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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.
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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. In reference to a memory module - how much information the processor can access from or write to memory in a single cycle.
User Account Control (UAC)
bit width
microcode
floating-point unit (FPU)
2. A joke program that produces strange behavior - such as screen distortions - erratic cursor behavior - or strange icons to appear on the screen.
CD-ROM drive
prank program
base priority level
shadow mask
3. A RAM standard that replaces the original DDR2 standard and requires far less power - while providing almost twice the bandwidth. A stick of DDR3 SDRAM has 240 pins - but is keyed so it will not fit into a socket designed for DDR2. DDR3 SO-DIMMs have
sub-mini audio connector
DDR3 SDRAM
AC
secondary slave
4. A plastic card - often the size of a credit card - that contains a microchip. The microchip can store information and perform functions - depending on the type of smart card. Some smart cards only store data - whereas others may have a variety of fun
system resources
striping with distributed parity
phishing
smart card
5. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.
code signing
SCSI host adapter
single-mode fiber (SMF)
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
6. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
Debugging Mode
discretion
RAID array
7. A specialized device for testing a power supply unit that comes with connectors compatible with the output connectors on a standard power supply.
special group
power supply tester
troubleshooting
ATAPI
8. 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.
removable storage
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
FAT file system
bit width
9. Aka analog modem.
point stick
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
protocol
dial-up modem
10. An arrangement of pins on a processor in which the pins are offset in a way that allows for a higher pin density than PGA.
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
802.11g
pit
software firewall
11. Aka RAID 5.
striping with distributed parity
parity
Internet Explorer (IE)
regional settings
12. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.
802.11g
driver signing
SONET
SCSI controller
13. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720
DDR3
version
video graphics array (VGA)
auto-switching power supply
14. Memory chips that provide much slower access than SRAM chips but that can store several megabytes of data on a single chip (or hundreds of megabytes - or even gigabytes - when they are packaged together on a "stick").
CardBus
dynamic RAM (DRAM)
system tray
FDD
15. 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
strong password
graphics tablet
digitizing tablet
impact printer
16. 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.
IDE
primary corona wire
NTFS permissions
Safe Mode With Networking
17. A device that combines two or more devices - such as a printer - scanner - and fax machine.
multifunction device (MFD)
extended partition
touchpad
connector
18. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows without several drivers and components and loads only very basic - non-vendor-specific drivers for mouse - video - keyboard - mass storage - and system services. It also displays in low
Safe Mode With Networking
SLD
digitizer
nonvolatile memory
19. A 9-pin D-shell connector.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
DB-9
CardBus
accessory bay
20. Digital versatile disc (DVD) discs that can be written to - but data cannot be overwritten. This standard is newer than DVD-R. This term also refers to the drives that can write to these discs.
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
DVD+R
netbook
User Account Control (UAC)
21. A primary partition that is marked for use by the system during startup. Windows operating systems can only be booted from an active partition.
active partition
flash BIOS
alternating current
Advanced Technology (AT)
22. A version of the FAT file system used by MS-DOS for hard drives - using a 16-bit file allocation table.
FAT16
active communication
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
DNS
23. 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.
mobo
driver signing
socket
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
24. A type of printer that uses one of several technologies to apply wet ink to paper to create text or graphic printouts. The two most popular inkjet printer models are the InkJet - developed by Hewlett-Packard - and the Bubble Jet - developed by Canon.
Northbridge
loopback plug
magnetic mass storage
inkjet
25. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.
DHCP
CMOS settings
SAS
master file table (MFT)
26. Aka Small Computer System Interface.
LPT2
PVC
SCSI
unidirectional mode
27. A RAID array in which every time data is written to disk - a portion (block) is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across the member disks. RAID 0 uses the total disk space in the array for storage - without protecting the dat
partition
proxy server
RAID 0
Internet
28. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
direct current (DC)
Internet service provider (ISP)
vertical position
external cache
29. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
Advanced Power Management (APM)
chrominance
MicroDIMM
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
30. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.
bluesnarfing
system file
system tray
distribution share
31. A name used by the Windows operating systems to identify any parallel port.
LPT
DDR3 SDRAM
digitizing tablet
RF
32. A cooling fan mounted directly on the case - as opposed to a power supply fan - which is inside the power supply.
case fan
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
SORIMM
NiMH
33. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c
analog modem
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
address bus
subscriber connector (SC)
34. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.
latency
Media Access Control (MAC) address
CNR
mini-notebook
35. A power supply form factor that pairs with an ATX motherboard and case.
prank program
POST
ATX power supply
video graphics array (VGA)
36. 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.
jargon
ATX
thermal paste
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
37. Local area networking using radio waves that includes several implementations based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards.
64-bit
mini-notebook
read/write head
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
38. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
Post Office Protocol (POP)
fast page mode (FPM)
reactivate
data migration
39. A power-usage level.
nonvolatile memory
hot swapping
power state
SLD
40. Aka arithmetic logic unit.
ALU
chrominance
LPT1
Windows Explorer
41. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.
FPM
primary slave
virus encyclopedia
ECC
42. A processor packaging that uses pads on the processor that come in contact with pins in the socket on the motherboard - permitting a higher density than possible with PGA.
WAP
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
land-grid array (LGA)
stylus
43. A communication service provided over a telecommunications network or computer network. A VC logically resembles a circuit while passing over a complex routed or switched network - such as the phone company's frame relay network.
FAT
DDR2
virtual circuit (VC)
Task Scheduler
44. The format in which IP addresses are usually shown - with decimal numbers separated by "dots" as in 192.168.100.2.
Task Scheduler
dotted decimal notation
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
WAN connection
45. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.
CPU fan
long filename (LFN)
reactivate
track point
46. The first type of RAM available. It is very fast - compared to DRAM - but also very expensive.
1000Base-T
boot sequence
LVDS
Static RAM (SRAM)
47. Aka top-level domain.
TLD
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Debugging Mode
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
48. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.
hub
LPT1
synchronous dynamic RAM
optical character recognition (OCR)
49. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
Windows Update Website
Enable Low Resolution Video
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
Level 3 (L3) cache
50. A service that manages Microsoft NetBIOS names for a Windows network. This service is becoming obsolete - as Windows has moved to DNS for naming and name service.
CD-ROM drive
malware
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
writing