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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. Aka process priority level.
memory
DC
toner cartridge
base priority level
2. A specialized type of memory used only with video adapters.
motherboard
Control Panel
permission
video RAM (VRAM)
3. A network device that is used to extend the range of a network by taking the signals received on a port from one network and regenerating (repeating) those signals to another port to transmit them on a second network.
NiMH
repeater
Internet
service pack
4. Also called striping with distributed parity or striping with interleave parity - this RAID method involves a set of disks in which every time data is written to disk - a portion is written to each disk in turn - creating a "stripe" of data across th
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
RAID 5
processor board
Type I
5. Aka double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
DDR RAM
memory address
MAC
6. A remote KVM switch that uses either Cat 5 or USB cabling. The distance it can be from the computers it controls is a function of the length limits of the cabling; it normally uses a proprietary protocol and special hardware.
local remote KVM switch
ACPI
worm
capacity
7. A tool for migrating user data and settings from one Windows computer to a computer running Windows XP.
AMD
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
Windows XP Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
jargon
8. A device required at both ends of a T-carrier system connection.
dot matrix printer
PPP
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
channel service unit (CSU)
9. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.
primary corona wire
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
backup media
slot cover
10. A file used by Windows for virtual memory. Also called the swap file. The actual filename in Windows is PAGEFILE.SYS.
paging file
active listening
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
Enable Low Resolution Video
11. The style of partition on a basic disk - which includes primary and extended.
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
SPGA (staggered pin grid array)
sidebar
partition type
12. A standards organization - of which the T10 SCSI committee maintains the SCSI standard.
tact
InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
Disable Automatic Restart
cable select
13. A magnetic storage device that contains a thin internal plastic disk - capable of receiving magnetic charges contained in the thin magnetic coating on the disk.
floppy disk
dual layer (DL)
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
WINS Server
14. Aka Advanced Technology eXtended.
ATX
ACL
amperes (amps)
SLD
15. The type of electrical current delivered by a battery in which the electrons flow in only one direction.
client/server-based network
virus encyclopedia
Compact Disc File System (CDFS)
direct current (DC)
16. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the first channel.
ISP
primary slave
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
removable storage
17. Aka Voice over IP (VoIP).
pointing stick
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
vertical refresh rate
VoIP
18. Electrically erasable programmable ROM. A ROM chip that is erasable using an electrical charge.
mount point
EEPROM
system bus
CRIMM
19. The term used for dynamic space allocation that can be formatted with a file system.
ACR
electro-photosensitive drum
DVD-Data discs
volume
20. A wireless network standard that uses the 2.4 GHz band at a speed of up to 54 Mbps. It is downward-compatible with 802.11b.
adapter card
laser printer
802.11g
MBR
21. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.
capacity
personal area network (PAN)
hot-swappable drive
RAMBUS Inline Memory Module (RIMM)
22. A number that identifies a device on a SCSI chain.
uniqueness database file (UDF)
special group
SCSI ID
access control entry (ACE)
23. Aka demilitarized zone.
DVD-10
TWAIN
DMZ
HD-DVD
24. A cooling system that uses liquid to transfer heat away from components.
liquid cooling system
1000Base-T
beam-on-blade connector
mode
25. A file used with a scripted unattended installation along with an answer file. The UDF file provides settings that are unique for each computer.
voltage regulator module (VRM)
uniqueness database file (UDF)
secondary master
laser beam
26. A Windows Advanced Options menu choice used to send debugging information about the Windows startup over a serial cable to another computer running a special program called a debugger.
ACT
active KVM switch
Debugging Mode
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
27. Aka file allocation table.
802.11g
FAT table
demilitarized zone (DMZ)
ExpressCard
28. An early technology for increasing the performance of DRAM.
graphical user interface (GUI)
fast page mode (FPM)
ISP
HDMI
29. A multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA.
spim
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
WPA2
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
30. Aka arithmetic logic unit.
ALU
heat sink compound
virtual circuit (VC)
smart card reader
31. The high-definition optical disc formatting standard developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association whose members include Sony - 20th Century Fox - Dell - Hewlett-Packard - and many other industry leaders.
dual inline memory module (DIMM)
Blu-ray disc
SODIMM
logical block address (LBA)
32. A special terminating stick that must be inserted into the open RIMM sockets.
UPS
continuity RIMM (CRIMM)
ad hoc mode
pin-out
33. A display device that uses liquid crystals to display images.
routing information protocol (RIP)
RJ-11
file signature verification
liquid crystal display (LCD)
34. 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.
IEEE 1394c-2006
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
archive attribute
twisted-pair cable
35. A technology used by hard drives to speed up data transfers by using DMA channels.
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
base priority level
Ultra DMA (UDMA)
Start menu
36. 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.
internetwork
RJ-45
PGA2
ATAPI
37. Aka virtual file allocation table.
VFAT
graphical user interface (GUI)
portable computer
P1 power connector
38. A wireless data encryption standard based on the IEEE 802.11i security standard. It issues keys per-user and per-session and includes encryption key integrity checking. It uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).
electro-photosensitive drum
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
PCI Express
smart card
39. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
component video
touch screen
soft power
40. An internal bus in a CPU that connects it to memory and video.
front side bus (FSB)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
virtual private network (VPN)
hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
41. A marriage of SCSI and Serial ATA - this uses a serial interface to a SCSI bus.
watts
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
New Low-profile eXtended (NLX)
fiber-optic cable
42. Aka hard disk drive.
routing information protocol (RIP)
HDD
LPT2
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
43. A type of printer that uses one of several technologies to apply wet ink to paper to create text or graphic printouts. The two most popular inkjet printer models are the InkJet - developed by Hewlett-Packard - and the Bubble Jet - developed by Canon.
HDD
System Management Mode (SMM)
inkjet
wireless access point (WAP)
44. An interface standard for use with DVD players - digital television (DTV) players - set-top cable or satellite service boxes - and other devices. It combines audio and video signals into an uncompressed signal and has a bandwidth of up to 5 GB/second
DHCP
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
nonvolatile memory
45. Aka High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
802.11a
HDMI
digital video interface (DVI)
Static RAM (SRAM)
46. A part of the NTFS file system used to store a transaction-based database - with all file accesses treated as transactions - and if a transaction is not complete - NTFS will roll back to the last successful transaction.
master file table (MFT)
shortcut
SVGA
RIP
47. Local area networking using radio waves that includes several implementations based on the IEEE 802.11 group of standards.
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express)
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
Intel x86 Specification
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
48. A connector commonly used for PC keyboards. It is much smaller than the original DIN connector.
mirrored set
LED
CNR
mini-DIN-6
49. Audio connectors that use a 1/8" single pin plug.
root directory
mini-audio connector
front side bus (FSB)
DIMM
50. An Intel specification for the PC 32-bit architecture defining CPUs - motherboards - and other components.
degaussing
Intel x86 Specification
Disable Automatic Restart
NetBIOS