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 dedicated computer that stores data and provides print services or other capabilities to network clients.






2. Aka pointing stick.






3. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024






4. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.






5. A CPU containing four CPU cores.






6. Aka digitizing tablet.






7. A perpetrator of malicious software attacks against computers and networks. Also called a cracker.






8. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.






9. The hardware architecture - including the CPU - BIOS - and chipset.






10. 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.






11. The sudden and uncontrolled movement of electricity from an object with a greater charge to one with a lesser charge. Also called static electricity.






12. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.






13. A portion of a program that can run separately from and concurrently with other portions of the program. Also called thread of execution.






14. Wide-ultra-extended graphics array






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






16. Aka dual inline memory module (DIMM).






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






18. A way to monitor security-related events.






19. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.






20. A video mode that most often consists of a combination of 640






21. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.






22. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.






23. The primary input device for a PDA - shaped like a pen and used to press small keys on a keypad - tap the screen to select items - or write data on the screen.






24. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.






25. An improved version of WPA that does not support older network cards and offers both secure authentication and data encryption. It uses EAP for a variety of authentication methods






26. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.






27. A file operation in which the file or folder remains in the source location - and a duplicate is created in the target (destination) location.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. Aka floppy disk drive.






31. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.






32. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.






33. Aka file allocation table.






34. The signal in a television transmission that contains the color of the image.






35. The worldwide network that carries traditional voice traffic.






36. In fiber-optics - a single light wave passing down a cable.






37. One of the two prevailing CPU manufacturers.






38. The protocol used to allow client computers to pick up e-mail from mail servers. The current version is POP3.






39. AMD manufactures CPUs and other products - and its chief rival is Intel Corporation.






40. An Advanced Options menu choice that creates a log of the Windows startup in a file named NTBTLOG.TXT and saved in thesystemroot folder (normally C:Windows).






41. The moving of data from one storage device to another.






42. A type of KVM switch that controls computers over a distance that is a function of the cabling and protocols it uses. The two types of switches are local remote KVM switch and KVM over IP.






43. The read-only DVD discs sold at retail stores - containing video or software and having a maximum capacity of 15.9 GB of data. This term also applies to the drives that can only read DVDs.






44. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.






45. A firewall service that inspects (or filters) each packet that enters or leaves the network - applying a set of security rules defined by a network administrator - and not allowing packets that fail inspection to pass between networks.






46. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.






47. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original






48. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.






49. Aka routing information protocol.






50. In Microsoft terminology - software that contains one or more software fixes or changes to the operating system.