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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. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.
riser card
PGA
RAID array
audio modem riser (AMR)
2. An LCD technology based on thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. An active matrix display has a transistor at every pixel - which enables much quicker display changes than passive matrix displays and produces a display quality comparable to a CRT.
active matrix display
TCP/IP
external cache
uniqueness database file (UDF)
3. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
ROM
even parity
fast page mode (FPM)
jump drive
4. An obsolete memory module standard that was produced in 30-pin and 72-pin sizes. Thirty-pin SIMMs are 8-bit - and 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bit.
single inline memory module (SIMM)
exception
direct thermal printer
DoS Attack
5. A measurement of the pressure of electrons - the electromotive force. It is calculated by the formula volts = watts / amps.
CrossFire
beam-on-blade connector
SDRAM
volts
6. The sudden and uncontrolled movement of electricity from an object with a greater charge to one with a lesser charge. Also called static electricity.
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
stuck pixel
CMOS settings
horizontal position
7. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.
straight-tip (ST) connector
pinned items list
bluesnarfing
ALU
8. Aka Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
EFS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
registration
DHCP
9. Aka customer premises equipment.
serial ATA (SATA)
OCR
CPE
loopback plug
10. A category of software that runs surreptitiously on a user's computer in order to gather information without the user's permission and then sends that information to the people who requested it.
spyware
Ethernet
broadband WAN
copy
11. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
volume
Tablet PC
Mini PCI
DVI-I
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.
cable tester
Start Windows Normally
digital versatile disc (DVD)
point stick
13. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.
DHCP
netbook
customer premises equipment (CPE)
slave drive
14. Aka pointing stick.
fiber-optic cable
long filename (LFN)
Start Windows Normally
point stick
15. Aka American National Standards Institute.
ANSI
authentication
capture card
WPA
16. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.
Debugging Mode
ad hoc mode
PCI Express
discretion
17. Aka RAID 5.
striping with interleave parity
World Wide Web
TV tuner card
ANSI
18. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.
Start menu
L1 cache
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
ACL
19. A type of solid-state storage that is portable - about the size of a flattened thumb - and usually has a USB interface. Also called a flash drive or jump drive.
uniqueness database file (UDF)
thumb drive
point stick
VC
20. A file operation in which the file or folder remains in the source location - and a duplicate is created in the target (destination) location.
developing
virtual circuit (VC)
copy
FAT12
21. Managing access to resources. Access control to computers and network resources involves authentication and authorization.
molex connector
identity theft
video adapter card
access control
22. A single dot on a display screen. A contraction of "Picture Element."
VFAT
pixel
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
ICMP
23. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.
Level 2 (L2) cache
input/out (I/O)
System Management Mode (SMM)
EPROM
24. The original digital discs created in 1995 for storing video.
SCSI controller
IEEE 1394c-2006
digital video discs
DC Controller
25. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.
IEEE 1394a
UPS
HTTP
impact printer
26. A 4-pin connector that - in addition to a 20-pin connector - is part of motherboard power connector that follows the ATX 12V standard.
Safe Mode
Ethernet
P412V
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
27. Aka Domain Name Service.
DNS
remote KVM switch
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
28. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk
Foreign
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Control Panel
Internet Explorer (IE)
29. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.
swap file
overclocking
modem
nonvolatile memory
30. Aka paging file.
TRACERT
swap file
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM)
PAGEFILE.SYS
31. In regard to Windows operating systems - a version of Windows that is designed to work with a certain manufacturer's equipment.
cellular WAN
DHCP Server
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
access control list (ACL)
32. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.
ATA
v-hold
DVI-I
RJ-45
33. The fine copper lines that are the electronic circuits through which power - data - and control signals travel on a circuit board.
code signing
traces
striping with interleave parity
SONET
34. Small text files a Web browser saves on the local hard drive at the request of a Website. Cookies can contain information that will be used the next time the user connects to the Website.
laser printer
ATAPI
cookies
SAS
35. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.
boot sequence
power supply
parity
thin-film transistor (TFT)
36. Aka Small Outline DIMM.
1000Base-T
VC
SODIMM
thread
37. Aka distributed denial of service attack.
IEEE 1284
subscription channel (SC)
system board
DDoS Attack
38. A small group of computers communicating wirelessly with one another without the use of a centralized wireless access point (WAP).
pop-up blocker
RGB video
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
Infrared (IR)
39. Aka Digital Light Processing.
DLP
Intel x86 Specification
bar code reader
SIMM
40. In Windows - an Advanced Option that is only available in Windows Servers in the role of domain controllers - although it appears on the menu in non-domain controllers.
Directory Services Restore Mode
IEEE 1394
share
Y
41. Aka electronic KVM switch.
basic disk
process ID
active KVM switch
file system
42. A type of printer that uses solid - rather than liquid - ink.
solid ink
ACT
T-carrier system
AT
43. A RAM module designed for subcompact and laptop computers. It is half the size of a SoDIMM module.
broadband WAN
MicroDIMM
patch
surge protector
44. The role of the second EIDE drive on a PATA channel.
slave drive
x86
primary master
tape drive
45. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.
system resources
password cracker
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
capacity
46. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
router
Web browser
h-hold
47. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
ANSI
volume
DVD-10
48. The IBM branded name for a pointing stick or track point.
process priority level
TrackPoint
accessory bay
password
49. A connection over a wide area network.
WAN connection
IP router
VRAM
spam
50. Aka Address Resolution Protocol.
DVD-18
secondary master
ARP
Device Manager