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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 telecommunications - a technique that combines multiple messages or signals onto a single transmission channel.
loopback plug
multiplexing
denial of service (DoS) attack
portable computer
2. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre
strong password
Level 3 (L3) cache
hyper threading
partition type
3. 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.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
response time
4. Aka pin grid array.
SCSI
fixed input power supply
PGA
double-sided (DS) DVD
5. A computer display that uses liquid crystal or plasma technology and does not require the bulk of a large picture tube. The screen enclosure can be as thin as one to two inches.
Bluetooth
flat panel display (FPD)
copy
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
6. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
professionalism
smart card
OCR
7. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.
archive attribute
Program Compatibility Wizard
RFI
dynamic storage
8. A portion of a program that can run separately from and concurrently with other portions of the program. Also called thread of execution.
Mini PCI
thread
PAGEFILE.SYS
DDR2
9. Aka nickel-cadmium.
heat sink
NiCD
MicroDIMM
hot swapping
10. Software installed on a computer without permission that collects information about a user in order to display targeted advertisements - in the form of either inline banners or pop-ups. Inline banners are advertisements that run within the context of
Display Brightness Key
adware
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
DVD-5
11. 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.
Internet
Blu-ray disc
code signing
magnetic mass storage
12. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
internetwork
full-duplex
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
13. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
fiber-optic cable
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
DVI-D
virtual memory
14. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the Intel 32-bit x86 specification. Also referred to as 32-bit.
HD-DVD
read/write head
SLD
x86
15. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.
VFAT
metropolitan area network (MAN)
odd parity
frame relay
16. Aka video RAM.
CRIMM
VRAM
DDR3 SDRAM
Directory Services Restore Mode
17. A single dot on a display screen. A contraction of "Picture Element."
soft power
pixel
form factor
SMTP
18. Aka Advanced Power Management.
system requirements
APM
IEC-320 connector
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
19. A type of display device that includes a touch-sensitive face to accept input from the user.
ASR
touch screen
surge protector
master boot record (MBR)
20. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280
mounted drive
synchronous dynamic RAM
SXGA
802.11a
21. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).
special group
Enable Boot Logging
response time
ROM
22. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
ACE
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
23. Aka High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
active partition
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
optical drive
HDMI
24. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.
FAT16
backup media
CD-R (CD-Record)
MSCONFIG
25. Aka RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.
traces
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
RIMM
boot sequence
26. The process of informing the software manufacturer who the official owner or user of the product is - and providing contact information such as name - address - company - phone number - e-mail address - and so on - about them. Registration is usually
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
password cracker
registration
authentication factor
27. An LCD display characteristic that indicates the amount of time in milliseconds (ms) it takes for a single pixel to go from the active to the inactive state and back again.
OCR
prank program
response time
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
28. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.
single inline memory module (SIMM)
graphical processing unit (GPU)
cookies
Y
29. Aka Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory.
CD-ROM
subscription channel (SC)
mirroring
RAID 1
30. A communication service provided over a telecommunications network or computer network. A VC logically resembles a circuit while passing over a complex routed or switched network - such as the phone company's frame relay network.
Internet Protocol (IP)
pinned items list
virtual circuit (VC)
traces
31. Aka emergency repair disk.
RJ-45
ERD
POP
ECC
32. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.
AMD
flash memory
Tablet PC
Windows Explorer
33. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.
full-duplex
striping with interleave parity
Wi-Fi
local group account
34. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.
color depth
CSU
optical drive
extension magnet
35. 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.
Speaker Volume Key
video adapter card
analog LCD display
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
36. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.
version
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
Secure Digital (SD) Card
mainboard
37. 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)
power supply unit (PSU)
heat sink
touch screen
38. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 10 Mbps.
composite video
system tray
802.11b
IEEE 1394c-2006
39. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.
IP packet filtering
BitLocker drive encryption
RIMM
System Monitor
40. A type of printer that uses a film coated with colored wax that melts onto paper. These printers are similar to dye-sublimation printers but differ in two major ways: the film contains wax rather than dye - and these printers do not require special p
thermal wax transfer printer
System Monitor
value entry
synchronous dynamic RAM
41. Aka uniqueness database file.
UDF
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
IEEE 1394
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
42. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.
reactivate
Blu-ray disc
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
43. A mark on a building created by a war driver to specify where a hotspot exists. People "in the know" look for these marks to identify hotspots for their use.
PAGEFILE.SYS
copy
DC Controller
war chalking
44. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.
error-correcting code (ECC)
striping with distributed parity
SD Card
expansion card
45. A type of computer firmware that is responsible for informing the CPU of installed devices and how to communicate with them.
beam-on-blade connector
basic input/output system (BIOS)
TWAIN
even parity
46. The early standard developed by PCMCIA for credit-card-sized devices used in laptops.
master file table (MFT)
PC Card
AMD
AT
47. A user interface that takes advantage of the video system's graphics capabilities for manipulated graphic elements that represent objects and tasks.
DMZ
graphical user interface (GUI)
inactive KVM switch
bidirectional mode
48. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.
DDR3 SDRAM
datagram
x86-64
FDD
49. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.
UDF
display
default gateway
refresh rate
50. An internal bus in a CPU that connects it to memory and video.
Display Mode Key
DRAM
front side bus (FSB)
POP