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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. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.
discretion
local user account
Internet Protocol (IP)
BTX
2. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.
SSL
RAID array
CSU
jumper
3. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Super Video
VESA
4. A printer that creates printed output line by line.
RAID controller
horizontal position
WAP
line printer
5. The original digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for movies sold at retail.
Enable Boot Logging
DNS Server
touch screen
DVD-Video
6. The code used to provide multiple language support to Windows.
Type III
bit width
motherboard
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
7. Aka Small Outline DIMM.
beam-on-blade connector
SODIMM
read-only memory (ROM)
EVGA
8. Aka digital linear tape.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
DLT
writing
RIP
9. An area of a physical hard disk that defines space that will be used for logical drives.. (v.) To define the space to be used for logical drives using a special program - such as the Windows Setup program.
partition
daughter card
ECP
smart card reader
10. A device used to scan smart cards.
extended partition
capture card
projector
smart card reader
11. Aka process priority level.
war driving
base priority level
Tablet PC
quad-core CPU
12. A 4-pin connector that - in addition to a 20-pin connector - is part of motherboard power connector that follows the ATX 12V standard.
low-voltage differential (LVD)
SD Card
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
P412V
13. 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.
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
RAID 1
SODIMM
IEEE 1394b
14. A primary partition that is marked for use by the system during startup. Windows operating systems can only be booted from an active partition.
Service Set ID (SSID)
Level 1 (L1) cache
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
active partition
15. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).
LBA
UXGA
Return To OS Choices menu
removable storage
16. Video RAM memory that uses a technique for using video RAM to perform Windows-specific functions to speed up the OS.
WRAM
swap file
ROM
Web browser
17. A set of behaviors including active listening and active speaking that shows you are fully engaged in the conversation and encourages the other person to also communicate in a positive manner.
memory controller chip (MCC)
active communication
DIP switch
slot cover
18. Local area networking using radio waves - with the most common based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards (802.11a - 802.11b - 802.11g - and 802.11n).
UXGA
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
EVGA
PVC
19. An address that a DHCP client will assign to itself after requesting an address and failing to receive one from a DHCP server. The address it will assign is in the 169.254 /16 network - which is the range of addresses from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.
Remote Desktop
vertical hold
fusing rollers
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
20. A setting on an LCD display that adjusts the viewable area of the display horizontally.
horizontal position
front side bus (FSB)
adapter card
TTL
21. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan
dead pixel
expansion bus
secondary slave
Secure Digital (SD) Card
22. A hardware device or a program that monitors and records a user's every keystroke - usually without the user's knowledge.
DDR1
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
keystroke logger
digitizer
23. On a Microsoft Windows network - a resource - such as a file folder or printer - that is available on the network.
phishing
share
power supply
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
24. Aka SCSI host adapter.
SCSI controller
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
regional settings
NiCD
25. A virus that is self-replicating.
worm
MicroDIMM
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
systray
26. A 36-pin connector mounted to a device's parallel interface.
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
Centronics
fraud
multiplexing
27. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.
single-layer (SL)
IEEE 1394
Tablet PC
SD Card
28. A table on each file and folder in the NTFS file system that contains one or more access control entries.
FSB
thread
accessory bay
access control list (ACL)
29. A file format for movie DVDs.
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
extending extractor
universal data format (UDF)
DNS
30. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.
extending extractor
industry standard architecture (ISA)
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
31. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.
PVC
thread
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
32. Aka customer premises equipment.
CPE
1000Base-T
registered jack (RJ)
FAT16
33. A plug designed for testing a specific port type (e.g. - serial - parallel - or USB). The plug does not connect to a cable but reroutes the sending pins to the receiving pins. Using special software on the computer - a loopback test is performed in w
boot sector
loopback plug
firmware
802.11b
34. Aka World Wide Web.
WWW
DoS Attack
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
charging
35. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.
ZIF
malware
bandwidth
share
36. Traditionally - this term only applied to the type of device described in the definition for analog modem. Now - it is also used for the digital devices in DSL and cable data communications.
modem
NiCD
World Wide Web
odd parity
37. A cooling fan mounted directly on the case - as opposed to a power supply fan - which is inside the power supply.
case fan
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
EMP
DRAM
38. The number of colors used by a display.
WAN connection
color depth
DHCP
basic input/output system (BIOS)
39. Aka network interface card.
local area network (LAN)
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
system area
NIC
40. Memory that can only be read and that contains program code. ROM is also called firmware.
read-only memory (ROM)
share
removable storage
SORIMM
41. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.
POST
slot cover
cache controller
Fn key
42. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.
virtual memory
AT
multiplexing
DVD-Video
43. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts
jump drive
watts
MAC
volts
44. A version of Windows Vista that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
war driving
Intel x86 Specification
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
SRAM
45. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.
RAID 0
x86-64
paging file
Gigabit Ethernet
46. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 54 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11b.
mounted drive
grounding mat
active speaking
802.11g
47. Aka internal cache memory.
L1 cache
internetwork
Voice over IP (VoIP)
Level 3 (L3) cache
48. Software that takes a scanned image and interprets the patterns in the image into alphanumeric characters.
flash drive
RAID 0
SIMM
optical character recognition (OCR)
49. A type of printer that transfers ink to paper by causing a print head to strike a printer ribbon containing ink against the paper.
FAT16
MMC
status light indicator
impact printer
50. A special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.
x86
thermal compound
hot swapping
Domain Name Service (DNS)