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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. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.
background process
DisplayPort
sub-mini audio connector
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
2. Aka nickel-cadmium.
boot sequence
DNS Server
NiCD
IPCONFIG
3. Aka musical instrument digital interface.
toner
MIDI
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
intranet
4. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
subkey
cellular WAN
basic storage
multiplexing
5. Slang for motherboard.
mobo
network interface card (NIC)
volts
lit pixel
6. Aka demilitarized zone.
DMZ
graphics tablet
VoIP
ATM
7. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.
biometric device
PC Card
pin grid array (PGA)
video graphics array (VGA)
8. 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
system requirements
device driver
metropolitan area network (MAN)
9. A portable computer small enough to fit in your hand - also referred to as a "palmtop" computer. Because it is so small - a PDA does not have the functionality of a laptop or desktop computer. In other words - a typical PDA allows you to perform only
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
twisted-pair cable
DC Controller
ARP
10. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.
internal cache memory
electronic KVM switch
World Wide Web
subscriber connector (SC)
11. A power supply that only accepts one input power voltage.
background process
firewall
fixed input power supply
Speaker On/Off key
12. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.
low-voltage differential (LVD)
ALU
random access memory (RAM)
aspect ratio
13. A type of motherboard and its variants most commonly used in recent PC systems.
I/O
charging
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
HDMI
14. A protocol that allows two devices to connect - authenticate - and negotiate what protocols they will use (almost always TCP/IP).
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
flash BIOS
RS-232 port
virtual memory
15. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
Remote Desktop
land
ZIF
biometric device
16. Aka Internet service provider.
process priority level
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
ISP
I/O address
17. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.
802.11a
math coprocessor
APM
Performance Monitor
18. Fiber-optic cable that allows only a single light wave to pass down the cable.
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Last Known Good Configuration
single-mode fiber (SMF)
docking station
19. A Windows service designed to allow a user to invite someone to help troubleshoot a problem.
Internet Protocol (IP)
paging file
Remote Assistance
magnetic mass storage
20. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.
EIDE
Media Access Control (MAC) address
graphical user interface (GUI)
ALU
21. A RAM module designed for subcompact and laptop computers. It is half the size of a SoDIMM module.
BNC
MicroDIMM
impact printer
DVD-R
22. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.
alternating current
Type II
unattended installation
Video Electronics Standards Organization (VESA)
23. A virus that gains access to a computer by masquerading as a harmless program that a user innocently installs on the computer.
Trojan horse
RAID controller
primary master
Intel Corporation
24. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
ATM
multimeter
DVD-18
25. Aka System Information.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
MSINFO32.EXE
secure socket layer (SSL)
electronic KVM switch
26. A sleep mode that is available on any computer that supports ACPI power management. It conserves power while saving the desktop in RAM memory in a work state. To resume - you simply press the power button - and the desktop is quickly displayed.
Standby
Service Set ID (SSID)
AC adapter
FireWire
27. A cooling fan located on a CPU.
ISP
laptop
DB-25
CPU fan
28. Aka antistatic mat.
DVD+R
grounding mat
L1 cache
thin-film transistor (TFT)
29. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.
WINS
APIPA
SATA
overclocking
30. Signals broadcast through the air.
active listening
permission
fusing lamp
radio frequency (RF)
31. Aka thermal compound.
DMA controller
heat sink compound
IMAP
SAS
32. A memory module (stick) that installs into matching DIMM sockets found on many motherboards. The word "dual" refers to the separate pins or connections on both sides of the module and socket.
dual layer (DL)
Wi-Fi
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
authentication factor
33. A component that you can install into a system onsite - such as memory modules - heat sinks - and CMOS batteries.
field replaceable unit (FRU)
ink cartridge
fast page mode (FPM)
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
34. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
ExpressCard
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
External Serial ATA (eSATA)
35. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second
heat sink
eSATA
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
fiber-optic cable
36. A type of arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that is used to perform specialized functions - such as division and large decimal number operations. Also called a math coprocessor.
Preboot eXecution Environment
hibernate
floating-point unit (FPU)
radio frequency (RF)
37. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.
LVDS
fast page mode (FPM)
RJ-11
lit pixel
38. An LCD display characteristic that indicates the amount of time in milliseconds (ms) it takes for a single pixel to go from the active to the inactive state and back again.
denial of service (DoS) attack
SAS
response time
TrackPoint
39. A 9-pin D-shell connector.
EIDE
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
DB-9
swap file
40. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.
access control list (ACL)
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
VGA
local user account
41. Aka central processing unit.
composite video
shortcut
L1 cache
processor
42. A CRT video setting - also known as vertical hold - that holds the image vertically on the screen.
v-hold
real-time clock (RTC)
basic input/output system (BIOS)
analog modem
43. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.
IEEE 1394b
bluesnarfing
bridge
compact disc (CD)
44. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.
Super Video
component video
Ethernet
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
45. Aka Video Electronics Standards Organization.
CMOS settings
pointing stick
VESA
Control Panel
46. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
capture card
NTFS permissions
DLT
47. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.
drive path
expansion bus
registry key
datagram
48. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
memory
audio modem riser (AMR)
MSCONFIG
EMP
49. An early PC hard drive interface.
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
World Wide Web
Mini PCI
authentication factor
50. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet. TLS succeeded SSL.
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
transport layer security (TLS)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
frame relay