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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 online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
watts
pinned items list
systray
2. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.
802.11n
Telnet
system attribute
cleaning
3. The number of colors used by a display.
WRAM
x86
router
color depth
4. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and 5.0 millimeters thick.
mounted drive
Type II
RAID array
NTFS
5. The early standard developed by PCMCIA for credit-card-sized devices used in laptops.
thermal paste
System Monitor
PC Card
value entry
6. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.
stylus
gadget
toner cartridge
local user account
7. A device used to scan smart cards.
smart card reader
data migration
WEP
VoIP
8. Aka Enhanced IDE.
encryption
digitizing tablet
EIDE
track point
9. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
impact printer
PCI-E
10. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.
WINS
media bay
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
passive matrix display
11. 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
Enable VGA Mode
drive lock password
RAID 0
multifunction device (MFD)
12. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
VoIP
Mini PCI
bridge
13. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.
memory controller chip (MCC)
RFI
POST card
metropolitan area network (MAN)
14. A way to monitor security-related events.
SORIMM
WAP
CNR
security auditing
15. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
Mini PCI
time to live (TTL)
64-bit
Service Set ID (SSID)
16. Aka power supply.
secondary slave
FAT file system
power supply unit (PSU)
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
17. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.
denial of service (DoS) attack
code signing
power supply tester
value entry
18. Aka digitizing tablet.
routing information protocol (RIP)
POST
floppy disk drive
digitizer
19. A process that runs "behind the scenes" with a low priority - does not require input - and rarely creates output.
drive path
watts
pin-out
background process
20. Aka Ethernet.
process priority level
pixel
10Base-T
mount point
21. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.
System Configuration Utility
ATX
single inline memory module (SIMM)
Intel x86 Specification
22. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.
primary slave
electro-photosensitive drum
DHCP Server
inactive KVM switch
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.
system requirements
Telnet
CPU fan
copy
24. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.
hot spot
projector
WPA2
removable storage
25. In the domain name system - a name that is registered under a top-level domain - such as mcgraw-hill.com or microsoft.com.
Internet Explorer (IE)
volatile
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
second-level domain (SLD)
26. A wide area network (WAN) connection that allows a large amount of data to be transmitted. Broadband WANs includes cellular - ISDN - DSL - cable - T-carrier - satellite - and fiber.
spyware
LBA
broadband WAN
CPE
27. Aka security auditing.
auditing
status light indicator
master file table (MFT)
Y
28. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.
erasure lamp
alternating current
pinned items list
war driving
29. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 10 Mbps.
slot cover
transport layer security (TLS)
802.11b
ARP
30. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals
RGB video
primary master
flashing
IEEE 1394b
31. Aka systray.
recently used programs list
notification area
graphical user interface (GUI)
registered jack (RJ)
32. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.
hot-swappable drive
mount point
cluster
Encrypting File System (EFS)
33. An LCD display that accepts a digital signal. Early LCD displays accepted an analog signal and converted it to digital internally.
terminating resistor
Balanced Technology eXtended
antistatic mat
digital LCD display
34. Aka master boot record.
MBR
DVD-RAM
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
PCI
35. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
nonvolatile memory
war chalking
satellite communications
36. Data communications over the cellular telecommunications networks.
IMAP
cellular WAN
component video
bidirectional mode
37. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.
network interface card (NIC)
surge protector
secondary slave
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
38. A network in which dedicated computers called servers store data and provide print services or other capabilities to computers running the appropriate client service or services.
WPA
client/server-based network
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
paging file
39. A small expansion card introduced in the late 1990s that plugs into a special slot on a motherboard and uses the CPU to perform modem functions and sound functions. It is not plug and play compatible.
port replicator
audio modem riser (AMR)
cable select
Service Set ID (SSID)
40. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.
hard disk drive
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
Advanced Power Management (APM)
laser printer
41. Aka secure socket layer.
SSL
alternating current
primary master
loopback plug
42. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.
wireless access point (WAP)
Southbridge
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
VoIP
43. 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.
LPT
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
mirrored set
degaussing
44. A network device that is used to extend the range of a network by taking the signals received on a port from one network and regenerating (repeating) those signals to another port to transmit them on a second network.
Fn key
voltage regulator module (VRM)
repeater
CPU
45. 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.
emergency repair disk (ERD)
front side bus (FSB)
AT
DVD-ROM
46. Aka SCSI host adapter.
pop-up download
CD
IPCONFIG
SCSI controller
47. An icon that represents a link to any object that an icon can represent. Activating a shortcut (by double-clicking it) is a quick way to access an object or to launch a program from the desktop without having to find the actual location of the object
shortcut
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
FAT file system
adapter card
48. Aka demilitarized zone.
Bluetooth
capture card
DMZ
thin-film transistor (TFT)
49. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.
grounding mat
RDRAM
Southbridge
DXDIAG
50. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).
Ethernet
FAT file system
VFAT
local user account