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Comptia A + Certification
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Instructions:
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 special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.
unattended installation
thermal compound
SCSI controller
device driver
2. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
active speaking
DSL
copy
Advanced Technology (AT)
3. A type of motherboard and its variants most commonly used in recent PC systems.
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
PAGEFILE.SYS
molex connector
wireless access point (WAP)
4. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.
SCSI ID
memory controller chip (MCC)
Media Access Control (MAC) address
control unit
5. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
CompactFlash
satellite communications
6. 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)
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
encryption
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
7. 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.
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
subkey
ACT
sector translation
8. The act of covertly obtaining information broadcast from wireless devices using the Bluetooth standard.
Basic Service Set (BSS)
cache controller
BitLocker drive encryption
bluesnarfing
9. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.
dual layer (DL)
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
Gigabit Ethernet
router
10. Signals broadcast through the air.
radio frequency (RF)
RAID controller
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Safe Mode
11. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.
recently used programs list
flash memory
dynamic RAM (DRAM)
DLP
12. The original digital versatile disc (DVD) encoding format used for movies sold at retail.
DVD-Video
Enable VGA Mode
bus
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
13. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi
identity theft
digital versatile disc (DVD)
Super Video
direct current (DC)
14. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.
Voice over IP (VoIP)
transferring
SGRAM
fusing rollers
15. In Windows - one or more settings found in the Local Security Settings console.
power-on self-test (POST)
Speaker On/Off key
Audit Policy
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA)
16. A service of the operating system on a laptop that detects when a card has been inserted.
firmware
digital video interface (DVI)
shadow mask
socket services
17. Aka Internet service provider.
modding
8-bit high color
mini-audio connector
ISP
18. Two or more disks working together in one of the several RAID schemes.
HDD
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
RAID array
NLX
19. An action - such as the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key combination or the insertion of a smart card - that clears memory of certain types of viruses before a user logs on.
RF
Remote Desktop
volatile
secure attention sequence (SAS)
20. An improved version of WPA that does not support older network cards and offers both secure authentication and data encryption. It uses EAP for a variety of authentication methods
war chalking
Post Office Protocol (POP)
authentication factor
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
21. Cable that consists of pairs of wires twisted around each other. The twists help to boost each wire's signals and make them less susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI).
adapter card
twisted-pair cable
flat panel display (FPD)
FAT12
22. In Windows - an Advanced Option that is only available in Windows Servers in the role of domain controllers - although it appears on the menu in non-domain controllers.
drive image
system board
toner cartridge
Directory Services Restore Mode
23. A raised area on an optical disc that is alternated with depressed areas to be interpreted as data.
pin-out
expansion card
land
virtual private network (VPN)
24. 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.
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
DVD-10
default gateway
compact disc (CD)
25. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.
process
DVI-A
terminating resistor
primary master
26. A special-purpose computer designed for a certain task and installed within a device.
shared video memory
BIOS
embedded systems
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
27. Aka virtual circuit.
Internet service provider (ISP)
traces
Southbridge
VC
28. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.
motherboard
registry
secondary slave
war chalking
29. 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
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
UPS
shadow mask
expansion bus
30. A network connection device that passes traffic between two networks - using the physical address (MAC address) of the destination device.
bridge
card services
loopback plug
Li-ion
31. The primary input device for a PDA - shaped like a pen and used to press small keys on a keypad - tap the screen to select items - or write data on the screen.
internal bus
hot-swappable drive
VRAM
stylus
32. Aka digital linear tape.
FAT table
DLT
DoS Attack
Static RAM (SRAM)
33. A power management standard - introduced by Intel in 1992 - that defines four power-usage operating levels.
degaussing
Advanced Power Management (APM)
developing
DDR1
34. A display device that contains a cathode ray tube and uses an electron gun to activate phosphors behind the screen at the front of the tub.
IDE
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
ISP
35. The type of connector used in the ExpressCard interface.
solid ink
Preboot eXecution Environment
beam-on-blade connector
dynamic RAM (DRAM)
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
DVD-ROM
mini-audio connector
top-level domain (TLD)
WAP
37. A set of technologies that allow voice transmission over an IP network
ink cartridge
active partition
Voice over IP (VoIP)
FAT table
38. Aka External Serial ATA.
file signature verification
DisplayPort
eSATA
graphical user interface (GUI)
39. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.
biometric
backup media
RS-232 port
AMR
40. Aka capture card.
TV tuner card
key fob
IEC-320 connector
bandwidth
41. A way to monitor security-related events.
security auditing
PCIe Mini Card
SD Card
land-grid array (LGA)
42. Aka top-level domain.
TLD
EVGA
Internet
netbook
43. A fraudulent method of obtaining personal and financial information through the use of pop-ups or e-mail messages that purport to be from a legitimate organization - such as a bank - credit card company - or retailer.
phishing
case fan
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
sub-mini audio connector
44. 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
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
DVD-RAM
FAT file system
45. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that the video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Wind
Enable Low Resolution Video
digital signature
watts
PGA2
46. A special disk used for recovering an OS failure in Windows 2000. It requires that you create the ERD while the system is healthy - and then use it - along with the Windows Setup CD - to repair Windows.
cookies
emergency repair disk (ERD)
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
time to live (TTL)
47. Aka virtual file allocation table.
Standby
permission
VFAT
toner cartridge
48. Software that runs on the computers in a network and that receives services from servers.
driver signing
network client
Y
Encrypting File System (EFS)
49. 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").
microcode
dynamic RAM (DRAM)
digitizer
dual layer (DL)
50. A component that you can install into a system onsite - such as memory modules - heat sinks - and CMOS batteries.
FAT table
processor bus
field replaceable unit (FRU)
ACT