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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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1. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet. TLS succeeded SSL.
transport layer security (TLS)
secondary slave
System Monitor
fiber-optic cable
2. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network
liquid cooling system
smart card reader
digital signature
Voice over IP (VoIP)
3. A CRT video setting - also known as the vertical refresh rate - that controls the rate per second at which an image appears on the tube.
Reliability and Performance Monitor
frame relay
refresh rate
DoS Attack
4. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280
Windows Update Website
SXGA
SODIMM
memory controller chip (MCC)
5. The act of safely installing/uninstalling or attaching/removing a device while a computer is up and running.
Trojan horse
smart card
spim
hot swapping
6. 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
monitor
registration
subkey
DDoS Attack
7. A type of printer that transfers ink to paper by causing a print head to strike a printer ribbon containing ink against the paper.
single-sided (SS) DVD
impact printer
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
floating-point unit (FPU)
8. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
Gigabit Ethernet
DVI-D
cracker
9. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
TCP/IP
projector
SGRAM
10. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
mirrored set
basic storage
DNS Server
11. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.
Internet service provider (ISP)
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
SCSI ID
infrastructure mode
12. An optical semiconductor used in small projectors and in rear-projection televisions.
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
Balanced Technology eXtended
distribution share
single-sided (SS) DVD
13. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
secondary slave
DIP switch
file allocation table (FAT)
14. A T-1 multiplexer or a special LAN bridge that connects to the telephone company's channel service unit (CSU) - which encodes data for transmission over a T-carrier circuit.
customer premises equipment (CPE)
extending extractor
TCP/IP
FTP
15. Aka microcode.
microprogram
Intel Corporation
musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)
PS/2
16. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
PC Card
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
HTML
flat panel display (FPD)
17. A TCP/IP protocol developed as a solution to the dwindling number of IP addresses on the Internet and that also serves to hide IP addresses on a private network from the Internet.
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
network address translation (NAT)
direct memory access (DMA) channel
slot cover
18. On a circuit board - a small connector that slides down on a pair of pins jutting up from the board. Multiple pins are often side-by-side - and a jumper joins a pair of them.
wide area network (WAN)
jumper
distribution share
multi-GPU solution
19. Aka automated system recovery.
ASR
nonvolatile memory
channel service unit (CSU)
parts grabber
20. Aka virtual circuit.
VC
BIOS settings
System Configuration Utility
DRAM
21. In Microsoft terminology - software that contains one or more software fixes or changes to the operating system.
horizontal position
update
front side bus (FSB)
SGRAM
22. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
quad-core CPU
SAS
trusted platform module (TPM)
23. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.
Speaker On/Off key
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
Level 1 (L1) cache
mounted drive
24. 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
Last Known Good Configuration
audio modem riser (AMR)
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
spam
25. Aka direct current.
satellite communications
long filename (LFN)
DC
prank program
26. 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.
dead pixel
VGA
frame relay
erasure lamp
27. The PCMCIA standard that succeeds the PC Card.
Advanced Technology (AT)
icon
floppy disk
CardBus
28. 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.
Enable Low Resolution Video
Internet Protocol (IP)
System Management Mode (SMM)
x86
29. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras.
repeater
troubleshooting
CompactFlash
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
30. A private internetwork.
DIP switch
HDMI
Directory Services Restore Mode
intranet
31. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.
fusing
digitizer
attended installation
system tray
32. Aka High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
pop-up blocker
HDMI
LPT1
DVD
33. A type of motherboard used in older PC systems; also refers to the 1984 IBM PC AT model.
LPT
ALU
Advanced Technology (AT)
sector translation
34. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.
infrastructure mode
multimeter
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
point stick
35. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.
Type III
bidirectional mode
war chalking
full-duplex
36. Aka v-hold.
front side bus (FSB)
vertical hold
RAID 0
accessory bay
37. In a laser printer - the lamp that heats the fusing rollers.
adware
fusing lamp
root key
math coprocessor
38. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.
thermal printer
Windows Explorer
register
CD
39. Synchronous graphics random access memory is a type of RAM used on video adapters.
sub-mini audio connector
SGRAM
swap file
unidirectional mode
40. A wireless standard for using radio waves to communicate between devices. Class 3 Bluetooth devices (the most common) communicate at distances up to one meter.
Bluetooth
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
hyper threading
SLI
41. Aka nickel-cadmium.
CrossFire
multi-monitor
multi-GPU solution
NiCD
42. A file attribute that is given to a file to indicate it should not be visible in Windows Explorer unless View settings override the attribute and allow the file to be shown.
hidden attribute
satellite communications
time to live (TTL)
802.11g
43. Aka motherboard.
register
Enable Boot Logging
planar board
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
44. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.
super video graphics array (SVGA)
ATX power supply
DVD+RW
memory
45. A now-obsolete type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices - replaced by lithium-ion batteries.
sidebar
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
DDoS Attack
DVI
46. A type of memory checking in which every eight-bit byte of data is accompanied by a ninth bit (the parity bit) - which is used to determine the presence of errors in the data. The two types of parity are odd and even.
developing
case
code signing
parity
47. A method for allocating disk space on hard disks in which configuration information for each dynamic disk is located on the disk space beyond the first physical sector. This configuration information is stored outside of any volume on the hard disk.
striping with distributed parity
DVD+RW
industry standard architecture (ISA)
dynamic storage
48. Aka access control entry.
Service Set ID (SSID)
thermal printer
Enable Low Resolution Video
ACE
49. A computer's temporary working space - usually in DRAM chips.
memory
Windows Explorer
LVD
Blu-ray disc
50. Aka Domain Name Service.
extended partition
DNS
MIDI
field replaceable unit (FRU)