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Comptia A + Certification
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The area at the beginning of a disk formatted with the FAT file system. This area contains the boot record - FAT table - and root directory.
encryption
active matrix display
system area
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
2. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
NiMH
memory bank
3. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
IEC-320 connector
LPT
eSATA
Advanced Power Management (APM)
4. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
access control list (ACL)
power supply
KVM switch
biometric device
5. Cabling that contains a single copper wire surrounded by several layers of insulating plastic and a woven wire sheath that provides protection.
coaxial cable
primary corona wire
secondary master
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
6. The location where a cable attaches to a computer. Alternatively - a connector on a motherboard for memory - CPUs - power - or other circuitry.
socket
DDR SDRAM
root key
modem
7. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.
parts grabber
process
read-only memory (ROM)
DLT
8. Aka Small Outline RIMM.
capture card
CPU
SORIMM
LVD
9. Aka pointing stick.
WAP
case
point stick
jargon
10. Aka digitizing tablet.
CD-R (CD-Record)
flash ROM
subtree
graphics tablet
11. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.
traces
multimeter
solid-state storage
DisplayPort
12. A file operation in which the file or folder remains in the source location - and a duplicate is created in the target (destination) location.
IEEE 1394a
LCD
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
copy
13. Aka dual inline memory module (DIMM).
VRAM
WRAM
DIMM
ultra-portable
14. On a motherboard - the type and location of components - as well as the size of the board itself.
ECP
form factor
heat sink
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
15. The number of colors used by a display.
color depth
video adapter
erasure lamp
FAT table
16. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
jump drive
HTTP
unattended installation
17. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
refresh rate
memory controller chip (MCC)
hot swapping
18. The sudden and uncontrolled movement of electricity from an object with a greater charge to one with a lesser charge. Also called static electricity.
system requirements
patch
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
19. A type of KVM switch that controls computers over a distance that is a function of the cabling and protocols it uses. The two types of switches are local remote KVM switch and KVM over IP.
remote KVM switch
network client
cookies
single-sided (SS) DVD
20. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.
thermal compound
access control
WEP
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
21. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.
biometric logon
overclocking
flash memory
IEEE 1394c-2006
22. Laser discs sold at retail stores that contain music (audio CDs) or software (data CDs).
MIDI
microcode
WAN connection
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM)
23. 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.
basic disk
Speaker On/Off key
refresh rate
sidebar
24. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c
Level 1 (L1) cache
aspect ratio
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
KVM switch
25. A plug designed for testing a specific port type (e.g. - serial - parallel - or USB). The plug does not connect to a cable but reroutes the sending pins to the receiving pins. Using special software on the computer - a loopback test is performed in w
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
loopback plug
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
26. [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]
drive lock password
SSL
hub
PING
27. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.
Safe Mode
RAID 1
T-carrier system
pop-up download
28. Aka power-on self-test.
POST
x86-64
local KVM switch
radio frequency (RF)
29. A device that converts DC current to AC. An inverter is required in a laptop to provide the AC current required by the display.
direct memory access (DMA) channel
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
inverter
component video
30. A TPM is a special microchip - installed on a motherboard - that stores passwords - keys - and digital certificates. Various services - such as BitLocker can store such security data in this chip.
trusted platform module (TPM)
primary slave
LPT2
EMP
31. A level of service offered by the telephone companies over a T-carrier circuit that provides full-duplex transmissions at 1.544 Mbps - carrying digital voice - data - or video signals.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
DNS
T1
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
32. An operating system recovery tool introduced in Windows Me and improved in later versions of Windows. System Restore creates restore points - which are snapshots of Windows - its configuration - and all installed programs. If your computer has nonfat
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
VC
HTTP
System Restore
33. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
VESA
cracker
WPA2
34. A special terminating stick that must be inserted into the open RIMM sockets.
Basic Service Set (BSS)
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
DNS
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
35. A utility for migrating data from many computers - or if you need to perform what Microsoft calls a "wipe-and-load migration" from and to the same computer. Available in Windows XP - Vista - and Windows 7.
repeater
Balanced Technology eXtended
letterbox
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
36. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.
802.11n
Static RAM (SRAM)
heat sink compound
Post Office Protocol (POP)
37. Aka digitizing tablet.
digitizer
tact
component video
drive image
38. A printer that includes one or more other functions - such as a scanner and fax machine.
phishing
drive lock password
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
multifunction printers (MFDs)
39. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.
NTLDR
Wi-Fi
inkjet
RIP
40. Aka electromagnetic pulse.
input/out (I/O)
EMP
Bubble Jet
activation
41. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.
MBR
erasure lamp
WEP
double-sided (DS) DVD
42. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.
CPU fan
latency
patch
contrast ratio
43. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - but data cannot be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-R. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
writing
DVD+R
chrominance
transfer corona wire
44. Aka Balanced Technology eXtended.
laptop
BTX
CRT
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
45. Aka FAT file system.
drive image
FAT
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
pinned items list
46. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
patch
SXGA
jumper
47. An encryption technology introduced in Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions - Windows Server 2008 - and also in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions. It encrypts the entire boot volume.
cracker
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
VoIP
BitLocker drive encryption
48. A CRT video setting - also known as vertical hold - that holds the image vertically on the screen.
embedded systems
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
trusted platform module (TPM)
v-hold
49. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
DVI-A
fusing
DVD+RW
50. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.
ROM
smart card
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
CompactFlash