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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.
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. A category of software that runs surreptitiously on a user's computer in order to gather information without the user's permission and then sends that information to the people who requested it.
spyware
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
status light indicator
extension magnet
2. An adapter card used to run a special diagnostic test on a computer as it is powering up. These tests usually go beyond those performed by the system BIOS-based POST.
multifunction printers (MFDs)
inverter
service pack
POST card
3. Aka direct current.
DC
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
swap file
thread
4. Used to represent the chrominance signal in S-Video.
power management
C
patch
pop-up download
5. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.
personal area network (PAN)
Speaker On/Off key
NetBIOS
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
6. The primary control device for a computer system. The CPU is simply a chip containing a set of components that manages all the activities. Also called a processor.
response time
shadow mask
central processing unit (CPU)
CrossFire
7. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
World Wide Web
graphics tablet
8. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
ZIF
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
voltage regulator module (VRM)
fast page mode (FPM)
9. A Windows command prompt utility that uses the WFP (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) or WRP (Windows Vista and Windows 7) service to scan and verify the versions of all protected system files after you restart your computer.
System File Checker (SFC)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
striping with distributed parity
System Monitor
10. At first - a terminal was not much more than a display - a keyboard - and the minimal circuitry for connecting to the mainframe. Now - a terminal can be a computer running Windows or other operating system - plus terminal client emulation software th
CD
POST
authorization
terminal
11. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.
external cache
DVI-I
intranet
BitLocker drive encryption
12. A set of standards for imaging devices - such as scanners and cameras - that is used in drivers and other software for these devices.
permission
TWAIN
patch
LBA
13. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.
DMZ
pinned items list
uniqueness database file (UDF)
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
14. A type of arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that is used to perform specialized functions - such as division and large decimal number operations. Also called a math coprocessor.
Level 2 (L2) cache
regional settings
SXGA
floating-point unit (FPU)
15. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.
version
x86
flash memory
WPA
16. An organization that creates standards for laptop computer peripheral devices.
ERD
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
Bluetooth
switching mode power supply
17. A KVM switch that uses software and special keyboard commands to switch among controlled computers. Also called anactive KVM switch.
electronic KVM switch
special group
cluster
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
18. Used to represent the luminance signal in S-Video.
emergency repair disk (ERD)
Y
virus encyclopedia
Task Scheduler
19. Aka master boot record.
MBR
smart card
adware
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
20. Aka uniqueness database file.
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
UDF
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
Wi-Fi
21. A power supply standard that has both the 20-pin connector for the motherboard and a 4-pin 12 V connector.
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
ATV12V
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
DB-25
22. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.
thread
riser card
MSINFO32.EXE
RAID array
23. An Intel standard for motherboards targeted to the low-end consumer market that includes built-in components - while saving space and fitting into a smaller case.
top-level domain (TLD)
EPP
ink cartridge
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
24. A process that places the logical structure of a file system on a partitioned volume.
inverter
format
RIMM
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
25. A 9-pin D-shell connector.
emergency repair disk (ERD)
distribution share
DB-25
DB-9
26. 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.
stylus
exception
POST card
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
27. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.
liquid cooling system
boot record
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
28. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.
DMZ
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
DLP
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
29. Aka MSCONFIG.
compact disc (CD)
RIMM
Fn key
System Configuration Utility
30. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.
DXDIAG
MMC
EVGA
volts
31. Aka Internet Control Message Protocol.
ICMP
soft power
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
answer file
32. In the Windows registry - a folder that may contain one or more sets of settings as well as other keys.
portable computer
DVD+R
registry key
solid-state storage
33. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.
primary slave
SIMM
device driver
overclocking
34. 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.
partition type
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
ACT
35. The box that houses the main computer system.
icon
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
AC
case
36. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice that restores a group of registry keys containing system settings such as services and drivers. These are the last settings that worked - and you have only a narrow window of opportunity to use Last Known Good
System Configuration Utility
Last Known Good Configuration
CNR
AMD
37. 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.
FAT32
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
root directory
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
38. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.
version
graphical processing unit (GPU)
active listening
SLD
39. A 25-pin D-shell connector.
DB-25
riser card
security policy
ICMP
40. In the laser printing process - the step in which the laser beam creates a negative of the image that will eventually appear on the printout. Each place that the laser beam touches loses most of its charge - creating an image - whereas the rest of th
T-carrier system
computer platform
writing
PCI
41. Aka hard disk drive.
FSB
HDD
cleaning blade
FPU
42. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.
backup media
audio modem riser (AMR)
BitLocker drive encryption
display resolution
43. The read-only DVD discs sold at retail stores - containing video or software and having a maximum capacity of 15.9 GB of data. This term also applies to the drives that can only read DVDs.
SONET
laser printer
VC
DVD-ROM
44. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
aspect ratio
form factor
socket
45. Aka fast page mode.
war driving
FPM
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
Voice over IP (VoIP)
46. Aka File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
FTP
display
CPE
liquid crystal display (LCD)
47. Aka lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.
input/out (I/O)
letterbox
Li-ion
802.11b
48. The filename for the System Configuration Utility - which allows you to test various scenarios for Windows startup for troubleshooting purposes.
MSCONFIG
Voice over IP (VoIP)
DLP
writing
49. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.
emergency repair disk (ERD)
dialer
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
Basic Service Set (BSS)
50. A type of motherboard used in older PC systems; also refers to the 1984 IBM PC AT model.
System File Checker (SFC)
Advanced Technology (AT)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
hot swapping