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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. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).
paging file
RAID 1
Return To OS Choices menu
terminal
2. The settings within a registry key.
encryption
Program Compatibility Wizard
dual-core CPU
value entry
3. In reference to computers - the pathways or methods for what goes into a computer in the form of data and instructions and similarly what comes out of the computer in many forms - including an onscreen display - a printout sent to a printer - or data
refresh rate
input/out (I/O)
ad hoc mode
AC
4. A riser card that is similar to audio modem riser (AMR) except that it is plug and play-compatible and supports LANs in addition to audio - modem - and sound.
background process
shortcut
DDR1
communication network riser (CNR)
5. The difference in value between a display's brightest white and darkest black. Modern LCD displays have a contrast ratio of 500:1 or greater.
jargon
half-duplex
alternating current
contrast ratio
6. An early method for addressing the disparity between the drive geometry supported by PC BIOSs and the physical geometry of drives.
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
sector translation
case fan
Directory Services Restore Mode
7. A 9-pin D-shell connector.
internetwork
data migration
identity theft
DB-9
8. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
Performance Monitor
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
biometric
drive path
9. Aka World Wide Web.
WWW
IP packet filtering
thin-film transistor (TFT)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
10. A straight - round connector used to connect fiber-optic cabling to a network device. It has a twist-type coupling.
straight-tip (ST) connector
PS/2
default gateway
touchpad
11. Aka compact disc.
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
CD
CMOS settings
computer platform
12. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.
ZIF
twisted-pair cable
developing
master drive
13. Aka S-Video.
swap file
dial-up modem
Super Video
TWAIN
14. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.
denial of service (DoS) attack
smart card
logical block address (LBA)
degaussing
15. The cellular network standards used by AT&T and T-Mobile.
pixel
master boot record (MBR)
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
BIOS settings
16. Aka accelerated graphics port.
direct thermal printer
AGP
DVD-Data discs
luminance
17. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.
troubleshooting
Type III
S-Video
PING
18. A server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service. This server allocates IP addresses to DHCP client computers.
DHCP Server
active communication
driver signing
system bus
19. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.
industry standard architecture (ISA)
auto-switching power supply
DVD-RAM
time to live (TTL)
20. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.
hub
flash BIOS
PPP
IEEE 1394a
21. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.
authentication factor
video graphics array (VGA)
point stick
BNC
22. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.
process priority level
gadget
NTLDR
sector translation
23. Aka process priority level.
power state
peer-to-peer network
base priority level
APIPA
24. 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.
full-duplex
soft power
hibernate
NetBIOS
25. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
ACE
heat sink
XGA
DisplayPort
26. Aka Enhanced IDE.
encrypted authentication
DDR SDRAM
EIDE
FAT16
27. In the FAT file system - the top-level directory in which the operating system stores information about files - including a reference to the FAT table so it knows where to find the file's contents on disk. The NTFS file system also has a root - or to
spim
personal area network (PAN)
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
root directory
28. Aka external cache.
Level 2 (L2) cache
fixed input power supply
personal firewall
power supply
29. A technical standards organization.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
PVC
SDRAM
key fob
30. Information organized as a unit into a container. The author (creator) of a file controls how much information the file contains.
partition
file
Basic Service Set (BSS)
ICMP
31. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.
RFI
firewall
IDE
authentication
32. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.
memory address
8-bit high color
local user account
overclocking
33. A circuit on a motherboard through which incoming power passes. Several voltage regulators maintain a steady voltage as demand goes up and down - with one or more voltage regulators for the various voltages required (5 volts - 12 volts - 3.3 volts -
SSL
voltage regulator module (VRM)
subtree
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
34. Aka customer premises equipment.
fusing
CPE
serial ATA (SATA)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
35. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.
thermal printer
memory controller chip (MCC)
FAT16
PCI Express
36. Aka access control entry.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Service Set ID (SSID)
ACE
luminance
37. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
NSLOOKUP
SCSI host adapter
DIP switch
38. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
NIC
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
39. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.
Advanced Power Management (APM)
NiCD
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
mounted drive
40. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
cable tester
mirrored set
NSLOOKUP
41. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.
Task Scheduler
adware
CRT
mini-DIN-6
42. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.
recently used programs list
customer premises equipment (CPE)
data migration
Super Video
43. Aka PCIe.
grayware
socket services
PCI-E
encrypted authentication
44. A network connection device that passes traffic between two networks - using the physical address (MAC address) of the destination device.
bluesnarfing
bridge
pinned items list
client/server-based network
45. A Windows wizard that sets options for starting and running a specific old program that will not otherwise run properly in Windows.
point stick
T-carrier system
Program Compatibility Wizard
driver signing
46. An area of a physical hard disk that defines space that will be used for logical drives.. (v.) To define the space to be used for logical drives using a special program - such as the Windows Setup program.
ARP
partition
FAT16
SXGA
47. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
Device Manager
code signing
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
48. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.
vertical position
projector
P1 power connector
transport layer security (TLS)
49. Aka Integrated Service Digital Network.
PVC
ISDN
front side bus (FSB)
SONET
50. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.
drive image
I/O address
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
WINS