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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.
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 lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
dot matrix printer
client/server-based network
Li-ion
2. Any power supply that provides high voltage - such as those in laser printers and CRTs.
BIOS
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
multi-monitor
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
3. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.
SRAM
microcode
ad hoc mode
plug and play (PnP)
4. An LCD display that accepts a digital signal. Early LCD displays accepted an analog signal and converted it to digital internally.
terminal
digital LCD display
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
5. 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.
DSL
capacity
hub
file signature verification
6. A cell phone with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions built in.
flash drive
FireWire
smart phone
protocol
7. A type of printer that uses solid - rather than liquid - ink.
primary partition
solid ink
microprogram
sidebar
8. Aka musical instrument digital interface.
Distributed File System (DFS)
netbook
MIDI
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
9. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.
expansion bus
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS)
memory
mass storage device
10. A simple type of component video signal that sends three separate signals
VoIP
SODIMM
RGB video
adapter card
11. A utility for migrating data from many computers - or if you need to perform what Microsoft calls a "wipe-and-load migration" from and to the same computer. Available in Windows XP - Vista - and Windows 7.
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
dynamic storage
VFAT
file
12. The amount of time it takes a packet to travel from one point to another.
CD-ROM drive
tact
latency
WEP
13. A large burst of electromagnetic energy - as from a nuclear explosion - that has the potential to damage communications and power lines within a large geographic area - depending on the size and location of the pulse.
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
WPA2
connector
KVM over IP
14. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
direct memory access (DMA) channel
extension magnet
S/PDIF
XGA
15. Aka front side bus.
FSB
watts
Emergency Repair Process
smart card
16. The area at the beginning of a disk formatted with the FAT file system. This area contains the boot record - FAT table - and root directory.
Directory Services Restore Mode
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
64-bit
system area
17. In a computer - pathways that power - data - and control signals travel from one component to another within the system.
CrossFire
bus
Foreign
BitLocker drive encryption
18. Aka second-level domain.
SLD
Domain Name Service (DNS)
solid-state storage
update
19. A card that fits into the PC Card interface - including both PC Card and CardBus cards. This type measures 85.6 millimeters long by 54 millimeters wide and 3.3 millimeters thick.
composite video
Type I
DVD-10
Bluetooth
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.
64-bit
digital LCD display
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
digital versatile disc (DVD)
21. Aka floppy disk drive.
version
FDD
CMOS
low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS)
22. Aka software firewall.
personal firewall
video adapter
microcode
RDRAM
23. On a Microsoft Windows network - a resource - such as a file folder or printer - that is available on the network.
FDD
datagram
share
personal area network (PAN)
24. Aka ATA Packet Interface.
ATAPI
thread of execution
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
shared video memory
25. Aka capture card.
CD-ROM drive
TV tuner card
electronic KVM switch
biometric
26. Aka communication network riser.
processor board
CNR
IEEE 1394a
IMAP
27. In Windows - an Advanced Options menu choice that will start Windows without the Windows GUI (EXPLORER.EXE) and with only a simple Command Prompt window from which you can launch Windows administrative utilities.
unattended installation
system file
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
multifunction device (MFD)
28. The language of Web pages. Web designers use the HTML language to create Web page code - which your Web browser converts into the pages you view on your screen.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
PCIe Mini Card
S-Video
Blu-ray disc
29. Aka adapter card.
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
expansion card
DDR RAM
biometric logon
30. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.
striping with distributed parity
system requirements
primary corona wire
industry standard architecture (ISA)
31. The protocol used by DHCP servers and clients. A DHCP server allocates IP addresses within the scope of addresses configured on the server by an administrator. DHCP clients request IP addresses and other IP configuration settings from DHCP Servers.
projector
primary slave
System Configuration Utility
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
32. Aka master boot record.
EPROM
MBR
DNS
heat sink
33. Aka fast page mode.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
file allocation table (FAT)
Advanced Technology (AT)
FPM
34. An Intel standard for starting up a computer over the network - without relying on a disk-based operating system. Used to install a new operating system or run diagnostics software.
CPE
math coprocessor
Preboot eXecution Environment
process priority level
35. Introduced in 1993 - the most common expansion bus architecture in PCs in the mid 1990s. It transfers data in parallel over a data bus that is either 32- or 64-bits wide.
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
refresh rate
paging file
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
36. A type of riser card that connects directly into a motherboard and adds no additional functionality of its own - but extends the expansion bus and allows expansion cards to be added in a different physical orientation.
active communication
display resolution
daughter card
Centronics
37. In an IP packet - a value field that shows how many routers the packet can cross before being discarded.
process ID
WINS
direct current (DC)
time to live (TTL)
38. A subprotocol of IP that detects and reports problems that can cause errors.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
router
unidirectional mode
39. A long-handled tool with a magnet on one end - used to pick up small objects containing iron.
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
RGB video
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS)
extension magnet
40. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.
Quick Launch bar
paging file
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
CD-RW (CD-rewritable)
41. A command-line utility - installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite - that is used to troubleshoot DNS problems by querying DNS name servers and displaying the results of the queries.
thermal paste
internetwork
NetBIOS
NSLOOKUP
42. 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.
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
digital versatile disc (DVD)
system requirements
DC
43. One of several groups that no user can create or modify. The membership of a special group is predefined - and it is available to you only when you assign permissions or rights. A few important special groups are Creator Owner - System - and Everyone
single inline memory module (SIMM)
special group
graphical processing unit (GPU)
master boot record (MBR)
44. Aka electromagnetic pulse.
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
EMP
expansion bus
PPTP
45. An adapter card used to run a special diagnostic test on a computer as it is powering up. These tests usually go beyond those performed by the system BIOS-based POST.
POST card
socket
SORIMM
Safe Mode
46. Aka Internet service provider.
ISP
interrupt request line (IRQ)
DDR
system bus
47. A portable computer small enough to fit in your hand - also referred to as a "palmtop" computer. Because it is so small - a PDA does not have the functionality of a laptop or desktop computer. In other words - a typical PDA allows you to perform only
ARP
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
wide area network (WAN)
48. A term applied to a CPU - motherboard - or other components that conform to the newer 64-bit architecture. Also referred to as 64-bit.
x86-64
WPA
portable computer
fusing lamp
49. The role of the first EIDE drive on a PATA channel.
flashing
System File Checker (SFC)
Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX)
master drive
50. An area under the pinned items list on the Windows XP Start menu that contains shortcuts to recently run programs.
recently used programs list
display resolution
BIOS settings
digital video discs