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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.
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 fiber-optic connector that resembles an RJ-45 network connector and is less expensive and easier to work with than ST or SC connectors.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
Debugging Mode
universal data format (UDF)
SORIMM
2. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.
PCI Express
FAT12
long filename (LFN)
denial of service (DoS) attack
3. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
1000Base-T
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
CD
4. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.
jumper
track point
APIPA
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
5. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.
ICMP
CMOS settings
fast page mode (FPM)
NTLDR
6. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
thermal compound
7. Aka basic input/output system.
troubleshooting
TLD
DVI-I
BIOS
8. A small group of computers communicating wirelessly with one another without the use of a centralized wireless access point (WAP).
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
stylus
9. Aka PCIe.
VGA Mode
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
reactivate
PCI Express
10. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to once - but data cannot be overwritten. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
internal cache memory
vertical position
Start Bar
DVD-R
11. Aka v-hold.
vertical hold
access control list (ACL)
registry
touchpad
12. A program that blocks browser pop-ups.
Directory Services Restore Mode
cracker
pop-up blocker
I/O
13. A server that manages DNS names.
DVD-Data discs
DNS Server
system requirements
thermal printer
14. In a laser printer - a metal drum with an electro-photosensitive coating to which a charge can be applied by a laser beam.
x86-64
electro-photosensitive drum
master drive
Infrared (IR)
15. Aka automated system recovery.
jump drive
ASR
base priority level
Windows Explorer
16. An interconnected network. The Internet is the largest example.
WEP
internetwork
antistatic wrist strap
pop-up download
17. Local area networking using radio waves that includes several implementations based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards.
LPT2
graphical processing unit (GPU)
microcode
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
18. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.
floating-point unit (FPU)
analog modem
NIC
liquid crystal display (LCD)
19. Memory that does not require power to keep stored data intact. Also called flash memory.
nonvolatile memory
math coprocessor
IEEE 1284
root directory
20. A group of tests - stored in the BIOS and performed as a PC boots up - to check for the presence and function of system components.
biometric device
fusing lamp
central processing unit (CPU)
power-on self-test (POST)
21. In the Windows registry - the top five folders - each of which is the top of a hierarchical structure. Also called subtrees.
root key
access control entry (ACE)
mirrored set
DHCP
22. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that will start Windows without the Windows GUI (EXPLORER.EXE) and with only a simple Command Prompt window from which you can launch Windows administrative utilities.
smart card
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
local remote KVM switch
23. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
basic disk
EEPROM
NLX
register
24. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array
WUXGA
double-sided (DS) DVD
Domain Name Service (DNS)
smart card
25. A type of DSL service in which the download speed is higher than the upload speed.
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
fraud
PGA2
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
26. In computer networking - a network located between a private network and the Internet with a firewall on both sides. A DMZ contains servers offering services to users on the Internet and inside the protected private network.
vertical hold
HDMI
HTML
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
27. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.
CardBus
memory address
ACT
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
28. Aka ATA Packet Interface.
pit
EFS
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
ATAPI
29. Aka pin grid array.
PGA
DDR3
status light indicator
flash memory
30. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.
response time
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
alternating current
process priority level
31. Aka Enhanced IDE.
EIDE
ARP
System Configuration Utility
twisted-pair cable
32. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.
virtual memory
embedded systems
DVD-RAM
single-sided (SS) DVD
33. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
SD Card
Enable Boot Logging
Mini PCI
CPU
34. Aka Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SMTP
logical block address (LBA)
Level 1 (L1) cache
root key
35. In the laser printing process - a wire that passes a small positive charge to paper as it travels through the printer. This positive charge attracts the negatively charged toner particles on the drum to the paper.
transfer corona wire
recently used programs list
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
active KVM switch
36. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.
local user account
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
software firewall
pinned items list
37. The information transfer protocol of the World Wide Web (WWW). Included in HTTP are the commands Web browsers use to request Web pages from Web servers and then display them on the screen of the local computer.
surge suppressor
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Infrared (IR)
power-on self-test (POST)
38. In router configuration - a term that is used to describe traffic that is allowed - as in allowing traffic using a certain port number through the router.
P1 power connector
protocol
RGB video
exception
39. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.
microcode
LPT1
T1
synchronous dynamic RAM
40. The signal in a television transmission that contains the color of the image.
broadband WAN
chrominance
PCI
cookies
41. 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
war driving
ISP
SVGA
8-bit high color
42. In Disk Management - the status given to a dynamic disk that has not had its configuration information (stored on the disk) imported into Windows. This status occurs when a dynamic disk is moved to a different Windows computer or when a dynamic disk
Foreign
T-carrier system
RAID 0
Type III
43. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.
AT
horizontal position
floppy disk drive
jump drive
44. The process of using an oscillating magnetic field to reduce and randomize the magnetic field that builds up on the shadow mask of a CRT monitor.
tape drive
degaussing
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
power supply unit (PSU)
45. An assigned address or range of addresses on a system's address bus that - together with an interrupt request line (IRQ) - allows a device to be recognized by the processor.
hidden attribute
I/O address
8-bit high color
software firewall
46. Software that takes a scanned image and interprets the patterns in the image into alphanumeric characters.
S/PDIF
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
multiplexing
optical character recognition (OCR)
47. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
cookies
AC
solid ink
48. Aka Wired Equivalent Privacy.
WEP
developing
electronic KVM switch
worm
49. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.
process priority level
DXDIAG
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
50. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.
double-sided (DS) DVD
synchronous dynamic RAM
striping with interleave parity
NetBEUI