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Comptia A + Certification
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1. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to bring up a small volume control panel on the display. Using the up (?) or right (?) arrow key - the volume will increase. To decrease the volume - press the FN key and the SPEAKER VOLUME key along
dot matrix printer
second-level domain (SLD)
Speaker Volume Key
Intel Corporation
2. A single-pin RCA phone jack for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and speakers.
graphical processing unit (GPU)
floppy disk drive
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
RAID controller
3. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be rewritten to - and data can also be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-RW. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
KVM switch
DVD+RW
h-hold
keystroke logger
4. Super XGA - a video graphics mode with a maximum resolution of 1280
coaxial cable
SXGA
troubleshooting
Start Windows Normally
5. Aka digital subscriber line.
pin grid array (PGA)
RAID 1
SIMM
DSL
6. In networks - when data can travel in either direction - but only in one direction at a time.
IMAP
half-duplex
ISP
MicroDIMM
7. A computer (or dedicated device) that sits between a private network and an untrusted network and examines all traffic in and out of the network it is protecting. It will block any traffic it recognizes as a potential threat - using a variety of tech
digital video discs
firewall
stuck pixel
mini-DIN-6
8. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.
denial of service (DoS) attack
central processing unit (CPU)
SCSI
DDR RAM
9. Aka front side bus.
FSB
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
thread
SSL
10. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.
radio frequency (RF)
DVD-R
NTFS permissions
DC Controller
11. A feature of HDMI that prevents people from illegally copying HD DVDs. Aka also High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
RS-232 port
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
spyware
synchronous dynamic RAM
12. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
MMC
pin-out
cluster
13. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.
extension magnet
Program Compatibility Wizard
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
motherboard
14. A logical memory address defined in a processor's address bus that allows the system to access physical RAM or ROM memory locations.
troubleshooting
IEEE 1284
memory address
AMD
15. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and measures 10.5 mm thick.
domain
Type III
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
thumb drive
16. A security feature of many Windows versions that allows it to encrypt files on an NTFS volume.
Encrypting File System (EFS)
clock speed
local remote KVM switch
NTFS
17. Aka PCIe.
PCI-E
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
KVM switch
P412V
18. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and 3.3 millimeters thick.
trusted platform module (TPM)
DVD-R
Type I
letterbox
19. A heat dissipation device - usually a passive metal object with a flat surface attached to a component - such as a chip.
heat sink
field replaceable unit (FRU)
COMx
LBA
20. A double-sided - single-layer digital versatile disc (DVD) that stores 9.4 GB of data - or over four hours of video.
DHCP Server
grounding mat
riser card
DVD-10
21. A process that places the logical structure of a file system on a partitioned volume.
toner cartridge
format
inkjet
case
22. A portion of system memory used by a video adapter built into a motherboard.
Start menu
shared video memory
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
emergency repair disk (ERD)
23. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that is used to troubleshoot DNS problems by querying DNS name servers and displaying the results of the queries.
answer file
virus
NSLOOKUP
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
24. A technical standards organization.
S-Video
RAID 1
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
answer file
25. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).
active KVM switch
VoIP
CD-R (CD-Record)
read/write head
26. A drive that can write either to CD-R discs or to specially designed CD-RW discs. In the case of the CD-RW discs - the drive can write more than once to the same portion of disc - overwriting old data.
reactivate
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
electronic KVM switch
graphics tablet
27. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).
DDR2 SDRAM
analog modem
paging file
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
28. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.
pin grid array (PGA)
network address translation (NAT)
WINS
digital versatile disc (DVD)
29. In the laser printing process - the stage in which the printer's high-voltage power supply (HVPS) conducts electricity to the primary corona wire so it can pass the voltage on to the printer's electro-photosensitive drum.
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
password
charging
DVI-I
30. Unsolicited e-mail.
POST
Remote Assistance
spam
DVD-Data discs
31. Aka optical character recognition.
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
OCR
electromagnetic interference (EMI)
32. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
patch
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
virtual circuit (VC)
XGA
33. 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).
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
Return To OS Choices menu
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
register
34. A protocol for securing data for transmission by encrypting it.
connector
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
Remote Assistance
Program Compatibility Wizard
35. The traditional wired telephone network.
shadow mask
Display Mode Key
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
power supply tester
36. 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.
IEEE 1284
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
hub
802.11g
37. A method of memory error-checking that is more sophisticated than parity checking. Like parity checking - it adds an extra bit per byte. In addition - software in the system memory controller uses an algorithm to both detect and correct errors.
spindle
Fast Ethernet
toner
error-correcting code (ECC)
38. A virus that gains access to a computer by masquerading as a harmless program that a user innocently installs on the computer.
transport layer security (TLS)
stuck pixel
Trojan horse
direct thermal printer
39. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.
gadget
solid-state storage
voltage regulator module (VRM)
soft power
40. A connector that contains two to four wires and usually attaches phone cables to modems and to wall-mounted phone jacks.
DVI
RJ-11
ARP
communication network riser (CNR)
41. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.
NetBIOS
local area network (LAN)
APM
LPT
42. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.
file system
cleaning
Media Access Control (MAC) address
primary master
43. On a Microsoft Windows network - a resource - such as a file folder or printer - that is available on the network.
IMAP
share
UXGA
universal data format (UDF)
44. The IBM branded name for a pointing stick or track point.
RAID 1
TrackPoint
FAT file system
optical character recognition (OCR)
45. Aka uninterruptible power supply.
RAID array
P412V
UPS
local area network (LAN)
46. The medium for a laser printer - which is normally packaged within a toner cartridge.
toner
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
SGRAM
47. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
dial-up
active speaking
intranet
AC adapter
48. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.
satellite communications
SSL
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
UPS
49. In reference to a memory module - how much information the processor can access from or write to memory in a single cycle.
Balanced Technology eXtended
SATA
bit width
PAGEFILE.SYS
50. A part of the NTFS file system used to store a transaction-based database - with all file accesses treated as transactions - and if a transaction is not complete - NTFS will roll back to the last successful transaction.
ad hoc mode
direct thermal printer
archive attribute
master file table (MFT)
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