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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. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that is used to troubleshoot DNS problems by querying DNS name servers and displaying the results of the queries.
System Monitor
electro-photosensitive drum
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
NSLOOKUP
2. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).
biometric
Start Windows Normally
FPU
aspect ratio
3. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.
Level 1 (L1) cache
straight-tip (ST) connector
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
World Wide Web
4. Aka Domain Name Service.
access control entry (ACE)
POST card
DNS
real-time clock (RTC)
5. A technology for transferring serial data at high speeds. Also known as low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS).
soft power
parity
low-voltage differential (LVD)
CD-ROM
6. A group of tests - stored in the BIOS and performed as a PC boots up - to check for the presence and function of system components.
power-on self-test (POST)
software firewall
volume
DDR3
7. Sony-Philips digital interface format
Debugging Mode
paging file
S/PDIF
1000Base-T
8. BIOS that can be electronically upgraded.
Foreign
flash BIOS
x86-64
domain
9. The use of more than one monitor on a single computer.
memory address
thermal printer
direct thermal printer
multi-monitor
10. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.
land
microcode
local user account
pinned items list
11. Device that stores digital data on magnetized media - such as floppy disks - the metal platters in hard disk drives - and magnetic tape media used in tape drives.
fusing
POST card
thermal wax transfer printer
magnetic mass storage
12. 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
digital video interface (DVI)
Type II
writing
thread
13. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.
traces
Level 1 (L1) cache
8-bit high color
attended installation
14. Aka nickel metal hydride.
ACE
DVD-18
NiMH
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
15. Aka audio modem riser.
dead pixel
AMR
bandwidth
transport layer security (TLS)
16. 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.
extending extractor
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
floating-point unit (FPU)
Task Scheduler
17. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.
toner
regional settings
parallel port
RFI
18. Aka musical instrument digital interface.
Disable Automatic Restart
extended partition
MIDI
data migration
19. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.
CMOS
SATA
floppy disk drive
ECC
20. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.
odd parity
cookies
SONET
Video Electronics Standards Organization (VESA)
21. An optional toolbar you can add to the taskbar just to the right of the Start button. Shortcuts on this bar launch with a single-click.
dotted decimal notation
DVD-Data discs
WWW
Quick Launch bar
22. A TPM is a special microchip - installed on a motherboard - that stores passwords - keys - and digital certificates. Various services - such as BitLocker can store such security data in this chip.
CMOS settings
Telnet
trusted platform module (TPM)
switch
23. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.
archive attribute
PS/2
system file
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
24. Aka time to live.
video adapter
background process
TTL
Fast Ethernet
25. The oldest of the Wi-Fi encryption standards. It uses 64- or 128-bit encryption that is easily broken. It does not encrypt the actual data in a packet - and it does not perform user authentication on a packet.
LVD
PVC
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
voltage regulator module (VRM)
26. Light emitting diode - a tiny bulb light found on many devices - often used to indicate operational status.
toner cartridge
LED
power state
bridge
27. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
DDR RAM
bit width
DDoS Attack
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
28. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.
pin grid array (PGA)
DVD-RW
subkey
keystroke logger
29. A subprotocol of IP that detects and reports problems that can cause errors.
secure socket layer (SSL)
processor board
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
8-bit high color
30. An input device that uses a stylus. Available as an external device - it uses touch screen technology and is usually at least the size of a sheet of paper. Also called a digitizer.
subtree
digitizing tablet
device driver
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
31. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.
Intel x86 Specification
file allocation table (FAT)
cluster
ICMP
32. One of the main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - IP manages logical addressing of network packets so routing protocols can route the packets over the network.
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
multimode fiber (MMF)
Internet Protocol (IP)
daughter card
33. A processor on a graphics adapter used to render graphics images for the display - saving the CPU for other functions.
graphical processing unit (GPU)
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
802.11n
S-Video
34. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.
eSATA
degaussing
System Management Mode (SMM)
POST card
35. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.
thread of execution
capture card
processor bus
smart card reader
36. A video mode that most often consists of a combination of 640
VGA Mode
intranet
jump drive
Remote Desktop
37. In power supplies - the amount of wattage the power supply can handle.
System Monitor
capacity
master drive
drive lock password
38. Aka input/output.
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
I/O
DSL
FPU
39. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be rewritten to - and data can also be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-RW. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
DVD+RW
BNC
system file
switch
40. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.
CardBus
unattended installation
boot record
thermal printer
41. Aka customer premises equipment.
CPE
Level 1 (L1) cache
DIN connector
file system
42. Aka capture card.
TV tuner card
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
grounding mat
43. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.
volume
dial-up
processor
DVD-RW
44. 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
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
docking station
ALU
riser card
45. Ultra extended graphics array - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1600
100Base-T
UXGA
backup media
system bus
46. A fiber-optic connector that has a snap coupling and - at 1.25 mm - is half the size of the SC connector. Also called a local connector.
luminance
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Lucent connector (LC)
APIPA
47. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.
TCP/IP
access control
Basic Service Set (BSS)
CRIMM
48. Aka Ethernet.
professionalism
Advanced Technology (AT)
10Base-T
hot spot
49. 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.
strong password
CD-R (CD-Record)
shortcut
flat panel display (FPD)
50. A power supply standard that has both the 20-pin connector for the motherboard and a 4-pin 12 V connector.
horizontal position
charging
ATV12V
Last Known Good Configuration