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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 dark spot on an LCD screen caused when a transistor is permanently off.
device driver
dead pixel
Safe Mode With Networking
LVDS
2. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
transferring
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
Enable Boot Logging
3. A technology for ROM that can be reprogrammed using special software.
customer premises equipment (CPE)
terminating resistor
surge suppressor
flash ROM
4. A data encryption technology used for securing data transmitted over the Internet.
PC Card
smart card
WPA2
secure socket layer (SSL)
5. A popular inkjet printer developed by Canon.
DVI-I
DVD-Data discs
Bubble Jet
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
6. A cooling fan mounted directly on the case - as opposed to a power supply fan - which is inside the power supply.
mainboard
case fan
aspect ratio
RGB video
7. An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.
mass storage device
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
even parity
memory controller chip (MCC)
8. A magnetic storage device that stores data on metal platters that have a coating that holds data in the form of changes to small magnetic particles in the coating. Also called HDD.
PCIe Mini Card
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
land
hard disk drive
9. Aka logical block address.
registered jack (RJ)
LBA
charging
MAC
10. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.
DVI-I
PCI-E
dead pixel
PING
11. In reference to parallel ports - a mode in which the parallel device connected to the parallel port can receive data but cannot send data. CMOS settings (system settings) may refer to this mode as "Transfer only."
DC Controller
EIDE
unidirectional mode
RF
12. 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).
port
patch
External Serial ATA (eSATA)
Return To OS Choices menu
13. The type of electrical current delivered by a battery in which the electrons flow in only one direction.
direct current (DC)
WRAM
VGA
graphical user interface (GUI)
14. 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
single-mode fiber (SMF)
FAT32
IEEE 1394
virus encyclopedia
15. A key on a laptop that - when pressed along with the FN key - changes the laptop display brightness at the hardware level. On some laptops - when this key combination is pressed - a small brightness control panel will display on the screen. Use the u
thermal paste
hyper threading
DLP
Display Brightness Key
16. A method used by several software manufacturers to combat software piracy. The formal name for Microsoft's activation is Microsoft Product Activation (MPA).
Lucent connector (LC)
v-hold
voltage regulator module (VRM)
activation
17. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).
BDD Workbench
microcode
synchronous dynamic RAM
stand-alone computer
18. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.
cache controller
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
ATM
DHCP Server
19. One or more chips in a computer's chipset that controls communications between the CPU and RAM on the motherboard.
Voice over IP (VoIP)
Northbridge
IEEE 1394
active KVM switch
20. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
NLX
cluster
master boot record (MBR)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
21. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.
capacity
SLD
secondary master
partition type
22. A finite set of resources controlled by the operating system and critical to the use of all computer components.
system resources
drive path
cleaning blade
terminating resistor
23. A version of Windows XP that includes Windows Media Center - which supports advanced multimedia functions.
hyper threading
personal firewall
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
24. A specialized chip that controls DMA channels.
Internet service provider (ISP)
special group
MIDI
DMA controller
25. A server containing source files for installing software onto client computers. The shared folder containing these files is a software distribution point.
hot swapping
distribution server
primary corona wire
docking station
26. One or more lights (usually LEDs) on a device that indicate the device's operational status through the color of the light - by blinking or remaining steady or both.
Northbridge
video adapter card
status light indicator
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
27. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
backup media
dynamic disk
ICMP
28. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP - an Advanced Options menu choice that starts Windows normally - except that video mode is changed to the lowest resolution - using the currently installed video driver. This option does not switch to the basic Windows
grounding mat
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Enable VGA Mode
attended installation
29. A type of KVM switch that is controlled through a mechanical switch on the box.
PING
frame relay
inactive KVM switch
FAT16
30. Software that takes a scanned image and interprets the patterns in the image into alphanumeric characters.
hard disk drive
discretion
Basic Service Set (BSS)
optical character recognition (OCR)
31. In an operating system GUI - a tiny graphic representing an application - folder - disk - menu item - or other entity.
connector
POP
icon
system attribute
32. Aka pin grid array.
audio modem riser (AMR)
PGA
Blu-ray disc
partition
33. The appropriate responses that you make during a conversation.
DVI-I
mount point
active speaking
HTTP
34. Aka external cache.
ink cartridge
PING
PAGEFILE.SYS
Level 3 (L3) cache
35. Aka direct current.
letterbox
DC
mass storage device
Balanced Technology eXtended
36. Aka Advanced Power Management.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
hub
writing
APM
37. A menu that opens from the Start button on the taskbar.
vertical position
PPP
case fan
Start menu
38. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
MMC
letterbox
802.11g
registry
39. Aka nickel-cadmium.
NiCD
WUXGA
multiplexing
system requirements
40. At first - a terminal was not much more than a display - a keyboard - and the minimal circuitry for connecting to the mainframe. Now - a terminal can be a computer running Windows or other operating system - plus terminal client emulation software th
driver signing
Speaker On/Off key
tape drive
terminal
41. 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
NETSTAT
memory address
PROM
42. A WAN connection that uses existing copper telephone wire for the communication circuit. To accomplish this - a DSL modem splits the existing phone line into two bands; voice transmission uses the frequencies below 4000 Hz - whereas data transmission
adware
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
PCI Express
43. Aka uninterruptible power supply.
latency
UPS
extension magnet
ExpressCard
44. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.
plug and play (PnP)
DVI-D
virus
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
45. A riser card standard that AMD - 3Com - and others introduced in 2000 to supersede AMR. It uses one PCI slot - provides accelerated audio and modem functions as well as networking - and supports multiple Ethernet NICs.
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
electro-photosensitive drum
master boot record (MBR)
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
46. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.
liquid cooling system
fiber-optic cable
Ethernet
bit width
47. 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
shadow mask
power supply tester
local remote KVM switch
48. A virtual communication circuit that is created and remains available between two endpoints - which are normally some form of data terminal equipment (DTE). Telecommunications companies provide PVC service to companies requiring a dedicated circuit b
eSATA
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
amperes (amps)
DHCP
49. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.
connector
memory address
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
CD-ROM
50. The graphical Internet consisting of a vast array of documents located on millions of specialized servers worldwide. The documents are created using HTML and other specialized languages - and transferred from servers to client computers using HTTP an
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
World Wide Web
port
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)