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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. 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)
hibernate
DLT
code signing
2. A physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.
MicroDIMM
fraud
universal data format (UDF)
hot spot
3. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.
Ethernet
removable storage
switching mode power supply
Remote Desktop
4. Aka IEEE 1394.
FireWire
ink cartridge
DSL
Bluetooth
5. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.
Secure Digital (SD) Card
hard disk drive
troubleshooting
bus
6. A popular inkjet printer developed by Canon.
Bubble Jet
pop-up blocker
ACT
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
7. Aka virtual file allocation table.
twisted-pair cable
VFAT
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
port replicator
8. Aka serial ATA.
SIMM
HDMI
SATA
SONET
9. A connector that is slightly larger than an RJ-11 connector and contains eight wires. RJ-45 connectors most commonly attach twisted-pair cables to Ethernet network cards.
RJ-45
CPU
Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
802.11n
10. In a Microsoft Windows network - an administrative organization with a centralized security accounts database maintained on one or more special servers called domain controllers. This centralized database contains accounts for users - groups - and co
domain
LPT2
HDD
super video graphics array (SVGA)
11. A process applied to digitally signed code to unencrypt the signature data and use the information to verify the program code was not modified since the signature was added.
file signature verification
UPS
video adapter card
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
12. Aka Domain Name Service.
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
active partition
sub-mini audio connector
DNS
13. A protocol developed in the 1980s by IBM for managing names on a network. Also used by Microsoft in early networking. Replaced by DNS on TCP/IP networks.
ExpressCard
solid ink
NetBIOS
form factor
14. Aka continuity RIMM.
CRIMM
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
contrast ratio
SAS
15. An encryption technology introduced in Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions - Windows Server 2008 - and also in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions. It encrypts the entire boot volume.
read/write head
Media Access Control (MAC) address
BitLocker drive encryption
master drive
16. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 10 Mbps.
DB-25
802.11b
fixed input power supply
optical drive
17. In a CPU - special memory that resides outside the CPU's core and is used to temporarily store instructions and data in order to increase the processing speed. Also called Level 2 (L2) cache and Level 3 (L3) cache - depending on the design of the CPU
CPE
external cache
dot matrix printer
optical character recognition (OCR)
18. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.
local area network (LAN)
communication network riser (CNR)
MicroDIMM
ATM
19. Aka electromagnetic pulse.
Safe Mode With Networking
input/out (I/O)
EMP
Quick Launch bar
20. Aka Microsoft Management Console.
802.11g
multiplexing
authentication factor
MMC
21. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.
Advanced Technology (AT)
Display Mode Key
IPCONFIG
DVD+RW
22. Aka Secure Digital (SD) Card.
auto-switching power supply
virtual file allocation table (VFAT)
drive-by download
SD Card
23. Aka Digital Light Processing.
DLP
netbook
port triggering
removable storage
24. Malware that hides itself from detection by antimalware programs; it is installed on a computer by someone who has privileged access to the computer.
spam
rootkit
32-bit
DoS Attack
25. The memory space - program code - data - and system resources required by a running program.
ATX power supply
TLD
process
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
26. A security feature introduced in Windows Vista to prevent unauthorized changes to Windows.
User Account Control (UAC)
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
CardBus
PGA2
27. A key on a laptop that is combined with the FN key to bring up a small volume control panel on the display. Using the up (?) or right (?) arrow key - the volume will increase. To decrease the volume - press the FN key and the SPEAKER VOLUME key along
social engineering
POP
Speaker Volume Key
ACPI
28. Aka synchronous dynamic RAM.
Trojan horse
backup media
v-hold
SDRAM
29. A VESA standard for power management in display devices.
real-time clock (RTC)
display power-management signaling (DPMS)
watts
CPE
30. A company in the business of providing Internet access to users.
MMC
bluesnarfing
Internet service provider (ISP)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
31. A cell phone with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions built in.
mini-DIN-6
Southbridge
smart phone
adware
32. 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
IEEE 1394
SODIMM
mirroring
laser beam
33. 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
ICMP
laptop
amperes (amps)
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
34. Aka root key.
SLI
socket
T1
subtree
35. A partition type that can exist on a basic disk and have one or more logical drive letters assigned to it. A Windows operating system cannot boot from an extended partition.
802.11g
auditing
DVD-RAM
extended partition
36. A device that takes video output and projects it onto a screen for viewing by a larger audience.
Telnet
flash ROM
projector
wide area network (WAN)
37. A file attribute set by the OS when a file is created or modified. Backup software often removes this attribute when backing up a file in order to mark it as a backed-up file.
SODIMM
clock speed
archive attribute
address bus
38. A power-usage level.
802.11g
power state
identity theft
master boot record (MBR)
39. Dual inline package. A very tiny slide that indicates two states. Motherboard and other circuit cards often have one or more groupings of DIP switches for configuring options.
full-duplex
secondary master
DIP switch
ACE
40. The classic PC serial port that complies with the Recommended Standard-232 (RS-232) in its circuitry - cabling - and connector design - and transfers data one bit at a time.
RS-232 port
DVD-R
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
professionalism
41. Specialized hardware used to create and manage a RAID array.
subscriber connector (SC)
World Wide Web
RAID controller
mini-audio connector
42. The information transfer protocol of the World Wide Web (WWW). Included in HTTP are the commands Web browsers use to request Web pages from Web servers and then display them on the screen of the local computer.
Southbridge
root directory
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
file signature verification
43. Unsolicited e-mail.
FAT12
file allocation table (FAT)
spam
exception
44. In Windows Vista - a vertical bar found by default on the right side of the desktop. Here - you will find gadgets and mini-programs.
power-on self-test (POST)
straight-tip (ST) connector
uniqueness database file (UDF)
sidebar
45. Aka musical instrument digital interface.
MIDI
Fast Ethernet
biometric
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
46. 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
fraud
Foreign
IEEE 1284
land
47. Aka digitizing tablet.
subtree
developing
active KVM switch
digitizer
48. A video signaling method in which analog video information is transmitted as two or more discrete signals. Two general types of component video are RGB Video and S-Video.
component video
multiplexing
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
video adapter card
49. An LCD display that uses a DB-15 connector - which means that it accepts analog signals that it converts to digital.
Telnet
analog LCD display
slave drive
bidirectional mode
50. A unit of measurement of actual delivered power - calculated by the formula watts = volts
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
watts
RS-232 port
Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)