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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. Aka communication network riser.
parallel port
Fast Ethernet
CNR
LVD
2. A CPU containing four CPU cores.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
NIC
active listening
quad-core CPU
3. A protocol used by e-mail clients for communicating with e-mail servers. This protocol is replacing the POP protocol. IMAP allows users to connect to e-mail servers and not only retrieve e-mail - which removes the messages from the server - as they c
encryption
random access memory (RAM)
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
FAT table
4. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.
synchronous dynamic RAM
Northbridge
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
TCP/IP
5. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
rootkit
I/O address
6. A type of power supply that converts AC power to voltages needed for a device. AC adapters are generally used for portable PC systems and other devices.
ACT
biometric device
smart card
AC adapter
7. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.
CMOS
Display Mode Key
register
cable tester
8. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.
troubleshooting
auditing
land
ECC
9. A type of thermal printer in which a heated print head burns dots into the surface of heat-sensitive paper.
exception
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
direct thermal printer
impact printer
10. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.
biometric device
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
virus encyclopedia
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
11. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.
tape drive
emergency repair disk (ERD)
read/write head
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
12. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.
RAID 5
encrypted authentication
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
WPA2
13. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
MIDI
memory
BTX
digitizing tablet
14. Aka Digital Light Processing.
CRIMM
DLP
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
process priority level
15. Aka power-on self-test.
POST
floppy disk drive
ROM
CRT
16. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard - promoted by Toshiba - that was defeated by the Blu-ray Disc standard as the widely accepted high-definition standard.
multimode fiber (MMF)
overclocking
alternating current
HD-DVD
17. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).
EPROM
pin grid array (PGA)
reactivate
synchronous dynamic RAM
18. 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.
AMD
motherboard
EEPROM
server
19. Aka External Serial ATA.
eSATA
Gigabit Ethernet
FDD
fusing rollers
20. Aka microcode.
tape drive
microprogram
laser beam
transferring
21. Memory chips that use a special Rambus channel that has a data transfer rate of 800 MHz. A double channel width results in a 1.6 GHz data transfer. RDRAM sticks use special RIMM slots.
CardBus
digital video discs
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
22. In reference to a memory module - how much information the processor can access from or write to memory in a single cycle.
POTS
bit width
multifunction device (MFD)
SVGA
23. A file operation in which the file or folder remains in the source location - and a duplicate is created in the target (destination) location.
RGB video
VGA
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
copy
24. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.
mini-audio connector
SRAM
SAS
device driver
25. The information transfer protocol of the World Wide Web (WWW). Included in HTTP are the commands Web browsers use to request Web pages from Web servers and then display them on the screen of the local computer.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
dynamic storage
EMP
shared video memory
26. The digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for data storage.
DVD-RAM
expansion card
System File Checker (SFC)
DDR SDRAM
27. A type of switched network used by phone companies.
switch
LAN
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Secure Digital (SD) Card
28. The oldest of the Wi-Fi encryption standards. It uses 64- or 128-bit encryption that is easily broken. It does not encrypt the actual data in a packet - and it does not perform user authentication on a packet.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
RIP
DC
digital signature
29. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
ECC
service pack
single-mode fiber (SMF)
30. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280
interrupt request line (IRQ)
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
SXGA
Windows Update
31. Aka alternating current.
transfer corona wire
router
AC
DVD-R
32. Aka external cache.
infrastructure mode
Level 2 (L2) cache
root folder
letterbox
33. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.
active KVM switch
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
antistatic mat
single-layer (SL)
34. Using the same cabling as 10BaseT - Fast Ethernet - or 100Base-T - operates at 100 Mbps and uses different network interface cards.
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
Fast Ethernet
WPA2
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
35. Aka Domain Name Service.
32-bit
encrypted authentication
DNS
SMTP
36. The sudden and uncontrolled movement of electricity from an object with a greater charge to one with a lesser charge. Also called static electricity.
transport layer security (TLS)
ECC
network address translation (NAT)
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
37. A virus that is self-replicating.
power management
worm
DLP
Standby
38. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.
EPROM
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
39. Aka DDR3 SDRAM.
proxy server
DDR3
twisted-pair cable
L1 cache
40. A video mode that most often consists of a combination of 640
RFI
VGA Mode
biometric device
bar code reader
41. Aka demilitarized zone.
charging
DMZ
system file
math coprocessor
42. 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.
local group account
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
VC
DIP switch
43. Memory that does not require power to keep stored data intact. Also called flash memory.
video adapter
Start menu
nonvolatile memory
802.11a
44. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.
double-sided (DS) DVD
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
Basic Service Set (BSS)
soft power
45. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.
IEEE 1284
AMD
Web browser
electronic KVM switch
46. A power supply that converts between alternating current and direct current.
secondary master
basic input/output system (BIOS)
EEPROM
switching mode power supply
47. A process applied to digitally signed code to unencrypt the signature data and use the information to verify the program code was not modified since the signature was added.
WINS
extending extractor
file signature verification
LCD
48. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.
DDR RAM
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
slave drive
industry standard architecture (ISA)
49. Aka capture card.
math coprocessor
transport layer security (TLS)
straight-tip (ST) connector
TV tuner card
50. A connector used to attach coaxial cables to computers and network equipment. Origin of the term may be "Bayonet-Neill-Concelman" or "British Naval Connector."
BNC
digital video recorder (DVR)
boot sector
NSLOOKUP