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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. 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
Internet
system attribute
domain
PCI Express
2. 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.
analog modem
audio modem riser (AMR)
boot sequence
process
3. A Windows 2000 recovery tool requiring an up-to-date emergency repair disk (ERD) or recent emergency repair information stored on the local hard disk.
Emergency Repair Process
refresh rate
graphical user interface (GUI)
war chalking
4. Aka hard disk drive.
System Configuration Utility
HDD
DIN connector
dot matrix printer
5. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.
thread
bus
IRQ
protocol
6. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).
ATX power supply
video adapter card
MIDI
liquid cooling system
7. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
pop-up blocker
root key
share
8. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR2 standard and requires far less power - while providing almost twice the bandwidth. A stick of DDR3 SDRAM has 240 pins - but is keyed so it will not fit into a socket designed for DDR2. DDR3 SO-DIMMs have
P412V
sector translation
DDR3 SDRAM
power-on self-test (POST)
9. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.
virus
dynamic disk
PING
Basic Service Set (BSS)
10. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.
single-layer (SL)
PS/2
twisted-pair cable
file
11. A small cassette containing an ink reservoir used to provide the medium for certain printers. An ink cartridge will only fit a certain model printer.
power-on self-test (POST)
pin grid array (PGA)
MicroDIMM
ink cartridge
12. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.
RFI
fraud
MicroDIMM
secondary master
13. 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.
data migration
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
TWAIN
14. A metal plate behind the front of a CRT monitor that focuses the electron beams from the gun.
PCI
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
shadow mask
attended installation
15. In router configuration - a term that is used to describe traffic that is allowed - as in allowing traffic using a certain port number through the router.
exception
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
ECC
16. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.
Post Office Protocol (POP)
chrominance
Mini PCI
PS/2
17. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.
tact
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
18. Aka root key.
NetBEUI
subtree
system tray
spyware
19. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet.
secure socket layer (SSL)
war chalking
line printer
emergency repair disk (ERD)
20. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).
synchronous dynamic RAM
MBR
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
Northbridge
21. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.
LPT
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
C
DB-9
22. Aka error-correcting code.
ECC
socket services
tape drive
drive path
23. 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
VoIP
SGRAM
social engineering
Safe Mode
24. Light waves in the infrared spectrum.
routing information protocol (RIP)
Infrared (IR)
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
DIP switch
25. Aka Static RAM.
SRAM
floppy disk
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
bidirectional mode
26. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.
netbook
transfer corona wire
optical drive
Internet Protocol (IP)
27. In Windows Vista - a vertical bar found by default on the right side of the desktop. Here - you will find gadgets and mini-programs.
SIMM
AGP
sidebar
firewall
28. 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. It also displays in low
SCSI host adapter
Safe Mode With Networking
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
ECP
29. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.
bluesnarfing
identity theft
internal bus
DVD-R
30. A protocol that allows two devices to connect - authenticate - and negotiate what protocols they will use (almost always TCP/IP).
fusing lamp
TrackPoint
half-duplex
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
31. Storage media that is removable - meaning the drive stays in place - while the media (disk - disc - or tape) is removed and replaced with another disk - disc - or tape.
striping with interleave parity
video adapter
removable storage
overclocking
32. Aka internal cache memory.
component video
L1 cache
dotted decimal notation
SLD
33. In Windows - an Advanced Option that is only available in Windows Servers in the role of domain controllers - although it appears on the menu in non-domain controllers.
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
system resources
Directory Services Restore Mode
34. Aka display power-management signaling.
DVD-9
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
answer file
DPMS
35. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
ERD
Advanced Power Management (APM)
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
EVGA
36. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.
mounted drive
solid ink
heat sink compound
DIN connector
37. Aka Extended Video Graphics Array.
EVGA
power state
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
internal bus
38. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
basic storage
laptop
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
access control list (ACL)
39. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - and data can also be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
DVD-RW
dynamic storage
NetBEUI
User Account Control (UAC)
40. An area of the Windows taskbar used by programs and some hardware devices to display status icons. Also called thenotification area or system tray.
systray
LBA
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
virtual memory
41. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.
second-level domain (SLD)
SODIMM
extending extractor
driver signing
42. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the printer's high-voltage power supply (HVPS) conducts electricity to the primary corona wire so it can pass the voltage on to the printer's electro-photosensitive drum.
DPMS
processor bus
LPT
charging
43. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by
direct thermal printer
DoS Attack
drive-by download
transport layer security (TLS)
44. Sony-Philips digital interface format
ECC
broadband WAN
S/PDIF
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
45. Aka systray.
full-duplex
super video graphics array (SVGA)
system tray
security auditing
46. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.
power supply
IMAP
plug and play (PnP)
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
47. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.
Internet Explorer (IE)
process
WRAM
10Base-T
48. 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
base priority level
Task Scheduler
dial-up
49. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.
IEEE
PROM
DVD-R
ACT
50. A variation of the PGA CPU packaging that was used with Pentium CPUs.
PGA2
Internet Explorer (IE)
laptop
SLI