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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Aka synchronous dynamic RAM.
plug and play (PnP)
bluesnarfing
SDRAM
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
2. Aka PCIe.
Level 2 (L2) cache
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
PCI-E
boot sequence
3. 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.
DB-9
Basic Service Set (BSS)
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
aspect ratio
4. 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.
FAT16
CD-ROM drive
keystroke logger
response time
5. 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.
DisplayPort
edition
bit width
drive path
6. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.
exception
laser printer
security policy
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
7. A chip that keeps track of the date and time on a PC. Set the date and time through your operating system or in the BIOS Setup program.
real-time clock (RTC)
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
cellular WAN
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
8. Aka File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Wi-Fi
802.11b
FTP
vertical hold
9. Aka motherboard.
planar board
horizontal position
ERD
World Wide Web
10. Aka lit pixel.
stuck pixel
composite video
Enable VGA Mode
long filename (LFN)
11. Aka second-level domain.
SLD
MSCONFIG
graphical processing unit (GPU)
electro-photosensitive drum
12. A server containing source files for installing software onto client computers. The shared folder containing these files is a software distribution point.
distribution server
voltage regulator module (VRM)
fusing rollers
memory controller chip (MCC)
13. A finite set of resources controlled by the operating system and critical to the use of all computer components.
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
process priority level
system resources
extension magnet
14. 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.
file
process ID
cleaning
DisplayPort
15. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
AGP
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
secure socket layer (SSL)
active speaking
16. A device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
biometric device
ISP
bidirectional mode
routing information protocol (RIP)
17. In a CPU - special memory that resides within the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called L1 cache.
internal cache memory
system requirements
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
18. 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.
C
IP router
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
DVD+R
19. A security service in which authentication credentials are encrypted (user name and password) before transmission over a network.
encrypted authentication
ink cartridge
biometric logon
activation
20. A communication service provided over a telecommunications network or computer network. A VC logically resembles a circuit while passing over a complex routed or switched network - such as the phone company's frame relay network.
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
virtual circuit (VC)
antistatic mat
21. A rectangular connector with a locking clip on one side and a number designation that refers to the size rather than the number of wires.
industry standard architecture (ISA)
SIMM
share
registered jack (RJ)
22. A menu that opens from the Start button on the taskbar.
Start menu
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
S-Video
23. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.
802.11a
POP
datagram
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
24. Aka point-to-point protocol.
luminance
PPP
passive matrix display
trusted platform module (TPM)
25. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.
routing information protocol (RIP)
satellite communications
heat sink
DNS Server
26. Aka secure socket layer.
SSL
pinned items list
amperes (amps)
SCSI ID
27. The use of more than one monitor on a single computer.
internal cache memory
accessory bay
multi-monitor
graphical processing unit (GPU)
28. A generic term for a collection of information on known malware (not just viruses).
digital signature
dial-up
virus encyclopedia
TV tuner card
29. The practice - mostly among gamers - of modifying a computer case.
Gigabit Ethernet
ASR
modding
auditing
30. Aka access control entry.
response time
amperes (amps)
ACE
uniqueness database file (UDF)
31. The settings within a registry key.
digital video interface (DVI)
value entry
DVD-9
time to live (TTL)
32. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.
RAID array
cluster
single-layer (SL)
graphical user interface (GUI)
33. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.
Secure Digital (SD) Card
FPU
extension magnet
slot cover
34. Aka systray.
notification area
NIC
USB
FAT32
35. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
DDR RAM
System Management Mode (SMM)
mobo
floppy disk drive
36. [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]
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
PCIe Mini Card
hub
37. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
graphical processing unit (GPU)
sidebar
emergency repair disk (ERD)
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
38. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.
SXGA
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
worm
AC adapter
39. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.
secure attention sequence (SAS)
digital video recorder (DVR)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
process
40. A specialized type of scanner that reads bar codes - which are patterns of bars of varying widths printed on labels or directly on items. The bar pattern is converted into a numeric code that is transmitted to a computer as data.
system board
patch
file system
bar code reader
41. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.
IEEE
digital subscriber line (DSL)
error-correcting code (ECC)
response time
42. A registry key that exists within another key.
cracker
satellite communications
subkey
grayware
43. A Windows sleep mode that uses hard drive space to save all the programs and data that are in memory at the time you choose this mode. The computer then completely shuts down and requires no power while it is hibernating.
multimeter
transferring
hibernate
EIDE
44. A process that runs "behind the scenes" with a low priority - does not require input - and rarely creates output.
authentication factor
background process
Internet service provider (ISP)
metropolitan area network (MAN)
45. Aka virtual file allocation table.
ANSI
HDMI
HTTP
VFAT
46. The connecting point of a mounted drive to a folder on an NTFS volume.
optical drive
mount point
hot swapping
Foreign
47. 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.
Audit Policy
basic disk
remote KVM switch
DVI-I
48. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
memory
Intel x86 Specification
system file
logical block address (LBA)
49. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.
drive lock password
direct memory access (DMA) channel
IEEE 1394a
watts
50. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.
digital video interface (DVI)
active partition
metropolitan area network (MAN)
CRT