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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 paging file.
RF
System File Checker (SFC)
10Base-T
PAGEFILE.SYS
2. The amount of data that can travel over a network at a given time.
AC adapter
bandwidth
internal cache memory
Enable Low Resolution Video
3. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. Safe Mode also displays
HD-DVD
dial-up modem
Safe Mode
DVD-10
4. A mat that provides a path to ground for a static charge and is designed for the desktop or floor of a workspace. One placed on the workbench reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge for components placed on it - while one placed on the floor prov
antistatic mat
mini-DIN-6
Lucent connector (LC)
ATV12V
5. The role of the first EIDE drive on a PATA channel.
flat panel display (FPD)
DDR SDRAM
master drive
mini-DIN-6
6. In networking - this is a set of rules for using network hardware and software. In most discussions about networks - this term is assigned to certain network software components.
FAT table
mobo
protocol
TrackPoint
7. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
WAN connection
TV tuner card
compact disc (CD)
tape drive
8. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.
expansion card
Basic Service Set (BSS)
infrastructure mode
Emergency Repair Process
9. A Web browser created by Microsoft.
active matrix display
Internet Explorer (IE)
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
DVD-ROM drive
10. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes
cracker
social engineering
luminance
graphical processing unit (GPU)
11. Aka v-hold.
social engineering
jumper
vertical hold
laptop
12. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).
CMOS
active speaking
IMAP
primary partition
13. Aka continuity RIMM.
response time
RAID controller
CRIMM
multi-monitor
14. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.
Infrared (IR)
CNR
I/O
capacity
15. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second
transfer corona wire
thermal paste
clock speed
top-level domain (TLD)
16. A protocol that transfers e-mail messages between mail servers. Clients also use this protocol to send e-mail to mail servers.
Disable Automatic Restart
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
System Monitor
17. A group of features in the system BIOS - the chipset - the operating system - device drivers - and the individual components that enable efficient use of power in a computer.
Intel x86 Specification
power management
optical drive
miniconnector
18. 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
file system
Enable VGA Mode
planar board
floppy disk drive
19. A file format for movie DVDs.
Static RAM (SRAM)
DVD+RW
industry standard architecture (ISA)
universal data format (UDF)
20. A network connection over long distances - traditionally using phone lines or satellite communications.
WRAM
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
grayware
wide area network (WAN)
21. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
Internet service provider (ISP)
tact
Preboot eXecution Environment
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
22. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.
satellite communications
NTLDR
system tray
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
23. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.
Intel x86 Specification
RJ-11
Northbridge
S/PDIF
24. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.
drive path
MMC
MSCONFIG
floppy disk
25. A program that causes a modem to dial phone numbers surreptitiously.
authorization
dialer
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
registry key
26. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.
x86
mirroring
SAS
mounted drive
27. In telecommunications - a technique that combines multiple messages or signals onto a single transmission channel.
multiplexing
terminating resistor
copy
Type II
28. A menu that opens from the Start button on the taskbar.
adapter card
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
Start menu
pop-up download
29. A computer that is not connected to a network of any kind.
single-mode fiber (SMF)
stand-alone computer
DXDIAG
32-bit
30. The use of words - often technical and uncommon - that both parties understand in the same way.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
RAID 1
jargon
attended installation
31. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.
EFS
Mini PCI
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
DoS Attack
32. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.
Type III
transferring
jargon
FAT16
33. A printer that creates printed output line by line.
electro-photosensitive drum
line printer
Southbridge
bus
34. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network
Voice over IP (VoIP)
answer file
composite video
processor board
35. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720
video graphics array (VGA)
FPM
DPMS
touch screen
36. An address that a DHCP client will assign to itself after requesting an address and failing to receive one from a DHCP server. The address it will assign is in the 169.254 /16 network - which is the range of addresses from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.
ZIF
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
hot spot
FPU
37. A special-purpose computer designed for a certain task and installed within a device.
FAT
embedded systems
socket
thread of execution
38. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
RAID controller
Foreign
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
39. In networks - when data can travel in either direction - but only in one direction at a time.
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
cable select
Level 2 (L2) cache
half-duplex
40. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the image is removed from the photosensitive drum so it can accept the next image.
cleaning
DVD+R
boot record
local user account
41. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.
System File Checker (SFC)
ad hoc mode
PCIe Mini Card
I/O
42. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.
SAS
media bay
regional settings
drive image
43. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize up to 4 GB of address space.
file system
32-bit
CRIMM
DNS Server
44. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.
DVD-Data discs
DVI-I
WEP
RAID 1
45. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
memory
version
memory bank
authentication
46. [1] On computer circuit boards - a very tiny slide that indicates two states.. [2] In a network - a network device - much like a hub - except that a switch takes an incoming signal and sends it to only the destination port - avoiding collisions and m
switch
port
NTLDR
NETSTAT
47. A network connection device that passes traffic between two networks - using the physical address (MAC address) of the destination device.
answer file
radio frequency (RF)
ultra-portable
bridge
48. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
denial of service (DoS) attack
FTP
49. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.
TLD
subtree
keystroke logger
file signature verification
50. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
password
S-Video