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Comptia A + Certification
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Instructions:
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. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.
UPS
inactive KVM switch
peer-to-peer network
Internet
2. A small device containing a microchip used to generate unique passwords for logging on to a computer or a network.
flash ROM
background process
key fob
inkjet
3. In a laser printer - a wire that stretches across the printer's drum - not touching it - but positioned very close to the drum's surface so it can pass high voltage to the drum.
master boot record (MBR)
passive matrix display
Start Windows Normally
primary corona wire
4. In a laser printer - a metal drum with an electro-photosensitive coating to which a charge can be applied by a laser beam.
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
Advanced Technology (AT)
RGB video
electro-photosensitive drum
5. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.
DDR
RAID controller
thermal paste
Enable VGA Mode
6. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
MAC
MMC
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
7. Aka v-hold.
thread
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
vertical hold
flash ROM
8. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.
accessory bay
proxy server
System Restore
war driving
9. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.
flash memory
capture card
top-level domain (TLD)
heat sink
10. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).
embedded systems
adapter card
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
synchronous dynamic RAM
11. Aka serial ATA.
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
dot matrix printer
VC
SATA
12. Personal System/2 - as in PS/2-style mice and keyboards and connectors. Also called mini-DIN connectors.
heat sink compound
PS/2
liquid crystal display (LCD)
network operating system (NOS)
13. A printer that creates printed output line by line.
line printer
Directory Services Restore Mode
SGRAM
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
14. A private internetwork.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
EVGA
intranet
version
15. Aka Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory.
thermal wax transfer printer
Rambus Dynamic RAM (RDRAM)
MicroDIMM
CD-ROM
16. Aka floating-point unit.
Speaker Volume Key
odd parity
NTLDR
math coprocessor
17. Using the same cabling as 10BaseT - Fast Ethernet - or 100Base-T - operates at 100 Mbps and uses different network interface cards.
NTLDR
Fast Ethernet
System Restore
watts
18. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.
cable tester
thermal wax transfer printer
SCSI ID
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
19. An interface on a PC that originally was unidirectional and operated at a speed of 150 KBps - but now has several operation modes.
master boot record (MBR)
port replicator
parallel port
Infrared (IR)
20. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
router
capacity
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
DXDIAG
21. The act of moving through a neighborhood in a vehicle or on foot - using either a laptop equipped with Wi-Fi wireless network capability or a simple Wi-Fi sensor available for a few dollars from many sources. War drivers are searching for open hotspo
VFAT
war driving
liquid crystal display (LCD)
discretion
22. The conversion of data into a special format that cannot be read by anyone unless they have a software key to convert it back into its usable form.
System Management Mode (SMM)
floating-point unit (FPU)
secure attention sequence (SAS)
encryption
23. An assigned channel over which a device can send a signal to the processor to get its attention.
digital LCD display
interrupt request line (IRQ)
registry key
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
24. A version of the FAT file system used by hard drives and some flash drives (thumb drives - etc.) - using a 32-bit file allocation table.
base priority level
FAT32
taskbar
IEEE 1394b
25. An obsolete memory module standard that was produced in 30-pin and 72-pin sizes. Thirty-pin SIMMs are 8-bit - and 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bit.
SCSI host adapter
adapter card
DPMS
single inline memory module (SIMM)
26. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.
cracker
SONET
802.11n
FAT16
27. A generic term for a collection of information on known malware (not just viruses).
DDR1
format
virus encyclopedia
Start menu
28. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
CPU
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
icon
LCD
29. A device that records video content to disk.
network interface card (NIC)
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
IEEE 1394a
digital video recorder (DVR)
30. A disk type introduced with Windows 2000 that contains space allocated in volumes without the limits imposed on basic disks. On a dynamic disk - the number of volumes are unlimited - and a volume can extend to include available space on any hard disk
dynamic disk
stylus
video graphics array (VGA)
firmware
31. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.
Display Brightness Key
RAID array
capacity
clock speed
32. A fiber-optic connector that has a snap coupling and - at 1.25 mm - is half the size of the SC connector. Also called a local connector.
Lucent connector (LC)
systray
local remote KVM switch
digital subscriber line (DSL)
33. A network connection device that passes traffic between two networks - using the physical address (MAC address) of the destination device.
bridge
POTS
MicroDIMM
auditing
34. Aka World Wide Web.
pixel
ARP
PCI-E
WWW
35. 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.
digitizing tablet
code signing
slot cover
IP packet filtering
36. Aka network address translation.
satellite communications
BIOS
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
NAT
37. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
chrominance
analog LCD display
DVI-D
38. In the laser printing process - the step at which the heat-sensitive toner is fused to the paper by heated fusing rollers.
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
keystroke logger
Remote Assistance
fusing
39. A PCMCIA card standard that comes in two interfaces: PCIe and USB 2.0.
memory bank
optical drive
ExpressCard
taskbar
40. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.
icon
erasure lamp
refresh rate
emergency repair disk (ERD)
41. An interconnected network. The Internet is the largest example.
1000Base-T
internetwork
traces
SODIMM
42. Aka thermal compound.
vertical refresh rate
graphical processing unit (GPU)
heat sink compound
CSU
43. A local bus designed for video only - it provides a direct link between the processor and the video card - giving the video card direct access to main memory.
DNS Server
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
process
terminal
44. The first physical sector on a floppy disk or the first sector on a hard drive partition. The boot record contains information about the OS. The boot record on a primary active partition is used to start the operating system. Also called the boot sec
boot record
partition
switch
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
45. A 36-pin connector mounted to a device's parallel interface.
Centronics
EPROM
HD-DVD
flash ROM
46. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.
unattended installation
vertical position
Bubble Jet
DLP
47. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard - promoted by Toshiba - that was defeated by the Blu-ray Disc standard as the widely accepted high-definition standard.
smart phone
HD-DVD
modding
personal area network (PAN)
48. Aka surge protector.
port replicator
multi-GPU solution
surge suppressor
track point
49. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.
DPMS
cellular WAN
SCSI host adapter
CrossFire
50. Aka radio frequency.
RF
solid-state storage
direct current (DC)
PCIe Mini Card