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Comptia A + Certification
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1. A specialized device for testing a power supply unit that comes with connectors compatible with the output connectors on a standard power supply.
even parity
WWW
encryption
power supply tester
2. 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.
Foreign
secure attention sequence (SAS)
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
3. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.
HTTP
SRAM
cache controller
PROM
4. A wide area network (WAN) connection that allows a large amount of data to be transmitted. Broadband WANs includes cellular - ISDN - DSL - cable - T-carrier - satellite - and fiber.
Internet service provider (ISP)
BDD Workbench
x86
broadband WAN
5. In an operating system GUI - a tiny graphic representing an application - folder - disk - menu item - or other entity.
AC
icon
Start Windows Normally
serial ATA (SATA)
6. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
routing information protocol (RIP)
RFI
basic storage
Static RAM (SRAM)
7. 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
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
PCI
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
8. Aka super video graphics array.
graphical processing unit (GPU)
Basic Service Set (BSS)
SVGA
secure socket layer (SSL)
9. Aka uninterruptible power supply.
UPS
compact disc (CD)
interrupt request line (IRQ)
NAT
10. Aka basic input/output system.
BIOS
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
microcode
file system
11. Aka pointing stick.
point stick
Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
VoIP
12. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.
Reliability and Performance Monitor
S/PDIF
secondary slave
mini-audio connector
13. A type of computer firmware that is responsible for informing the CPU of installed devices and how to communicate with them.
dual-core CPU
Centronics
basic input/output system (BIOS)
I/O
14. Aka compact disc.
network address translation (NAT)
NTLDR
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
CD
15. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou
Enable Low Resolution Video
straight-tip (ST) connector
riser card
daughter card
16. Aka digital subscriber line.
thermal printer
DSL
NiCD
Bubble Jet
17. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
toner
18. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.
dial-up modem
local remote KVM switch
mounted drive
100Base-T
19. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet.
chipset
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
sidebar
secure socket layer (SSL)
20. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.
thermal paste
bar code reader
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
21. The graphical Internet consisting of a vast array of documents located on millions of specialized servers worldwide. The documents are created using HTML and other specialized languages - and transferred from servers to client computers using HTTP an
SORIMM
PPTP
docking station
World Wide Web
22. The worldwide network that carries traditional voice traffic.
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
wireless access point (WAP)
dual layer (DL)
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
23. A local bus designed for video only - it provides a direct link between the processor and the video card - giving the video card direct access to main memory.
System Management Mode (SMM)
flash memory
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
24. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
Service Set ID (SSID)
biometric device
capture card
DVI-A
25. RAM that doubles the rate of speed at which a standard SDRAM can process data. Also called DDR and DDR1. A stick of DDR1 SDRAM has 184 pins.
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
10Base-T
WINS
26. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.
mass storage device
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
archive attribute
vertical position
27. A service implemented on Windows Servers that hides the complexity of the network from end users in that it makes files that are distributed across multiple servers appear as if they are in one place.
Remote Assistance
Distributed File System (DFS)
port replicator
v-hold
28. A 9-pin D-shell connector.
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
boot sequence
DB-9
communication network riser (CNR)
29. Aka v-hold.
hot swapping
vertical hold
10Base-T
Windows Update
30. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.
RFI
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
response time
socket
31. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
metropolitan area network (MAN)
AC
Mini PCI
Speaker On/Off key
32. Aka display power-management signaling.
PPTP
DPMS
liquid crystal display (LCD)
control unit
33. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).
DVD-18
EFS
password cracker
gadget
34. 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.
ECC
straight-tip (ST) connector
thermal compound
FAT
35. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association whose members include Sony - 20th Century Fox - Dell - Hewlett-Packard - and many other industry leaders.
personal area network (PAN)
Blu-ray disc
secondary slave
laptop
36. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.
RJ-11
DC
Balanced Technology eXtended
socket
37. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.
Disable Automatic Restart
RDRAM
hidden attribute
IEEE 1394a
38. 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.
boot record
PING
system area
ATV12V
39. A virtual communication circuit that is created and remains available between two endpoints - which are normally some form of data terminal equipment (DTE). Telecommunications companies provide PVC service to companies requiring a dedicated circuit b
pop-up blocker
horizontal position
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
v-hold
40. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.
subtree
shortcut
half-duplex
RAID 1
41. Aka enhanced capabilities port (ECP) mode.
DRAM
hot spot
ECP
primary corona wire
42. Aka video graphics array.
VGA
switch
internal bus
partition type
43. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.
UXGA
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
port triggering
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
44. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.
Preboot eXecution Environment
WRAM
DMZ
serial ATA (SATA)
45. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
FPM
single-layer (SL)
antistatic mat
active speaking
46. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.
access control
WINS Server
IRQ
process
47. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
POST card
flash BIOS
thin-film transistor (TFT)
48. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.
primary partition
password cracker
Color Quality
Windows Explorer
49. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.
digital versatile disc (DVD)
PCI-E
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
computer platform
50. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.
PCIe Mini Card
modem
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
access control entry (ACE)
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