Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia A + Certification

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. A single-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 4.7 GB of data - or over two hours of video.






2. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.






3. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.






4. A type of DSL service in which the download speed is higher than the upload speed.






5. A DVD drive that cannot write to but can read DVD discs.






6. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






7. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.






8. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).






9. A pen-sized tool that has a plunger at one end. When pressed - the plunger causes small - hooked prongs to extend from the other end of the tool for retrieving dropped objects from inside a computer.






10. A file system used by operating systems for organizing - reading - and writing optical discs.






11. Aka single inline memory module.






12. A device found in laptops that monitors and regulates power usage. The features vary by manufacturer - but typically - they provide short-circuit protection - give "low battery" warnings - and can be configured to shut down the computer automatically






13. Memory chips that provide much slower access than SRAM chips but that can store several megabytes of data on a single chip (or hundreds of megabytes - or even gigabytes - when they are packaged together on a "stick").






14. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.






15. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.






16. An enhanced version of PPP - which adds the ability to secure the point-to-point connection with encryption.






17. A service on a laptop that configures a card after socket services has recognized it.






18. 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.






19. A network name used to identify a wireless network. Consisting of up to 32 characters - the SSID travels with the messages on the wireless network. All of the wireless devices on a WLAN must use the same SSID in order to communicate.






20. A Windows 2000 recovery tool requiring an up-to-date emergency repair disk (ERD) or recent emergency repair information stored on the local hard disk.






21. Aka IEEE 1394.






22. A physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.






23. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.






24. In networking - the authorization to access a computer or resource on a computer. Specific permission levels include read - change - modify - etc.






25. A security feature of many Windows versions that allows it to encrypt files on an NTFS volume.






26. Ultra extended graphics array - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1600






27. The redirection of incoming traffic to the requesting internal hosts that initiated the communication with an external host.






28. In a laser printer - the lamp that heats the fusing rollers.






29. A password that meets certain criteria in order to be difficult to crack. One definition of a strong password is one that contains at least eight characters - includes a combination of letters - numbers - and other symbols ( _ - - - $ - and so on) an






30. Aka virtual file allocation table.






31. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.






32. A type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices.






33. A cooling fan located on a CPU.






34. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.






35. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.






36. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.






37. The "activity" status light on a NIC that indicates data is being transmitted.






38. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.






39. Client software for browsing and accessing the content on the World Wide Web. Examples include Internet Explorer and Firefox.






40. Aka network address translation.






41. A diagram showing the purpose of each wire in a connector.






42. Encrypted data placed in a file to guard against tampering.






43. Cabling that contains a single copper wire surrounded by several layers of insulating plastic and a woven wire sheath that provides protection.






44. Light emitting diode - a tiny bulb light found on many devices - often used to indicate operational status.






45. 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.






46. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.






47. Software installed on a computer without permission that collects information about a user in order to display targeted advertisements - in the form of either inline banners or pop-ups. Inline banners are advertisements that run within the context of






48. An assigned channel over which a device can send a signal to the processor to get its attention.






49. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.






50. Aka error-correcting code.