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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 display device that contains a cathode ray tube and uses an electron gun to activate phosphors behind the screen at the front of the tub.
RJ-11
DVD-Video
internal bus
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
2. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.
paging file
VRAM
BDD Workbench
odd parity
3. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
ExpressCard
compact disc (CD)
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
4. A dark spot on an LCD screen caused when a transistor is permanently off.
PPTP
S/PDIF
dead pixel
thermal paste
5. AMD manufactures CPUs and other products - and its chief rival is Intel Corporation.
SD Card
Remote Assistance
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
fusing lamp
6. 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 even.
capacity
troubleshooting
flash ROM
even parity
7. Aka central processing unit.
CPU
DoS Attack
IEEE 1284
power supply tester
8. A disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.
math coprocessor
optical drive
dead pixel
power-on self-test (POST)
9. A RAM module designed for subcompact and laptop computers. It is half the size of a SoDIMM module.
APM
port triggering
MicroDIMM
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
10. 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.
datagram
impact printer
war chalking
PCI-E
11. A VESA standard for graphics adapters with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
touch screen
surge protector
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
firewall
12. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.
DMA controller
SATA
Trojan horse
Enable VGA Mode
13. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.
master drive
SD Card
jump drive
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
14. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the first channel.
ultra-portable
cluster
Blu-ray disc
primary master
15. A CRT video setting - also known at horizontal hold - that holds the image horizontally on the screen.
DVD-Data discs
PING
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
h-hold
16. 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
RAID 5
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
icon
registration
17. The plug at the end of a cable or the port or connection point on a computer or device.
SVGA
connector
RJ-45
active partition
18. 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
display resolution
land-grid array (LGA)
erasure lamp
19. Aka paging file.
top-level domain (TLD)
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
PAGEFILE.SYS
System Management Mode (SMM)
20. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.
ISDN
SAS
land-grid array (LGA)
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
21. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.
network client
EPP
NiCD
local group account
22. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.
SVGA
basic input/output system (BIOS)
Level 2 (L2) cache
drive image
23. The number of colors used by a display.
vertical refresh rate
registration
adapter card
color depth
24. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.
read/write head
Advanced Technology (AT)
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
BTX
25. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data
swap file
socket
virtual private network (VPN)
registered jack (RJ)
26. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
FAT32
bluesnarfing
SCSI host adapter
27. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.
customer premises equipment (CPE)
NTFS
long filename (LFN)
mirrored set
28. Aka thumb drive.
response time
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
flash drive
PROM
29. Aka secure socket layer.
analog modem
bridge
taskbar
SSL
30. A DVD of any type that can contain data on only one side.
single-sided (SS) DVD
RDRAM
graphical processing unit (GPU)
drive path
31. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.
mobo
antistatic wrist strap
WINS Server
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
32. 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.
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
flat panel display (FPD)
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
33. Aka World Wide Web.
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
WWW
peer-to-peer network
DPMS
34. Aka channel service unit.
LPT
stand-alone computer
CSU
smart card
35. In the FAT file system - the top-level directory in which the operating system stores information about files - including a reference to the FAT table so it knows where to find the file's contents on disk. The NTFS file system also has a root - or to
card services
1000Base-T
root directory
DVD-Data discs
36. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.
SSL
PCI-E
component video
shared video memory
37. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.
bus
extension magnet
vertical position
Gigabit Ethernet
38. A key on a laptop that - when pressed along with the FN key - changes the laptop display brightness at the hardware level. On some laptops - when this key combination is pressed - a small brightness control panel will display on the screen. Use the u
stylus
Display Brightness Key
cookies
Super Video
39. An installation of Windows that is not automated - where the user is required to pay attention throughout the entire process to provide information and to respond to messages. Also called a manual installation.
multiplexing
network interface card (NIC)
DC Controller
attended installation
40. 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.
DPMS
VC
refresh rate
archive attribute
41. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
cleaning blade
SD Card
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
42. Aka continuity RIMM.
CRIMM
basic storage
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Service Set ID (SSID)
43. Aka electromagnetic pulse.
satellite communications
secondary slave
multi-GPU solution
EMP
44. A file used during an unattended installation of Windows. It provides a script of responses to the questions Setup asks so the user does not have to answer them manually.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
answer file
identity theft
45. Aka microcode.
S/PDIF
touchpad
TLD
microprogram
46. An automated software installation that does not require a person be present to respond to prompts for information.
DVD-RW
distribution share
MMC
unattended installation
47. Slang for motherboard.
repeater
mobo
card services
biometric device
48. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.
read/write head
archive attribute
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
MSINFO32.EXE
49. 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.
fusing rollers
client/server-based network
WINS
secure attention sequence (SAS)
50. Unsolicited e-mail.
spam
terminal
802.11a
low-voltage differential (LVD)