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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 power-usage level.
power state
slot cover
SAS
Enable VGA Mode
2. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the master drive on the first channel.
track point
primary master
cleaning
FDD
3. A virus that is self-replicating.
parts grabber
worm
EVGA
computer platform
4. Aka FAT file system.
WPA
FAT
broadband WAN
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
5. Aka hyper threading.
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
AMD
system bus
volts
6. An online power protection device that isolates a computer or other device plugged into it. During normal operation - the devices run directly off the battery through an inverter - rather than switching to the battery only after a loss of power.
single-layer (SL)
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
erasure lamp
7. On a Microsoft Windows network - a resource - such as a file folder or printer - that is available on the network.
NetBIOS
graphical user interface (GUI)
expansion bus
share
8. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.
DDR3
floppy disk drive
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
9. In an access control list - a record containing just one user or group account name and the permissions assigned to that account.
access control entry (ACE)
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
network operating system (NOS)
10. A system resource that certain devices - such as sound cards and hard drives - can use to move data between the device and system RAM without involving the processor.
DVD
server
direct memory access (DMA) channel
Trojan horse
11. The first physical sector on a floppy disk or the first sector on a hard drive partition. The boot record contains information about the OS. The boot record on a primary active partition is used to start the operating system. Also called the boot sec
EMP
liquid crystal display (LCD)
User Account Control (UAC)
boot record
12. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.
WUXGA
DXDIAG
EPROM
FPM
13. Aka demilitarized zone.
HDD
DVD-Video
Gigabit Ethernet
DMZ
14. One of the two main protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite - TCP breaks the data into chunks - called datagrams. Each datagram also contains information - stored in a header - which is used by the TCP protocol on the receiving end to reassemble the c
writing
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Fn key
TV tuner card
15. Aka Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
universal data format (UDF)
Program Compatibility Wizard
WPA
full-duplex
16. In the laser printing process - this is the step in which the cover on the printer's toner cartridge is opened and the toner particles are attracted to the relatively less negatively charged areas of the drum.
developing
digital signature
auditing
HDMI
17. A type of printer that uses heat in the image transfer process.
Fast Ethernet
thermal printer
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
antistatic wrist strap
18. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.
mirrored set
FAT table
proxy server
network operating system (NOS)
19. Aka RAID 5.
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
social engineering
T-carrier system
striping with distributed parity
20. A power supply standard that has both the 20-pin connector for the motherboard and a 4-pin 12 V connector.
Internet service provider (ISP)
ATV12V
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
digitizing tablet
21. The EXPLORER.EXE program. This program supports the entire Windows GUI. If EXPLORER.EXE is called up from inside the GUI - it opens a window for browsing your local disks and files.
extension magnet
FAT12
Windows Explorer
degaussing
22. Introduced in Windows 2000 - a user interface for Windows administration tools that is flexible and configurable.
ECC
DVI-A
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Bluetooth
23. An obsolete video standard introduced with IBM PS/2 computers in the late 1980s. VGA had a maximum resolution of 720
motherboard
software firewall
video graphics array (VGA)
parallel port
24. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
audio modem riser (AMR)
ATAPI
laptop
25. Aka thumb drive.
LVDS
jump drive
parity
APM
26. A partition type on a basic disk that can have only one logical drive assigned to it encompassing the entire partition. This partition type is also the only type of partition on a basic disk that can be marked as active for booting up an operating sy
DVD-ROM drive
primary partition
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
Static RAM (SRAM)
27. A term used for CPU packaging that indicates that a chip has columns and rows of pins.
charging
dot matrix printer
shortcut
pin grid array (PGA)
28. A virus that gains access to a computer by masquerading as a harmless program that a user innocently installs on the computer.
Trojan horse
Standby
fusing lamp
local user account
29. A generic reference to a PC's serial communications port - in which the x represents the port number.
active KVM switch
WEP
electronic KVM switch
COMx
30. Pertaining to a DVD drive and disc that can store data in two pitted layers on each data side - with each layer having a different reflectivity index.
single-sided (SS) DVD
color depth
DVD-Video
dual layer (DL)
31. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.
NiCD
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
graphical user interface (GUI)
extension magnet
32. To renew a product activation - required when the activation program discovers significant changes in a computer or the activated product has been installed on a second computer.
reactivate
watts
component video
root key
33. Aka internal cache memory.
netbook
real-time clock (RTC)
sub-mini audio connector
Level 1 (L1) cache
34. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.
central processing unit (CPU)
secondary slave
gadget
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
35. A CPU component that manages the CPU cache.
boot record
BTX
reactivate
cache controller
36. Device that stores digital data on magnetized media - such as floppy disks - the metal platters in hard disk drives - and magnetic tape media used in tape drives.
fusing
math coprocessor
magnetic mass storage
PROM
37. 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).
form factor
satellite communications
encryption
twisted-pair cable
38. In a laptop - a compartment that holds a single media device that is switchable with another.
share
Domain Name Service (DNS)
security policy
accessory bay
39. Aka uniqueness database file.
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
passive matrix display
UDF
40. A CPU containing four CPU cores.
quad-core CPU
routing information protocol (RIP)
impact printer
CRIMM
41. Aka Universal Serial Bus.
mini-audio connector
Internet Explorer (IE)
USB
display
42. Also called 1000Base-T - this networking standard supports speeds up to 1 Gbps.
Gigabit Ethernet
LPT2
DDR3 SDRAM
WAN connection
43. The bus within a CPU that connects the CPU to external components.
active KVM switch
smart card reader
internal bus
spindle
44. In the laser printer - the heated rollers that fuse the toner to the paper.
fusing rollers
WAP
LAN
Small Outline RIMM (SORIMM)
45. Aka time to live.
TTL
EFS
WPA2
Digital Light Processing (DLP)
46. Aka System Information.
SD Card
Start Windows Normally
projector
MSINFO32.EXE
47. A special terminating stick that must be inserted into the open RIMM sockets.
boot sequence
SAS
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
CMOS
48. Describes the VGA mode color setting that - although it can produce around 16 million different colors - can only display up to 256 different colors at a time.
8-bit high color
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
active partition
ALU
49. In a disk drive - the rotating shaft used to spin the disks.
hard disk drive
spindle
parity
cookies
50. The minimum disk space that a file can use - allocated in the file system.
Start menu
virtual circuit (VC)
cluster
degaussing