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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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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. An optical disc created and read by a mechanism using a laser.
hot-swappable drive
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
compact disc (CD)
RJ-45
2. Aka World Wide Web.
DVI-A
Bubble Jet
WWW
power management
3. A raised area on an optical disc that is alternated with depressed areas to be interpreted as data.
land
S/PDIF
even parity
IEC-320 connector
4. Aka v-hold.
dot matrix printer
vertical hold
DVI-D
CPE
5. Aka electromagnetic pulse.
EMP
code signing
thumb drive
graphical processing unit (GPU)
6. Windows run-line utility for testing the DirectX support. Launch this program when experiencing video problems and/or audio problems when running DirectX applications.
computer platform
MSINFO32.EXE
DXDIAG
chrominance
7. Program code that allows an operating system to control the use of a physical device.
parallel port
malware
device driver
cable select
8. Aka DDR2 SDRAM.
direct current (DC)
magnetic mass storage
DDR2
read-only memory (ROM)
9. Fiber-optic cable in which multiple light waves can pass simultaneously. Usually larger in diameter than single-mode fiber; and each wave uses a certain portion of the fiber cable for transmission.
format
Enable VGA Mode
multimode fiber (MMF)
cellular WAN
10. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.
SCSI host adapter
RJ-45
IPCONFIG
clock speed
11. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
DC
Windows Update Website
DDR RAM
BDD Workbench
12. The first physical sector on a hard disk - which contains the initial boot program that the BIOS loads into memory during bootup. It also contains the partition table.
customer premises equipment (CPE)
proxy server
digital subscriber line (DSL)
master boot record (MBR)
13. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.
AMD
soft power
boot record
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
14. Aka Advanced Technology eXtended.
DIMM
ATX
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
video RAM (VRAM)
15. Aka zero insertion force (ZIF) socket.
multimeter
uniqueness database file (UDF)
ZIF
input/out (I/O)
16. In a low-profile PC case - a card that plugs into a motherboard to allow other cards to be inserted at a right angle to the riser card and parallel to the motherboard. Also - a single expansion card containing multiple functions - such as modem - sou
flashing
IEEE 1394b
FAT file system
riser card
17. Aka thermal compound.
activation
Li-ion
thermal paste
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
18. Aka plain-old telephone service.
POTS
device driver
LVDS
access control
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
file allocation table (FAT)
World Wide Web
FAT12
registration
20. A disc designed to store all types of data usable by a computer. This term also refers to the drives that read and write to these discs. There are various types of DVD drives and media.
digital versatile disc (DVD)
routing information protocol (RIP)
identity theft
CSU
21. The displayable number of pixels - expressed as x and y numbers - such as 1024
remote KVM switch
Enable VGA Mode
Southbridge
display resolution
22. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.
system bus
time to live (TTL)
repeater
NetBEUI
23. The original version of the IEEE 1394 standard that supports speeds up to 400 Mbps.
stylus
IEEE 1394a
FTP
smart card reader
24. Aka file allocation table.
Internet service provider (ISP)
FAT table
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
25. Another name for a motherboard in a laptop.
PVC
random access memory (RAM)
processor board
taskbar
26. Showing consideration for others.
tact
war chalking
electronic KVM switch
Windows Update Website
27. Operating system interface settings - such as the language used and the date - time - and currency formats.
notification area
regional settings
TV tuner card
chipset
28. 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.
RDRAM
S/PDIF
internetwork
hard disk drive
29. Aka Advanced Technology.
file signature verification
card services
AT
super video graphics array (SVGA)
30. AMD manufactures CPUs and other products - and its chief rival is Intel Corporation.
direct thermal printer
System Information (MSINFO32.EXE)
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
graphics tablet
31. A handheld device used to measure electrical resistance - voltage - and/or current.
System Configuration Utility
IP packet filtering
multimeter
Display Brightness Key
32. An underlying protocol that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop.
DVD-5
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
cable tester
device driver
33. When a mount point exists between a partition or volume to a folder on another volume - the drive path is the path (including a drive letter) to that partition or volume.
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
Mini PCI
drive path
Encrypting File System (EFS)
34. Aka Serial Attached SCSI.
SAS
video graphics array (VGA)
display
Color Quality
35. In reference to the Windows operating systems - one that can utilize more than 4 GB of address space. Depending on the version - 64-bit Windows can address a maximum of from 8 to 192 GB.
IRQ
64-bit
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
CardBus
36. An exact duplicate of an entire hard drive's contents - including the OS and all installed software.
shadow mask
vertical position
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
drive image
37. A modulator/demodulator device that allows computers to communicate with one another over existing phone lines.
processor bus
Wi-Fi
security auditing
analog modem
38. Aka super video graphics array.
SORIMM
System File Checker (SFC)
SVGA
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
39. A network protocol suite originally developed for the Internet; it has been mostly adopted on private networks.
file
TCP/IP
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
electro-photosensitive drum
40. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
grayware
ISDN
Mini PCI
microprogram
41. Unsolicited messages sent over an instant messaging service - such as Windows Messenger.
cellular WAN
thermal printer
SCSI controller
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
42. A printer that uses a light beam (laser) in the printing process.
troubleshooting
NTFS
UPS
laser printer
43. A multi-GPU solution developed by ATI.
CrossFire
Program Compatibility Wizard
DVD-9
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
44. A printer that creates printed output line by line.
line printer
ultra-portable
32-bit
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
45. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.
peer-to-peer network
ad hoc mode
overclocking
color depth
46. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
DDR1
TRACERT
secure socket layer (SSL)
DDR3 SDRAM
47. A type of printer that uses a matrix of pins striking paper through an ink ribbon to create dots on the paper - forming alphanumeric characters and graphic images.
server
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
CPU fan
dot matrix printer
48. A method for supporting up to 8.3 GB capacity hard drives. Both the BIOS and hard drive system must use LBA.
RDRAM
Service Set ID (SSID)
HDMI
logical block address (LBA)
49. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).
FAT file system
analog modem
voltage regulator module (VRM)
Safe Mode
50. A small program - such as those that can be run from the Windows Sidebar.
Blu-ray disc
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
connector
gadget