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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. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi
identity theft
CPU
P1 power connector
volts
2. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.
PGA2
server
drive image
TRACERT
3. A laptop is a small - easily transported computer - generally weighing less than 7 pounds and with roughly the same dimensions as a 1- to 2-inch-thick stack of magazines. Laptops computers have an all-in-one layout in which the keyboard - and often t
laptop
flash BIOS
pop-up download
SVGA
4. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.
DC Controller
DPMS
Safe Mode With Networking
personal area network (PAN)
5. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).
peer-to-peer network
firewall
system tray
APM
6. Aka denial of service (DoS) attack.
beam-on-blade connector
Telnet
second-level domain (SLD)
DoS Attack
7. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
System Restore
DVD-Video
network interface card (NIC)
8. Aka thread.
Device Manager
single-sided (SS) DVD
thread of execution
FAT file system
9. Aka Static RAM.
Preboot eXecution Environment
Media Access Control (MAC) address
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
SRAM
10. Radio frequency interference. Radio signals that occur in proximity to equipment that is sensitive to these types of signals.
tape drive
RFI
mount point
digital video interface (DVI)
11. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.
AMD
optical drive
mass storage device
special group
12. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.
projector
WUXGA
internal cache memory
ISDN
13. A type of motherboard used in older PC systems; also refers to the 1984 IBM PC AT model.
Advanced Technology (AT)
flat panel display (FPD)
Task Scheduler
Remote Assistance
14. Managing access to resources. Access control to computers and network resources involves authentication and authorization.
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
refresh rate
DDR2 SDRAM
access control
15. Aka uniqueness database file.
HTML
Type III
UDF
back door
16. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.
dial-up modem
long filename (LFN)
intranet
SONET
17. Aka master boot record.
MBR
CrossFire
memory controller chip (MCC)
LPT
18. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
biometric
memory
straight-tip (ST) connector
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
19. Aka synchronous dynamic RAM.
SDRAM
cable tester
attended installation
reactivate
20. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).
access control
IP router
Level 1 (L1) cache
ad hoc mode
21. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.
beam-on-blade connector
client/server-based network
DVD+RW
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
22. Aka expansion bus.
swap file
system bus
subtree
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
23. The Internet service that manages access to Internet domain names and the naming system it uses for computers and resources connected to the Internet or in a private network.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Domain Name Service (DNS)
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
DIN connector
24. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.
processor bus
stand-alone computer
flash BIOS
local remote KVM switch
25. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
basic disk
MIDI
processor bus
Speaker Volume Key
26. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.
volume
MBR
modding
Lucent connector (LC)
27. The default Windows file system that includes many important features - including encryption and permissions.
land-grid array (LGA)
bus
NTFS
hibernate
28. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access 2.
multifunction printers (MFDs)
virus
64-bit
WPA2
29. A practice begun in Windows 2000 in which all of the operating system code is digitally signed to show that it has not been tampered with.
code signing
antistatic wrist strap
subscription channel (SC)
auditing
30. The settings within a registry key.
value entry
solid-state storage
AC adapter
RDRAM
31. An obsolete memory module standard that was produced in 30-pin and 72-pin sizes. Thirty-pin SIMMs are 8-bit - and 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bit.
special group
Secure Digital (SD) Card
serial ATA (SATA)
single inline memory module (SIMM)
32. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.
RJ-11
spam
direct memory access (DMA) channel
identity theft
33. A version of the FAT file system used by hard drives and some flash drives (thumb drives - etc.) - using a 32-bit file allocation table.
Fast Ethernet
update
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
FAT32
34. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
professionalism
World Wide Web
PGA2
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
35. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.
compact disc (CD)
port triggering
Debugging Mode
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
36. A primary partition that is marked for use by the system during startup. Windows operating systems can only be booted from an active partition.
active partition
SONET
HTML
system requirements
37. A raised area on an optical disc that is alternated with depressed areas to be interpreted as data.
permission
stylus
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
land
38. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.
hidden attribute
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
terminal
AGP
39. A Windows service designed to allow a user to invite someone to help troubleshoot a problem.
security policy
Remote Assistance
RAID 1
daughter card
40. In a Microsoft Windows network - an administrative organization with a centralized security accounts database maintained on one or more special servers called domain controllers. This centralized database contains accounts for users - groups - and co
track point
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
MMC
domain
41. A CPU containing two CPU cores.
digital video recorder (DVR)
v-hold
socket services
dual-core CPU
42. The black box that appears around an image - such as a widescreen video when it is displayed on a screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
XGA
Internet service provider (ISP)
letterbox
amperes (amps)
43. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives
FAT12
registry key
time to live (TTL)
LVDS
44. A subprotocol of IP that detects and reports problems that can cause errors.
DoS Attack
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Gigabit Ethernet
miniconnector
45. 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).
Program Compatibility Wizard
war driving
Return To OS Choices menu
basic input/output system (BIOS)
46. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.
FDD
toner
virtual memory
PCI Express
47. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.
transfer corona wire
ARP
HTML
unattended installation
48. A group of wires used to identify addresses in main system memory in a computer. The number of wires in an address bus is called the width of the bus and determines the number of unique memory locations that can be addressed using binary math with th
address bus
UPS
real-time clock (RTC)
lit pixel
49. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.
FAT
file allocation table (FAT)
ROM
IMAP
50. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou
DDR3 SDRAM
Foreign
CD
riser card