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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. An adapter used to connect a computer or other device to a network medium.
network interface card (NIC)
unidirectional mode
system tray
personal area network (PAN)
2. A reading and writing device in a floppy or hard drive that is mounted on an articulated arm that moves back and forth over the floppy disk or metal platter.
Enable Low Resolution Video
pixel
read/write head
secure socket layer (SSL)
3. Aka World Wide Web.
WWW
graphical processing unit (GPU)
fusing
master file table (MFT)
4. A wireless network standard that uses the 5 GHz band.
DRAM
low-voltage differential (LVD)
antistatic mat
802.11a
5. A process applied to digitally signed code to unencrypt the signature data and use the information to verify the program code was not modified since the signature was added.
TTL
file signature verification
Northbridge
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
6. The signal in a television transmission that contains the color of the image.
chrominance
LED
internal cache memory
hibernate
7. Aka PCIe.
track point
pointing stick
PCI-E
Secure Digital (SD) Card
8. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
TCP/IP
Gigabit Ethernet
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
9. Aka network address translation.
double-sided (DS) DVD
NAT
phishing
LPT2
10. The early standard developed by PCMCIA for credit-card-sized devices used in laptops.
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
PC Card
Centronics
NIC
11. A communications system - owned and operated by the telephone companies - that multiplexes voice and data signals onto digital transmission line.
shared video memory
real-time clock (RTC)
T-carrier system
DVI-D
12. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.
registry
CNR
pinned items list
shadow mask
13. Aka dynamic RAM.
DRAM
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
VGA
IEEE
14. Aka demilitarized zone.
shared video memory
DMZ
virtual circuit (VC)
power state
15. 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
hidden attribute
partition
contrast ratio
16. 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
RAID 0
ROM
IEEE 1394
media bay
17. The number of colors used by a display.
SONET
FPU
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
color depth
18. The order in which the BIOS will search devices for an operating system to start.
KVM over IP
pin grid array (PGA)
virus encyclopedia
boot sequence
19. Aka solid-state storage.
solid-state drive (SSD)
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
virus
20. 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
repeater
pinned items list
NTLDR
war driving
21. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.
volatile
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
malware
regional settings
22. 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.
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
horizontal position
Super Video
address bus
23. Aka Scalable Link Interface.
IEEE 1394a
Balanced Technology eXtended
DVI-A
SLI
24. 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.
multimeter
enhanced capability port (ECP) mode
value entry
VGA Mode
25. 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.
software firewall
DVD+RW
POP
processor bus
26. Aka System Information.
NIC
voltage regulator module (VRM)
MSINFO32.EXE
802.11b
27. Data storage technology with no moving mechanical parts that uses large-capacity - nonvolatile memory - commonly calledflash memory or solid-state drives.
local group account
Emergency Repair Process
solid-state storage
extension magnet
28. The cellular network standards used by AT&T and T-Mobile.
processor
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
DDR RAM
slave drive
29. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre
archive attribute
Performance Monitor
memory controller chip (MCC)
hyper threading
30. A connection over a wide area network.
HTML
auto-switching power supply
WAN connection
audio modem riser (AMR)
31. A memory module (stick) that installs into matching DIMM sockets found on many motherboards. The word "dual" refers to the separate pins or connections on both sides of the module and socket.
registry
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
copy
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
32. A command-line command - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - which provides statistical information about the TCP/IP protocols and network connections involving your computer - depending on the switches you use when you enter the command.
DVD-9
NETSTAT
ATV12V
Display Brightness Key
33. A protocol for securing data for transmission by encrypting it.
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
response time
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
direct thermal printer
34. A slide switch on the exterior of a PC power supply used to switch between two input voltages.
802.11g
RS-232 port
IEC-320 connector
System Monitor
35. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.
WINS Server
security auditing
T-carrier system
thermal wax transfer printer
36. In the domain name system - a first-level domain - which is a suffix added to a registered domain name and separated from the domain name with a "dot" (.). Among the TLDs are .com - .gov - .edu - .org - .mil - .net - .biz - many two-lettered country
Type I
ATM
top-level domain (TLD)
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
37. Aka thumb drive.
hibernate
jump drive
secondary slave
long filename (LFN)
38. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.
hidden attribute
WINS
expansion bus
RAID 5
39. A protocol that allows routers to update their list of routes dynamically. RIP dates to the 1980s and is considered obsolete; even though - it has been updated a few times and is still supported by most routers.
routing information protocol (RIP)
extending extractor
port replicator
IEC-320 connector
40. A service implemented on Windows Servers that hides the complexity of the network from end users in that it makes files that are distributed across multiple servers appear as if they are in one place.
Distributed File System (DFS)
Windows Update Website
APIPA
HDMI
41. An extension of the SATA standard for external SATA devices - with speeds triple that of USB 2.0.
External Serial ATA (eSATA)
video adapter card
taskbar
power supply
42. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
IEC-320 connector
troubleshooting
single-layer (SL)
43. Aka parts grabber.
flash memory
reactivate
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
extending extractor
44. A disk that uses basic storage - which means that it uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
DVD-RAM
basic disk
Task Scheduler
share
45. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.
miniconnector
hot spot
BDD Workbench
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
46. Threats that are not truly malicious code - but can have indirect negative effects - such as decreasing performance or using up bandwidth. Grayware includes spyware - adware - spam - and spim.
UPS
grayware
emergency repair disk (ERD)
taskbar
47. Aka IEEE 1394.
AMD
Fn key
FAT12
FireWire
48. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras - which often use CompactFlash.
virtual private network (VPN)
DHCP Server
distribution server
flash memory
49. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.
password
Media Access Control (MAC) address
32-bit
luminance
50. The use of deceit and trickery to persuade someone to hand over money or valuables.
multiplexing
P1 power connector
network operating system (NOS)
fraud