (CNR)
infrastructure mode
2. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.
EVGA
bluesnarfing
modem
fusing lamp
3. The IBM branded name for a pointing stick or track point.
power-on self-test (POST)
TrackPoint
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
RDRAM
4. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
Fast Ethernet
extension magnet
thread
5. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes
social engineering
DPMS
format
LPT
6. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and 3.3 millimeters thick.
Type I
mode
Remote Desktop
parallel port
7. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.
ISDN
copy
server
laser printer
8. The hardware architecture - including the CPU - BIOS - and chipset.
computer platform
strong password
microcode
bidirectional mode
9. Microsoft's product activation program.
fusing rollers
secure attention sequence (SAS)
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
802.11g
10. A server that manages DNS names.
DVD-Data discs
DNS Server
laptop
Gigabit Ethernet
11. A cell phone with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions built in.
CD-ROM
NetBIOS
smart phone
password cracker
12. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.
digital versatile disc (DVD)
system resources
NetBEUI
exception
13. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.
security policy
RAID 5
paging file
ATM
14. A power supply standard that has both the 20-pin connector for the motherboard and a 4-pin 12 V connector.
DVD-RW
optical character recognition (OCR)
RFI
ATV12V
15. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.
EFS
phishing
read/write head
loopback plug
16. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.
activation
war chalking
parallel port
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
17. A component of the Windows operating system that resides in a file and is loaded into memory during the kernel loading phase of the Windows startup.
toner
Foreign
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
DVI-D
18. A printed circuit card that you add to the motherboard to enhance functionality. Also called an expansion card. Video adapters and network interface cards (NICs) are examples of adapter cards.
encryption
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
adapter card
DVD-9
19. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.
ECP
DLT
bridge
emergency repair disk (ERD)
20. A riser card that is similar to audio modem riser (AMR) except that it is plug and play-compatible and supports LANs in addition to audio - modem - and sound.
LED
active speaking
impact printer
communication network riser (CNR)
21. The type of electrical current delivered by a battery in which the electrons flow in only one direction.
direct current (DC)
video adapter
time to live (TTL)
CNR
22. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun
even parity
subtree
fraud
smart card
23. A now-obsolete type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices - replaced by lithium-ion batteries.
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
basic input/output system (BIOS)
ATAPI
24. The first physical sector on a hard disk - which contains the initial boot program that the BIOS loads into memory during bootup. It also contains the partition table.
channel service unit (CSU)
master boot record (MBR)
SCSI ID
DHCP Server
25. A type of KVM switch that is controlled through a mechanical switch on the box.
inactive KVM switch
audio modem riser (AMR)
cleaning blade
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
26. Software that takes a scanned image and interprets the patterns in the image into alphanumeric characters.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
optical character recognition (OCR)
L1 cache
infrastructure mode
27. Aka Internet Control Message Protocol.
ICMP
Centronics
encrypted authentication
Display Mode Key
28. The EXPLORER.EXE program. This program supports the entire Windows GUI. If EXPLORER.EXE is called up from inside the GUI - it opens a window for browsing your local disks and files.
mainboard
PVC
Windows Explorer
industry standard architecture (ISA)
29. An early PC hard drive interface.
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
basic storage
multifunction printers (MFDs)
CD-R (CD-Record)
30. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.
connector
coaxial cable
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
odd parity
31. Aka channel service unit.
master drive
internal bus
CSU
PPTP
32. A virus that downloads to a user's computer through a pop-up window that appears in a Web browser. It requires an action on the part of a user - such as clicking a button that implies acceptance of something like free information.
pop-up download
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
lit pixel
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
33. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.
satellite communications
register
Preboot eXecution Environment
mini-audio connector
34. A mat that provides a path to ground for a static charge and is designed for the desktop or floor of a workspace. One placed on the workbench reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge for components placed on it - while one placed on the floor prov
T-carrier system
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
backup media
antistatic mat
35. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.
letterbox
basic input/output system (BIOS)
Last Known Good Configuration
optical drive
36. Aka emergency repair disk.
serial ATA (SATA)
USB
direct current (DC)
ERD
37. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that will start Windows without the Windows GUI (EXPLORER.EXE) and with only a simple Command Prompt window from which you can launch Windows administrative utilities.
inkjet
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
switch
color depth
38. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to toggle the laptop's speaker on and off. The SPEAKER ON/OFF key is usually one of the standard function keys - such as F3 - that displays a speaker symbol.
Speaker On/Off key
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
AMR
hot-swappable drive
39. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.
toner
IMAP
NAT
802.11n
40. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by
Ethernet
drive-by download
ACT
Mini PCI
41. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.
system board
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
paging file
fusing
42. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.
CrossFire
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
DVD-18
dialer
43. Aka optical character recognition.
charging
FAT12
OCR
system area
44. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.
LAN
pin-out
embedded systems
hidden attribute
45. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.
HDD
ultra-portable
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
FDD
46. The worldwide network that carries traditional voice traffic.
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
system requirements
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
47. An optional toolbar you can add to the taskbar just to the right of the Start button. Shortcuts on this bar launch with a single-click.
soft power
file
Quick Launch bar
authorization
48. A portion of a program that can run separately from and concurrently with other portions of the program. Also called thread of execution.
thread
HDMI
PCI
socket
49. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan
system file
expansion bus
parity
uniqueness database file (UDF)
50. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
second-level domain (SLD)
VoIP
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
accessory bay