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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. An organization that creates standards for laptop computer peripheral devices.
input/out (I/O)
CPU
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
2. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.
registered jack (RJ)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
Debugging Mode
3. Aka optical character recognition.
OCR
biometric device
fusing rollers
Internet Protocol (IP)
4. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.
second-level domain (SLD)
DVD-RW
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
Li-ion
5. A network connection device that routes IP packets between networks.
striping with interleave parity
IP router
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
extended partition
6. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.
volts
System Monitor
bridge
NTLDR
7. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network
Voice over IP (VoIP)
EPROM
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
cellular WAN
8. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
FSB
DDoS Attack
Level 3 (L3) cache
Mini PCI
9. The role of the second EIDE drive on a PATA channel.
RAID 1
slave drive
striping with interleave parity
SD Card
10. An identifier assigned to a process when it starts.
SATA
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
SLI
process ID
11. Memory locations within a CPU that is used as a scratch pad for calculations. Modern CPUs have dedicated registers for specific functions and general-purpose registers for multiple purposes.
Bubble Jet
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
basic storage
register
12. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.
password
Windows Update Website
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
flash memory
13. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.
AMR
molex connector
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
regional settings
14. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.
Color Quality
single-layer (SL)
digital linear tape (DLT)
VFAT
15. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Static RAM (SRAM)
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
channel service unit (CSU)
16. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.
solid ink
FAT16
single-layer (SL)
dot matrix printer
17. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.
DNS
CardBus
access control list (ACL)
electro-photosensitive drum
18. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.
transferring
multiplexing
address bus
system requirements
19. Aka Wireless Fidelity.
ISDN
Return To OS Choices menu
Wi-Fi
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
20. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.
graphical processing unit (GPU)
DSL
refresh rate
internal cache memory
21. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.
RAID controller
SRAM
workgroup
fusing
22. In the laser printing process - the step in which the laser beam creates a negative of the image that will eventually appear on the printout. Each place that the laser beam touches loses most of its charge - creating an image - whereas the rest of th
ERD
writing
surge suppressor
MIDI
23. Aka Automatic Private IP Address.
dynamic disk
PGA
APIPA
SCSI ID
24. An optional toolbar you can add to the taskbar just to the right of the Start button. Shortcuts on this bar launch with a single-click.
RIP
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
Quick Launch bar
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
25. Aka floppy disk drive.
FDD
FAT12
DC Controller
straight-tip (ST) connector
26. Aka power-on self-test.
response time
POST
System Restore
DIMM
27. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original
IEEE 1394
Intel x86 Specification
drive-by download
SCSI host adapter
28. The language of Web pages. Web designers use the HTML language to create Web page code - which your Web browser converts into the pages you view on your screen.
basic input/output system (BIOS)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
RS-232 port
h-hold
29. Aka Ethernet.
10Base-T
EVGA
accessory bay
DVD
30. The circuit board in a computer to which all other components directly or indirectly connect. Also called a mainboard - system board - mobo - or planar board.
EPP
motherboard
single-mode fiber (SMF)
security policy
31. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an
customer premises equipment (CPE)
WPA
NetBEUI
strong password
32. 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.
exception
drive path
LCD
virtual memory
33. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.
flash BIOS
port replicator
toner
Northbridge
34. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.
TWAIN
DVD-18
RFI
SONET
35. A type of printer that uses one of several technologies to apply wet ink to paper to create text or graphic printouts. The two most popular inkjet printer models are the InkJet - developed by Hewlett-Packard - and the Bubble Jet - developed by Canon.
CD
inkjet
dialer
troubleshooting
36. Aka single inline memory module.
SIMM
ink cartridge
cable select
switch
37. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
special group
IRQ
Foreign
biometric
38. Aka systray.
notification area
POTS
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
smart card
39. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.
ISDN
mass storage device
SCSI ID
land-grid array (LGA)
40. 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.
WAN connection
pointing stick
Blu-ray disc
Directory Services Restore Mode
41. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
PS/2
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
ACPI
42. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.
partition type
drive lock password
touch screen
security policy
43. A pixel that is permanently turned on - causing the pixel to show constantly as red - green - or blue. Also called a stuck pixel.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
lit pixel
DVD-9
DVD+RW
44. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.
portable computer
subkey
PING
MSINFO32.EXE
45. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.
modem
DDR3 SDRAM
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
flat panel display (FPD)
46. Aka power supply.
tact
CardBus
power supply unit (PSU)
power supply tester
47. A set of wires used by data traveling into and out of a processor.
Windows Update
EEPROM
processor bus
drive-by download
48. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
Enable VGA Mode
HTML
cable tester
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
49. 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.
RF
dialer
cluster
Speaker On/Off key
50. Programmable ROM. A ROM chip that can have programs added to it.
PROM
horizontal position
format
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)