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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 floating-point unit.
slot cover
VRAM
math coprocessor
RAM
2. A level of service offered by the telephone companies over a T-carrier circuit that provides full-duplex transmissions at 1.544 Mbps - carrying digital voice - data - or video signals.
PGA
drive image
T1
modem
3. 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.
video graphics array (VGA)
8-bit high color
default gateway
flat panel display (FPD)
4. A category of software that runs surreptitiously on a user's computer in order to gather information without the user's permission and then sends that information to the people who requested it.
VESA
spyware
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
address bus
5. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
ECC
bandwidth
WPA
lit pixel
6. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.
ATA
file signature verification
flat panel display (FPD)
PROM
7. A CRT video setting - also known at horizontal hold - that holds the image horizontally on the screen.
switch
h-hold
taskbar
modem
8. Aka front side bus.
Level 3 (L3) cache
liquid cooling system
FSB
mass storage device
9. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.
DIP switch
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
CardBus
flash BIOS
10. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
latency
active speaking
Type I
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
11. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.
ATAPI
half-duplex
aspect ratio
encrypted authentication
12. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
I/O address
back door
PPTP
prank program
13. A device that converts DC current to AC. An inverter is required in a laptop to provide the AC current required by the display.
NSLOOKUP
authentication
inverter
parallel port
14. Aka software firewall.
pin-out
personal firewall
digital video discs
internal cache memory
15. A sleep mode that is available on any computer that supports ACPI power management. It conserves power while saving the desktop in RAM memory in a work state. To resume - you simply press the power button - and the desktop is quickly displayed.
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
Standby
watts
Windows Update Website
16. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).
cellular WAN
shortcut
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
Enable Boot Logging
17. The first physical sector on a hard disk - which contains the initial boot program that the BIOS loads into memory during bootup. It also contains the partition table.
master boot record (MBR)
DXDIAG
wireless access point (WAP)
bandwidth
18. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
compact disc (CD)
SGRAM
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
Preboot eXecution Environment
19. The Microsoft Website from which you can download updates to Windows.
boot sector
multifunction device (MFD)
Windows Update Website
NTFS permissions
20. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.
key fob
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
DNS
Ethernet
21. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat
bluesnarfing
RAID 0
identity theft
clock speed
22. Aka digital video interface.
accessory bay
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
DVI
8-bit high color
23. The BIOS configuration settings - also called system settings - accessed via a special BIOS-based menu during system startup.
TCP/IP
BIOS settings
digital subscriber line (DSL)
dual layer (DL)
24. A type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices.
optical drive
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
Li-ion
system requirements
25. A term used by Microsoft for a peer-to-peer network in which each computer can be either a client or a server or both.
mini-notebook
workgroup
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
ASR
26. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.
analog modem
laser printer
SLD
ATX power supply
27. A server that manages DNS names.
DNS Server
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
Internet service provider (ISP)
intranet
28. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.
taskbar
NTFS permissions
wireless access point (WAP)
port triggering
29. A registry key that exists within another key.
power management
subkey
Display Brightness Key
NiCD
30. The signal in a television transmission that contains the brightness of the image.
multi-monitor
luminance
planar board
system bus
31. A set of rules and practices describing how an organization protects and manages sensitive information. A security policy applies to all employees.
drive path
Blu-ray disc
security policy
inverter
32. A tool used to create and manage a distribution share and various installation images.
BDD Workbench
biometric logon
slot cover
connector
33. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.
shared video memory
x86-64
local user account
loopback plug
34. In the Windows registry - a folder that may contain one or more sets of settings as well as other keys.
registry key
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
multi-GPU solution
parts grabber
35. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.
hub
mainboard
security auditing
access control list (ACL)
36. A Web browser created by Microsoft.
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet Explorer (IE)
access control list (ACL)
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
37. The difference in value between a display's brightest white and darkest black. Modern LCD displays have a contrast ratio of 500:1 or greater.
S/PDIF
contrast ratio
key fob
land-grid array (LGA)
38. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.
patch
DC
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
39. A portion of a program that can run separately from and concurrently with other portions of the program. Also called thread of execution.
thread
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
digital video discs
multiplexing
40. [1] A device that is the central connecting point of a LAN. A hub is little more than a multiport repeater taking incoming signals on one port and repeating them to all other ports. Ethernet hubs have been largely replaced by Ethernet switches.. [2]
hub
server
notification area
Enable Boot Logging
41. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.
Remote Assistance
CrossFire
bridge
port triggering
42. In the laser printer - the heated rollers that fuse the toner to the paper.
WINS Server
answer file
fusing rollers
PS/2
43. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
logical block address (LBA)
AMD
land
44. A modified version of FAT12 and FAT16 used in Windows since Windows 95.
ISDN
S-Video
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
processor bus
45. Aka motherboard.
system board
color depth
electro-photosensitive drum
drive image
46. A protocol used by e-mail clients for communicating with e-mail servers. This protocol is replacing the POP protocol. IMAP allows users to connect to e-mail servers and not only retrieve e-mail - which removes the messages from the server - as they c
Video Electronics Standards Organization (VESA)
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
expansion bus
EMP
47. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.
regional settings
professionalism
digitizer
flash BIOS
48. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
straight-tip (ST) connector
Advanced Power Management (APM)
multifunction device (MFD)
multimode fiber (MMF)
49. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras.
CompactFlash
TWAIN
1000Base-T
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
50. Also called mirroring - this RAID array type provides fault tolerance because all the data is written identically to the two drives in the mirrored set.
RAID 1
ARP
lit pixel
authorization