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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.
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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 printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.
laser printer
personal firewall
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
dialer
2. An LCD display that accepts a digital signal. Early LCD displays accepted an analog signal and converted it to digital internally.
dynamic storage
even parity
digital LCD display
embedded systems
3. A device required at both ends of a T-carrier system connection.
radio frequency (RF)
DIMM
authorization
channel service unit (CSU)
4. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.
LVDS
metropolitan area network (MAN)
EPP
bus
5. A string of characters that a user enters - along with an identifier - such as a user name - in order to be authenticated.
Infrared (IR)
password
ISDN
shared video memory
6. Aka PCIe.
biometric device
PCI Express
microprogram
S/PDIF
7. A virus that is self-replicating.
worm
error-correcting code (ECC)
daughter card
fixed input power supply
8. Aka hacker.
processor board
antistatic mat
cracker
CMOS settings
9. Aka FAT file system.
FAT
DB-25
motherboard
DVD+R
10. Circuitry in a PC on an adapter card - or directly on the motherboard - that controls the output from the PC to the display device.
video adapter
Start menu
DVD-R
Task Scheduler
11. Aka permanent virtual circuit.
direct thermal printer
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
PVC
DIMM
12. A security service in which authentication credentials are encrypted (user name and password) before transmission over a network.
encrypted authentication
PCI-E
hyper threading
riser card
13. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.
digital video discs
Infrared (IR)
Secure Digital (SD) Card
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
14. The act of moving through a neighborhood in a vehicle or on foot - using either a laptop equipped with Wi-Fi wireless network capability or a simple Wi-Fi sensor available for a few dollars from many sources. War drivers are searching for open hotspo
T-carrier system
hyper threading
war driving
S-Video
15. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.
DIMM
WEP
peer-to-peer network
protocol
16. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
UDF
writing
IP router
17. Aka System Information.
Start Windows Normally
MSINFO32.EXE
APIPA
POP
18. Aka Small Computer System Interface.
APM
CPU
SCSI
sidebar
19. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.
backup media
MSCONFIG
accessory bay
System Configuration Utility
20. 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.
read/write head
802.11n
dialer
paging file
21. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
S/PDIF
Device Manager
Centronics
22. Aka input/output.
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
CRT
I/O
secure attention sequence (SAS)
23. Aka floating-point unit.
loopback plug
active KVM switch
math coprocessor
worm
24. A service of the operating system on a laptop that detects when a card has been inserted.
response time
NetBEUI
SAS
socket services
25. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.
fusing
DB-25
single-mode fiber (SMF)
thermal compound
26. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.
DIP switch
processor bus
shortcut
cache controller
27. A coherent and concentrated light beam - also simply called a laser.
composite video
MIDI
laser beam
point stick
28. A Web browser created by Microsoft.
TrackPoint
ATM
reactivate
Internet Explorer (IE)
29. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.
aspect ratio
parallel port
overclocking
input/out (I/O)
30. At first - a terminal was not much more than a display - a keyboard - and the minimal circuitry for connecting to the mainframe. Now - a terminal can be a computer running Windows or other operating system - plus terminal client emulation software th
projector
terminal
bridge
DDR2
31. A T-1 multiplexer or a special LAN bridge that connects to the telephone company's channel service unit (CSU) - which encodes data for transmission over a T-carrier circuit.
direct current (DC)
customer premises equipment (CPE)
VRAM
clock speed
32. A partition type that can exist on a basic disk and have one or more logical drive letters assigned to it. A Windows operating system cannot boot from an extended partition.
cluster
extended partition
TWAIN
Display Brightness Key
33. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).
form factor
TTL
peer-to-peer network
digital LCD display
34. In an IP packet - a value field that shows how many routers the packet can cross before being discarded.
media bay
time to live (TTL)
spindle
ACL
35. 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.
master boot record (MBR)
S-Video
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
NetBIOS
36. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.
RIMM
Static RAM (SRAM)
cluster
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
37. Aka plain-old telephone service.
inkjet
PPTP
POTS
heat sink
38. A laptop is a small - easily transported computer - generally weighing less than 7 pounds and with roughly the same dimensions as a 1- to 2-inch-thick stack of magazines. Laptops computers have an all-in-one layout in which the keyboard - and often t
authorization
laptop
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
39. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.
BIOS settings
even parity
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
beam-on-blade connector
40. Aka wireless access point.
VoIP
WAP
dynamic storage
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
41. An adapter card used to run a special diagnostic test on a computer as it is powering up. These tests usually go beyond those performed by the system BIOS-based POST.
POST card
composite video
Start Windows Normally
active listening
42. 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
FAT file system
FSB
smart card
IPCONFIG
43. A specialized type of memory used only with video adapters.
multifunction device (MFD)
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
field replaceable unit (FRU)
video RAM (VRAM)
44. 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
Basic Service Set (BSS)
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
expansion bus
archive attribute
45. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Windows
DPMS
Quick Launch bar
Enable VGA Mode
rootkit
46. Aka motherboard.
socket services
planar board
System Monitor
Start Windows Normally
47. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives
FAT12
horizontal position
DVD-R
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
48. 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.
802.11n
digital versatile disc (DVD)
8-bit high color
war chalking
49. Aka second-level domain.
chipset
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
SLD
MAC
50. Aka capture card.
removable storage
file system
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
TV tuner card