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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.
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 device that uses a measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
Windows Update Website
biometric device
2. Aka point-to-point protocol.
PPP
DB-25
front side bus (FSB)
MicroDIMM
3. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data
digital video discs
stand-alone computer
DDR1
virtual private network (VPN)
4. 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.
connector
system file
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
AC adapter
5. The process that authenticates a user and verifies the user account's level of access to a resource.
authorization
microcode
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
BNC
6. In Windows XP - this replaces the Emergency Repair process of Windows NT and Windows 2000. ASR is available from the Windows Backup program (NTBACKUP.EXE).
thermal compound
ZIF
HTML
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
7. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.
DVD+RW
soft power
authentication factor
T-carrier system
8. Authentication is validation of a user account and password that occurs before the security components of Windows will give the user access to the computer.
ASR
authentication
NSLOOKUP
partition type
9. Aka automated system recovery.
ASR
DDR SDRAM
MSCONFIG
Mini PCI
10. 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
adware
DVD-RAM
BTX
IP router
11. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.
socket
parts grabber
Service Set ID (SSID)
industry standard architecture (ISA)
12. Aka security auditing.
Start menu
v-hold
auditing
extended partition
13. 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.
system area
DDR
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
AMR
14. Storage media that is removable - meaning the drive stays in place - while the media (disk - disc - or tape) is removed and replaced with another disk - disc - or tape.
h-hold
mounted drive
removable storage
DVI
15. Aka World Wide Web.
WWW
DVD-Video
BitLocker drive encryption
archive attribute
16. 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
analog modem
SIMM
process priority level
loopback plug
17. A 20- or 24- pin connector that supplies power from a PC's power supply to the motherboard.
P1 power connector
memory controller chip (MCC)
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
KVM switch
18. In reference to networks - communications in both directions at the same time.
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
LVD
full-duplex
cellular WAN
19. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.
troubleshooting
IMAP
RDRAM
surge protector
20. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
Telnet
process
digital versatile disc (DVD)
21. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.
Safe Mode
pin grid array (PGA)
cluster
frame relay
22. Aka v-hold.
grounding mat
vertical hold
EPROM
System Management Mode (SMM)
23. 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.
802.11a
CPU fan
Bluetooth
display
24. Aka basic input/output system.
PROM
dot matrix printer
NLX
BIOS
25. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.
active KVM switch
ZIF
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
Level 2 (L2) cache
26. An area of the Windows taskbar used by programs and some hardware devices to display status icons. Also called thenotification area or system tray.
primary slave
antistatic wrist strap
x86-64
systray
27. A word used to describe memory that cannot work without a steady supply of power.
volatile
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
professionalism
loopback plug
28. Aka internal cache memory.
TV tuner card
traces
L1 cache
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
29. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.
flash ROM
Northbridge
DVD-9
extending extractor
30. The generic term for a pointing stick.
track point
modding
SATA
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
31. 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
video RAM (VRAM)
registration
Standby
Reliability and Performance Monitor
32. A new level of an operating system with major changes to the core components.
local KVM switch
RDRAM
Type I
version
33. Aka FAT file system.
systray
Level 3 (L3) cache
FAT
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
34. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the first channel.
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
Li-ion
primary master
System Restore
35. A DVI mode that supports digital video signals and is partially compatible with HDMI. Aka also digital video interface and High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
root directory
DVI-D
36. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
NTFS
router
hacker
version
37. Aka motherboard.
8-bit high color
T1
liquid crystal display (LCD)
planar board
38. A drive that can write once to a special CD-R disc.
CD-R (CD-Record)
protocol
stuck pixel
RAID controller
39. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.
RAID controller
basic storage
touchpad
cache controller
40. A Windows GUI utility that allows an administrator to view the status of devices and install - remove - and update device drivers.
spim
Encrypting File System (EFS)
volatile
Device Manager
41. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.
drive path
auto-switching power supply
Quick Launch bar
voltage regulator module (VRM)
42. A Windows display setting that allows you to adjust the number of colors - or color depth - used by the display.
portable computer
Color Quality
SLI
hyper threading
43. A communications system now used for data communications via satellite that usually uses microwave radio frequencies and requires a dish antenna - receiver - and transmitter.
satellite communications
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
OCR
MicroDIMM
44. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.
SCSI host adapter
NLX
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
45. A primary partition that is marked for use by the system during startup. Windows operating systems can only be booted from an active partition.
DVD-18
surge suppressor
active partition
unattended installation
46. Aka analog modem.
dial-up modem
grounding mat
S-Video
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
47. 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.
WAP
RAID 5
reactivate
driver signing
48. A variation of the PGA CPU packaging that was used with Pentium CPUs.
math coprocessor
DMA controller
ACL
PGA2
49. A motherboard form factor introduced in 2003 by Intel as the successor to ATX.
partition
bandwidth
Balanced Technology eXtended
solid-state drive (SSD)
50. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
multi-GPU solution
PAGEFILE.SYS
PPTP
shortcut