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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 Fast Ethernet.
100Base-T
DLT
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
PCI
2. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the second channel.
boot sector
WRAM
secondary master
Speaker On/Off key
3. Aka parts grabber.
switch
extending extractor
chrominance
CMOS
4. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes
LED
social engineering
ECP
flash BIOS
5. Aka Ethernet.
10Base-T
trusted platform module (TPM)
CompactFlash
case fan
6. The file system component in the FAT file system in which the OS creates a table that serves as a map of where files reside on disk. Also called the FAT table.
port triggering
Display Brightness Key
EPROM
file allocation table (FAT)
7. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
HTML
PPTP
voltage regulator module (VRM)
bar code reader
8. Memory locations within a CPU that is used as a scratch pad for calculations. Modern CPUs have dedicated registers for specific functions and general-purpose registers for multiple purposes.
register
port
repeater
rootkit
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.
multimode fiber (MMF)
Mini PCI
RAID array
System File Checker (SFC)
10. The act of writing to two disk drives at the same time - creating identical drives.
mirroring
accessory bay
Enable Low Resolution Video
special group
11. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize up to 4 GB of address space.
32-bit
biometric device
RFI
registered jack (RJ)
12. Aka Integrated Drive Electronics.
PGA2
MBR
IDE
luminance
13. Aka point-to-point protocol.
Telnet
front side bus (FSB)
VGA
PPP
14. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
MMC
sidebar
dialer
base priority level
15. Aka thumb drive.
flash drive
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
RAM
16. In a laser printer - a high-intensity lamp that - when shone on a portion of the electro-photosensitive drum - removes any remaining charge on that portion of the drum.
erasure lamp
partition
CRIMM
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
17. An LCD technology based on thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. An active matrix display has a transistor at every pixel - which enables much quicker display changes than passive matrix displays and produces a display quality comparable to a CRT.
driver signing
server
active matrix display
CNR
18. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.
LCD
heat sink
expansion card
WRAM
19. 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.
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
Internet Protocol (IP)
docking station
RDRAM
20. 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.
code signing
multi-monitor
local user account
local group account
21. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.
Speaker Volume Key
virtual private network (VPN)
pin grid array (PGA)
DVD-Data discs
22. A round connector that gets its name from Deutsche Industrie Norm - a German standards organization. Normally a round connector with a circular or semicircle of pins.
denial of service (DoS) attack
vertical hold
DIN connector
Distributed File System (DFS)
23. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.
PCIe Mini Card
inverter
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
logical block address (LBA)
24. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by
infrastructure mode
drive-by download
POTS
FAT16
25. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.
update
Internet Explorer (IE)
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
paging file
26. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.
local KVM switch
power supply
SD Card
capture card
27. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
keystroke logger
super video graphics array (SVGA)
FAT file system
28. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.
64-bit
Internet Explorer (IE)
POST
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
29. Slang for motherboard.
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
ACPI
mobo
30. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives
DXDIAG
FAT12
format
nonvolatile memory
31. The number of colors used by a display.
color depth
IEEE 1394
access control
register
32. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.
ASR
Balanced Technology eXtended
memory address
ICMP
33. Aka internal cache memory.
root directory
L1 cache
DDR
unidirectional mode
34. Aka Sony/Philips Digital Interface.
S/PDIF
DMA controller
Southbridge
RGB video
35. The location where a cable attaches to a computer. Alternatively - a connector on a motherboard for memory - CPUs - power - or other circuitry.
socket
embedded systems
remote KVM switch
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
36. An organization that creates specifications for infrared wireless communication.
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
video graphics array (VGA)
WAP
digitizing tablet
37. Aka top-level domain.
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
active listening
TLD
ISDN
38. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
cable select
local area network (LAN)
biometric
Gigabit Ethernet
39. The moving of data from one storage device to another.
Control Panel
data migration
basic disk
toner cartridge
40. 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.
optical drive
cable tester
Standby
horizontal position
41. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the second parallel port.
laser printer
LPT2
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
Windows Update
42. Aka Advanced Technology.
KVM over IP
AT
address bus
active communication
43. The act of electronically upgrading BIOS.
portable computer
external cache
MicroDIMM
flashing
44. A CPU containing four CPU cores.
Bubble Jet
quad-core CPU
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
thermal wax transfer printer
45. The use of a biometric for authentication.
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
bus
biometric logon
active partition
46. 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.
SONET
miniconnector
phishing
POST card
47. Aka floating-point unit.
math coprocessor
heat sink
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Encrypting File System (EFS)
48. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.
network client
ad hoc mode
logical block address (LBA)
workgroup
49. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.
toner
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
developing
50. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.
boot sequence
TTL
radio frequency (RF)
graphical user interface (GUI)