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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 disc drive that uses laser technology to read and/or write to special discs.
Super Video
optical drive
subkey
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
2. Aka wireless access point.
proxy server
straight-tip (ST) connector
OCR
WAP
3. In reference to parallel ports - a mode in which the parallel device connected to the parallel port can receive data but cannot send data. CMOS settings (system settings) may refer to this mode as "Transfer only."
DVD-RW
SLI
unidirectional mode
ASR
4. Aka IEEE 1394.
format
FireWire
dead pixel
clock speed
5. In networking - the authorization to access a computer or resource on a computer. Specific permission levels include read - change - modify - etc.
phishing
toner
permission
Level 3 (L3) cache
6. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.
FDD
developing
docking station
hacker
7. In networks - when data can travel in either direction - but only in one direction at a time.
shortcut
memory bank
half-duplex
flash drive
8. A wireless mode requiring a wireless access point (WAP).
DIP switch
RFI
infrastructure mode
Display Mode Key
9. Aka Domain Name Service.
DVD-Video
dot matrix printer
FAT12
DNS
10. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou
riser card
Tablet PC
land
Level 1 (L1) cache
11. Aka uniqueness database file.
UDF
graphical user interface (GUI)
DDR2 SDRAM
dual layer (DL)
12. Aka Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
motherboard
ACPI
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
dynamic storage
13. A WAN connection that uses existing copper telephone wire for the communication circuit. To accomplish this - a DSL modem splits the existing phone line into two bands; voice transmission uses the frequencies below 4000 Hz - whereas data transmission
sidebar
digital subscriber line (DSL)
system requirements
ISDN
14. A generic term for a collection of information on known malware (not just viruses).
vertical position
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
virus encyclopedia
solid ink
15. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.
passive matrix display
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
RAM
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
16. A laptop in which the display is an integrated digitizer.
FDD
WPA2
Type III
Tablet PC
17. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.
Tablet PC
drive path
uniqueness database file (UDF)
DLT
18. The redirection of incoming traffic to the requesting internal hosts that initiated the communication with an external host.
port triggering
flat panel display (FPD)
motherboard
EPROM
19. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
graphical user interface (GUI)
active KVM switch
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
Advanced Power Management (APM)
20. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.
CD
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
DLP
21. A remote KVM switch that captures the keyboard - video - and mouse signals - encodes them into IP packets - and sends them over an IP network.
KVM over IP
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
emergency repair disk (ERD)
Emergency Repair Process
22. The traditional transmission system for television video signals - which combines the color and brightness information with the synchronization data into one signal. The TV circuitry then separates the two signals from the composite signal.
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
secure attention sequence (SAS)
composite video
DVD-ROM
23. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
router
cleaning blade
PGA2
writing
24. A grouping of wires built into a PC that - based on certain protocols - transfers data - control signals - and power to printed circuit boards (adapter cards) that are plugged into connectors in the expansion bus. Technicians often use the termsexpan
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
expansion bus
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
memory address
25. Aka communication network riser.
CNR
paging file
cable select
WPA
26. A mode for parallel ports that allows access to special features in the PC called DMA channels. This mode is approximately ten times faster than regular bidirectional mode and is designed for printers and scanners.
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
DC
power supply tester
27. A security account that exists in a local security accounts database.
AT
copy
local user account
edition
28. A cooling fan located on a CPU.
Emergency Repair Process
PAGEFILE.SYS
CPU fan
DLP
29. Aka Wireless Fidelity.
error-correcting code (ECC)
Wi-Fi
SRAM
thumb drive
30. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.
auto-switching power supply
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
software firewall
EPROM
31. Aka Advanced Technology Attachment.
SGRAM
Infrared (IR)
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
ATA
32. 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
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
alternating current
strong password
secure socket layer (SSL)
33. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.
PS/2
SODIMM
DVD-Data discs
cable select
34. Aka MSCONFIG.
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
System Configuration Utility
Service Set ID (SSID)
DIP switch
35. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.
analog modem
netbook
copy
DVD-Video
36. Aka Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
letterbox
PGA2
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
HTML
37. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.
musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)
land-grid array (LGA)
data migration
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
38. The format in which IP addresses are usually shown - with decimal numbers separated by "dots" as in 192.168.100.2.
dotted decimal notation
removable storage
VGA Mode
VC
39. A utility in Windows NT for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.
personal firewall
PS/2
distribution share
Performance Monitor
40. A server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service. This server allocates IP addresses to DHCP client computers.
L1 cache
BDD Workbench
DHCP Server
SSL
41. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.
component video
UDF
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
cable tester
42. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association whose members include Sony - 20th Century Fox - Dell - Hewlett-Packard - and many other industry leaders.
extended partition
peer-to-peer network
system file
Blu-ray disc
43. Programmable ROM. A ROM chip that can have programs added to it.
CD-ROM drive
virus encyclopedia
PROM
tape drive
44. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024
display resolution
flat panel display (FPD)
Internet Explorer (IE)
antistatic wrist strap
45. The generic term for a pointing stick.
thin-film transistor (TFT)
Fn key
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
track point
46. Aka Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
PPTP
extending extractor
dynamic disk
RIMM
47. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
register
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
active partition
48. A wireless network standard that defines speeds of up to 600 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11a - 802.11b - and 802.11g.
Enable VGA Mode
sub-mini audio connector
802.11n
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
49. The original digital discs created in 1995 for storing video.
direct memory access (DMA) channel
RDRAM
digital video discs
multimode fiber (MMF)
50. 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.
luminance
local user account
primary corona wire
access control