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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. Aka nickel metal hydride.
compact disc (CD)
molex connector
NiMH
primary corona wire
2. Pertaining to a DVD drive or disc that can store data in a single layer of pits on each data side.
TrackPoint
wireless access point (WAP)
single-sided (SS) DVD
single-layer (SL)
3. Using the same cabling as 10BaseT - Fast Ethernet - or 100Base-T - operates at 100 Mbps and uses different network interface cards.
Color Quality
Fast Ethernet
SMTP
PPTP
4. A wireless mode requiring a wireless access point (WAP).
keystroke logger
infrastructure mode
biometric logon
fusing
5. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.
subscriber connector (SC)
System Monitor
LPT2
DMA controller
6. A Windows service that allows a user to connect remotely to a computer and run the Windows desktop on the remote computer - but have the same access as if logged on to the computer and its local network.
subscriber connector (SC)
Intel Corporation
network operating system (NOS)
Remote Desktop
7. In the domain name system - a name that is registered under a top-level domain - such as mcgraw-hill.com or microsoft.com.
second-level domain (SLD)
accelerated graphics port (AGP)
active KVM switch
secure attention sequence (SAS)
8. A magnetic storage device that contains a thin internal plastic disk - capable of receiving magnetic charges contained in the thin magnetic coating on the disk.
loopback plug
input/out (I/O)
floppy disk
aspect ratio
9. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.
system board
COMx
mode
process
10. The specific requirements for the level of CPU - amount of memory - and size of the hard disk for the computer on which an operating system can be installed.
ZIF
line printer
system requirements
virtual private network (VPN)
11. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
MMC
BIOS settings
S-Video
transferring
12. Aka System Information.
registry
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
MSINFO32.EXE
Internet service provider (ISP)
13. A 4-pin connector that - in addition to a 20-pin connector - is part of motherboard power connector that follows the ATX 12V standard.
AC
P412V
process
routing information protocol (RIP)
14. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.
memory controller chip (MCC)
ROM
Video Electronics Standards Organization (VESA)
thermal paste
15. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.
thermal paste
response time
System Monitor
projector
16. Aka Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
HTTP
routing information protocol (RIP)
VFAT
Emergency Repair Process
17. In Windows - a security account that contains one or more local user accounts - and when a computer is a member of a Windows domain - may also contain domain user or group accounts.
local group account
CMOS settings
CSU
DC
18. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.
CompactFlash
optical character recognition (OCR)
Integrated Access Device (IAD)
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
19. The process of informing the software manufacturer who the official owner or user of the product is - and providing contact information such as name - address - company - phone number - e-mail address - and so on - about them. Registration is usually
active partition
floppy disk
System Configuration Utility
registration
20. Things used for authentication - such as something you know - something you have - or something you are. Authentication involves one or more of these factors and can - therefore - be one-factor - two-factor - or three-factor authentication.
authentication factor
ALU
LCD
parts grabber
21. A device used to scan smart cards.
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
discretion
smart card reader
Directory Services Restore Mode
22. 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.
DVD+R
bridge
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
cleaning
23. Aka cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor.
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
Balanced Technology eXtended
CRT
vertical hold
24. Aka FAT file system.
FAT
secure socket layer (SSL)
DDR2
DLT
25. The box that houses the main computer system.
Gigabit Ethernet
CardBus
digital versatile disc (DVD)
case
26. Aka permanent virtual circuit.
projector
PVC
8-bit high color
EVGA
27. Aka uniqueness database file.
FAT16
UDF
direct thermal printer
password cracker
28. An LCD display setting that adjusts the viewable area of the display vertically.
DIN connector
vertical position
cookies
hot spot
29. 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").
broadband WAN
dynamic RAM (DRAM)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
multi-monitor
30. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).
virtual memory
security policy
Return To OS Choices menu
Fast Ethernet
31. [1] On computer circuit boards - a very tiny slide that indicates two states.. [2] In a network - a network device - much like a hub - except that a switch takes an incoming signal and sends it to only the destination port - avoiding collisions and m
switch
CardBus
mobo
WWW
32. A type of DSL service in which the download speed is higher than the upload speed.
asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL)
activation
VFAT
copy
33. An external serial bus standardized by the IEEE. Apple first developed it as FireWire. Other manufacturers call it i.link or Lynx. It can support up to 63 daisy-chained devices. Since the introduction of the faster update - IEEE 1394b - the original
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
IEEE 1394
inactive KVM switch
x86-64
34. A chip that works with a serial port - converting outgoing data from parallel to serial and incoming data from serial to parallel.
NSLOOKUP
Lucent connector (LC)
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
metropolitan area network (MAN)
35. Aka radio frequency.
RF
SVGA
biometric device
horizontal position
36. The boot loader file in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. During the boot loader phase - NTLDR takes control of the system - switches the CPU to protected mode - starts the file system - and reads the BOOT.INI file.
SONET
NTLDR
Fast Ethernet
WAP
37. A chip that retains system settings such as the time - keyboard settings - and boot sequence.
memory bank
Infrared (IR)
single-mode fiber (SMF)
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
38. A tool used to create and manage a distribution share and various installation images.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
horizontal position
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
BDD Workbench
39. The cartridge for a laser printer that contains both the medium (toner) and other printing components.
PAGEFILE.SYS
Blu-ray disc
toner cartridge
bridge
40. Aka continuity RIMM.
NTLDR
Audit Policy
CRIMM
BNC
41. A mark on a building created by a war driver to specify where a hotspot exists. People "in the know" look for these marks to identify hotspots for their use.
war chalking
discretion
Li-ion
EFS
42. A standard for interconnecting electronic musical instruments to communicate with computers and among themselves.
DLP
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
pinned items list
musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)
43. An LCD display using an old technology that has a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a transistor at the end of each wire. When two transistors (one at the x-axis and one at the y-axis) send voltage along their wires - the pixel at the inters
long filename (LFN)
DDR SDRAM
DVD+RW
passive matrix display
44. A physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.
mount point
RAID 0
FSB
hot spot
45. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
WAN connection
graphical user interface (GUI)
discretion
46. Aka S-Video.
ERD
chipset
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
Super Video
47. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.
plug and play (PnP)
User Account Control (UAC)
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
surge protector
48. Aka digital versatile disc (DVD).
DVD
digital LCD display
FAT file system
AGP
49. The hardware address of a network device - also called the Ethernet address (on Ethernet devices) or NIC address.
ERD
Media Access Control (MAC) address
answer file
virtual memory
50. Aka systray.
writing
secure attention sequence (SAS)
notification area
Program Compatibility Wizard