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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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1. A printed circuit card that you add to the motherboard to enhance functionality. Also called an expansion card. Video adapters and network interface cards (NICs) are examples of adapter cards.
adapter card
protocol
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
Speaker Volume Key
2. Electrically erasable programmable ROM. A ROM chip that is erasable using an electrical charge.
shared video memory
Type II
multimeter
EEPROM
3. Aka Scalable Link Interface.
SLI
time to live (TTL)
antistatic mat
toner cartridge
4. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that traces the route taken by packets to a destination.
removable storage
SONET
TRACERT
RIP
5. A drive that is mapped to an empty folder on an NTFS volume and is assigned a drive path rather than drive letters.
point stick
mounted drive
ATX power supply
PPP
6. A single dot on a display screen. A contraction of "Picture Element."
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
pixel
Preboot eXecution Environment
laser beam
7. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.
SODIMM
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
file allocation table (FAT)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
8. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.
PS/2
password
war chalking
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
9. Aka refresh rate.
vertical refresh rate
dead pixel
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
half-duplex
10. Two disk drives used for RAID 1 - in which data is written to both drives at the same time - a practice called mirroring.
mirrored set
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
remote KVM switch
WAP
11. A coherent and concentrated light beam - also simply called a laser.
master boot record (MBR)
FDD
laser beam
POST card
12. A program downloaded to a computer without the user's consent. The user unwittingly initiates the download by some simple act - such as browsing to a Website or opening an e-mail message written in HTML. Or a user may initiate a drive-by download by
copy
drive-by download
Blu-ray disc
router
13. A technology for ROM that can be reprogrammed using special software.
dot matrix printer
Y
sidebar
flash ROM
14. An organization that creates specifications for infrared wireless communication.
file signature verification
DVD-ROM drive
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
quad-core CPU
15. In reference to a memory module - how much information the processor can access from or write to memory in a single cycle.
regional settings
bit width
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
video graphics array (VGA)
16. A special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.
Debugging Mode
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
POST
thermal compound
17. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.
denial of service (DoS) attack
IEEE 1394b
spyware
SD Card
18. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) connector
Domain Name Service (DNS)
jargon
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
19. A type of solid-state storage that is commonly used in a variety of devices - such as digital cameras.
port
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
IMAP
CompactFlash
20. Aka v-hold.
Standby
vertical hold
nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
21. Circuitry in a PC on an adapter card - or directly on the motherboard - that controls the output from the PC to the display device.
fiber-optic cable
CD
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
video adapter
22. Aka SCSI host adapter.
switch
SCSI controller
Level 1 (L1) cache
track point
23. Aka New Low-profile eXtended.
laser printer
NLX
PGA2
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
24. The language of Web pages. Web designers use the HTML language to create Web page code - which your Web browser converts into the pages you view on your screen.
compact disc (CD)
ATA
Mini PCI
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
25. In networks - when data can travel in either direction - but only in one direction at a time.
FAT
half-duplex
LVDS
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
26. The worldwide interconnection of networks that can be accessed with various Internet-based software. The World Wide Web is one of the many services of the Internet.
Internet
bit width
SSL
authentication factor
27. Unsolicited messages sent over an instant messaging service - such as Windows Messenger.
active listening
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
PGA2
28. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
local remote KVM switch
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
Northbridge
29. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.
recently used programs list
DXDIAG
second-level domain (SLD)
client/server-based network
30. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.
single-layer (SL)
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
WAP
31. 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
stylus
APIPA
laptop
Foreign
32. A local bus designed for video only - it provides a direct link between the processor and the video card - giving the video card direct access to main memory.
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
FDD
sector translation
100Base-T
33. The traditional wired telephone network.
swap file
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
address bus
Debugging Mode
34. A virtual tunnel created between two endpoints over an untrusted network. The tunnel is created by encapsulating the packets within special packets for the tunnel. Other security methods are also usually applied to a VPN - such as encrypting the data
virtual private network (VPN)
PGA
broadband WAN
MIDI
35. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to toggle the laptop's speaker on and off. The SPEAKER ON/OFF key is usually one of the standard function keys - such as F3 - that displays a speaker symbol.
Speaker On/Off key
System Monitor
process ID
alternating current
36. A network connection over long distances - traditionally using phone lines or satellite communications.
wide area network (WAN)
NTLDR
active listening
portable computer
37. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.
motherboard
miniconnector
heat sink
solid ink
38. Aka uninterruptible power supply.
DDR RAM
solid-state storage
thermal paste
UPS
39. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).
NTFS
bluesnarfing
Debugging Mode
video adapter card
40. A category of adapter card that accepts and records video signals to a PC's hard drive. A TV tuner card is a type of capture card.
PS/2
local area network (LAN)
domain
capture card
41. Aka FAT file system.
active matrix display
FAT
dead pixel
war chalking
42. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.
archive attribute
writing
NiMH
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
43. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).
ad hoc mode
routing information protocol (RIP)
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
cleaning blade
44. In reference to computers - the pathways or methods for what goes into a computer in the form of data and instructions and similarly what comes out of the computer in many forms - including an onscreen display - a printout sent to a printer - or data
bus
sub-mini audio connector
DoS Attack
input/out (I/O)
45. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.
Bubble Jet
POTS
ECP
driver signing
46. A device that converts digital signals from the broadband connection to voice for the analog phone and the analog voice signals to digital signals for the digital network.
jump drive
mirrored set
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
auditing
47. The area at the beginning of a disk formatted with the FAT file system. This area contains the boot record - FAT table - and root directory.
denial of service (DoS) attack
CD-R (CD-Record)
system area
RAID 1
48. A group of schemes designed to provide either better performance or improved data reliability through redundancy.
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
slave drive
docking station
half-duplex
49. Aka microcode.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
microprogram
AC
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
50. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
power management
XGA
Post Office Protocol (POP)
spyware