SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Comptia A + Certification
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
comptia-a-+
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 digitizing tablet.
server
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
digitizer
Internet service provider (ISP)
2. In a CPU - the speed at which it can potentially execute instructions - measured in millions of cycles per second
pixel
HDMI
stand-alone computer
clock speed
3. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.
connector
BIOS settings
malware
Li-ion
4. Aka routing information protocol.
extended partition
Color Quality
RIP
system requirements
5. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
DHCP Server
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
6. A type of switched network used by phone companies.
frame relay
TWAIN
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
peer-to-peer network
7. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.
backup media
identity theft
aspect ratio
microcode
8. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.
bandwidth
analog LCD display
PS/2
Super Video
9. A network that covers a relatively small area - such as a building - home - office - or campus. The typical distances are measured in hundreds of meters.
local area network (LAN)
bar code reader
liquid cooling system
router
10. 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.
slot cover
code signing
authentication
Lucent connector (LC)
11. A device required at both ends of a T-carrier system connection.
channel service unit (CSU)
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
degaussing
12. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.
RAID 0
NTLDR
local remote KVM switch
hidden attribute
13. 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.
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
hidden attribute
bluesnarfing
component video
14. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
MicroDIMM
CrossFire
PPTP
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
15. A digital display interface standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association that supports both video and audio signals - contains HDCP copy protection - and is unique because it is royalty-free to manufacturers.
SATA
DisplayPort
special group
DLP
16. Aka access control list.
ACL
RIMM
Ethernet
CD
17. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.
32-bit
CPE
monitor
WINS Server
18. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
internal bus
Advanced Power Management (APM)
PPP
datagram
19. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.
FireWire
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
System Configuration Utility
shared video memory
20. Aka World Wide Web.
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
Post Office Protocol (POP)
WWW
Internet service provider (ISP)
21. A technology developed in the 1980s for storing data. Variations of this format are in use today.
display
digital linear tape (DLT)
ACPI
memory controller chip (MCC)
22. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.
T-carrier system
AC adapter
proxy server
LPT
23. A solid-state storage standard for high-capacity (2 - 4 - and 8 GB) memory cards that are tiny
Secure Digital (SD) Card
bidirectional mode
digital linear tape (DLT)
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
24. Aka Rambus Dynamic RAM.
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
track point
RDRAM
communication network riser (CNR)
25. A file system used by operating systems for organizing - reading - and writing optical discs.
Disable Automatic Restart
docking station
Performance Monitor
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
26. Aka wireless access point.
WAP
WINS
amperes (amps)
master drive
27. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.
NTLDR
Media Access Control (MAC) address
parallel port
device driver
28. A DVD of any type that can contain data on only one side.
terminal
single-sided (SS) DVD
transfer corona wire
Type II
29. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
chipset
local KVM switch
root directory
30. Aka power-on self-test.
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
POST
digitizer
worm
31. A type of printer that uses one of several technologies to apply wet ink to paper to create text or graphic printouts. The two most popular inkjet printer models are the InkJet - developed by Hewlett-Packard - and the Bubble Jet - developed by Canon.
Safe Mode
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
RIMM
inkjet
32. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.
router
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
33. Aka Wireless Fidelity.
musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)
mainboard
Wi-Fi
dialer
34. 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.
virtual circuit (VC)
client/server-based network
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
DXDIAG
35. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.
thin-film transistor (TFT)
PS/2
master boot record (MBR)
S/PDIF
36. Aka serial ATA.
processor board
IEEE 1394c-2006
SATA
32-bit
37. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.
Speaker Volume Key
POST card
AC
beam-on-blade connector
38. A standard for interconnecting electronic musical instruments to communicate with computers and among themselves.
hot spot
DVD+RW
RAM
musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)
39. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.
mirrored set
10Base-T
MAC
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
40. Aka video graphics array.
auto-switching power supply
eSATA
VGA
KVM over IP
41. A small group of computers communicating wirelessly with one another without the use of a centralized wireless access point (WAP).
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
partition type
datagram
hot spot
42. Aka S-Video.
Web browser
DVI-I
half-duplex
Super Video
43. A device used with a laptop. The port replicator remains on the desktop with external devices connected to ports on it. A laptop then needs only one connection to the port replicator to have access to the peripherals.
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
port replicator
channel service unit (CSU)
Last Known Good Configuration
44. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.
memory address
Ethernet
single-layer (SL)
solid ink
45. Aka basic input/output system.
processor bus
biometric device
basic storage
BIOS
46. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.
display
eSATA
fiber-optic cable
MAC
47. Aka surge protector.
surge suppressor
DDR1
802.11g
extension magnet
48. A printer that includes one or more other functions - such as a scanner and fax machine.
authorization
IEEE 1284
multifunction printers (MFDs)
VFAT
49. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).
wireless access point (WAP)
VoIP
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
System Restore
50. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.
DVD-18
RAID 0
latency
component video