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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. Aka dual inline memory module (DIMM).
card services
amperes (amps)
power supply tester
DIMM
2. Aka Domain Name Service.
DNS
monitor
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
cleaning blade
3. A type of computer firmware that is responsible for informing the CPU of installed devices and how to communicate with them.
WRAM
share
basic storage
basic input/output system (BIOS)
4. A virus that gains access to a computer by masquerading as a harmless program that a user innocently installs on the computer.
HD-DVD
EPROM
solid-state drive (SSD)
Trojan horse
5. The wireless nodes (including the WAP) communicating together in infrastructure mode.
Basic Service Set (BSS)
master boot record (MBR)
touchpad
firmware
6. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.
Infrared (IR)
S/PDIF
dynamic storage
local remote KVM switch
7. A DVI mode that supports downward compatibility with analog displays.
socket
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
BDD Workbench
DVI-A
8. An icon that represents a link to any object that an icon can represent. Activating a shortcut (by double-clicking it) is a quick way to access an object or to launch a program from the desktop without having to find the actual location of the object
netbook
cracker
shortcut
system board
9. A strap designed to discharge static electricity from your body. One end attaches to the wrist - whereas the other end attaches to a grounded object.
mirrored set
vertical hold
antistatic wrist strap
spindle
10. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
DDR1
toner
file signature verification
electro-photosensitive drum
11. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
basic storage
DB-9
dial-up modem
bit width
12. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
Windows Update Website
value entry
bidirectional mode
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
13. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
14. A paid television subscription service offered by cable television providers.
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
XGA
subscription channel (SC)
switch
15. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.
luminance
DVD-Data discs
domain
mount point
16. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.
capture card
hard disk drive
multi-GPU solution
netbook
17. Aka solid-state storage.
netbook
solid-state drive (SSD)
IEEE 1394b
Speaker On/Off key
18. 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.
permission
port replicator
active communication
fusing rollers
19. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.
latency
subscriber connector (SC)
vertical hold
radio frequency (RF)
20. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.
system area
VGA Mode
display resolution
WINS
21. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.
RJ-45
ALU
ECP
ACR
22. A file attribute assigned to a file by the operating system to identify it as a system file.
Secure Digital (SD) Card
system attribute
ACL
subtree
23. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.
DIP switch
CPU
CMOS
Fn key
24. A hard drive interface that transfers data in parallel. EIDE and ATAPI drives attach to the PATA interface.
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
PROM
DVD+RW
EEPROM
25. A device used to scan smart cards.
volume
war chalking
remote KVM switch
smart card reader
26. Any power supply that provides high voltage - such as those in laser printers and CRTs.
h-hold
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
IP packet filtering
27. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.
Blu-ray disc
Remote Assistance
Control Panel
DMZ
28. An external bus that connects into the PC's PCI bus. With USB - you can theoretically connect up to 127 devices to your computer.
sidebar
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
802.11a
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
29. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.
base priority level
projector
tact
DVD-RAM
30. 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.
parity
Internet Protocol (IP)
Northbridge
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
31. A virtual communication circuit that is created and remains available between two endpoints - which are normally some form of data terminal equipment (DTE). Telecommunications companies provide PVC service to companies requiring a dedicated circuit b
random access memory (RAM)
mass storage device
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
dial-up modem
32. A cable medium that transmits light pulses rather than electrical signals - so it is not susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI).
parts grabber
fiber-optic cable
attended installation
ISDN
33. Aka DDR3 SDRAM.
WINS
C
DDR3
fiber-optic cable
34. A network that covers a metropolitan area - usually using high-speed fiber-optic cable (operating in the gigabits-per-second range).
capture card
metropolitan area network (MAN)
Tablet PC
802.11n
35. A private internetwork.
Blu-ray disc
intranet
horizontal position
Enable Boot Logging
36. Aka Media Access Control (MAC) address.
switching mode power supply
EMP
tact
MAC
37. A chip that works with a serial port - converting outgoing data from parallel to serial and incoming data from serial to parallel.
file
Li-ion
NIC
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
38. In the laser printing process - a blade that removes residual toner from the drum.
cleaning blade
monitor
Level 1 (L1) cache
encrypted authentication
39. An LCD display using an old technology that has a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a transistor at the end of each wire. When two transistors (one at the x-axis and one at the y-axis) send voltage along their wires - the pixel at the inters
boot record
passive matrix display
laptop
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
40. Aka accelerated graphics port.
WRAM
mainboard
AGP
video graphics array (VGA)
41. A network in which all of the computers essentially operate as both servers (providing access to shared resources) and clients (accessing those shared resources).
peer-to-peer network
Li-ion
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
dead pixel
42. One of several groups that no user can create or modify. The membership of a special group is predefined - and it is available to you only when you assign permissions or rights. A few important special groups are Creator Owner - System - and Everyone
special group
biometric device
SD Card
media bay
43. Aka interrupt request line.
IRQ
thermal printer
vertical position
x86-64
44. In networking - the authorization to access a computer or resource on a computer. Specific permission levels include read - change - modify - etc.
TWAIN
permission
erasure lamp
active matrix display
45. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.
cracker
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
shared video memory
UXGA
46. A tool for testing if a cable can connect properly end-to-end and to determine if a cable has a short. These tools are available for a variety of cable types.
x86-64
troubleshooting
cable tester
sector translation
47. A Windows service that allows a user to connect remotely to a computer and run the Windows desktop on the remote computer - but have the same access as if logged on to the computer and its local network.
ZIF
process priority level
Remote Desktop
root directory
48. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.
field replaceable unit (FRU)
hyper threading
parallel port
case
49. A chip that keeps track of the date and time on a PC. Set the date and time through your operating system or in the BIOS Setup program.
real-time clock (RTC)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
computer platform
50. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720
direct thermal printer
access control
video graphics array (VGA)
process ID