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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 physical area where a Wi-Fi network connects to the Internet.
process priority level
heat sink compound
10Base-T
hot spot
2. Aka demilitarized zone.
PC Card
DMZ
authentication factor
SODIMM
3. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.
ultra-portable
SCSI host adapter
Southbridge
BIOS
4. An option available in the Windows XP Backup program for recovering from damage that prevents the operating system from starting. It replaced the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) process in Windows 2000.
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
video adapter card
modding
Standby
5. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.
parts grabber
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
process
system file
6. The act of discovering the cause of a problem and correcting it.
troubleshooting
Internet Protocol (IP)
video RAM (VRAM)
developing
7. 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.
Voice over IP (VoIP)
archive attribute
RJ-11
System Restore
8. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.
gadget
Type I
dotted decimal notation
Reliability and Performance Monitor
9. A technology for ROM that can be reprogrammed using special software.
metropolitan area network (MAN)
flash ROM
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
FTP
10. A device used with a laptop. The port replicator remains on the desktop with external devices connected to ports on it. A laptop then needs only one connection to the port replicator to have access to the peripherals.
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
port replicator
switch
root directory
11. 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.
expansion bus
cleaning blade
802.11g
Standby
12. Aka Internet service provider.
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
IMAP
ISP
adware
13. A set of behaviors including active listening and active speaking that shows you are fully engaged in the conversation and encourages the other person to also communicate in a positive manner.
point-to-point protocol (PPP)
VGA Mode
ACE
active communication
14. The oldest of the Wi-Fi encryption standards. It uses 64- or 128-bit encryption that is easily broken. It does not encrypt the actual data in a packet - and it does not perform user authentication on a packet.
RAID array
smart phone
Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
15. Aka complementary metal-oxide semiconductor.
authentication
User Account Control (UAC)
coaxial cable
CMOS
16. A specialized type of scanner that reads bar codes - which are patterns of bars of varying widths printed on labels or directly on items. The bar pattern is converted into a numeric code that is transmitted to a computer as data.
bar code reader
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
registered jack (RJ)
HD-DVD
17. Microsoft's product activation program.
port triggering
expansion bus
Balanced Technology eXtended
Microsoft Product Activation (MPA)
18. The smallest laptop type - weighing less than 3 pounds. Aka also netbook and mini-notebook.
mini-notebook
DIMM
input/out (I/O)
SVGA
19. This attack occurs when someone sends a large number of requests to a server - overwhelming the server so it stops functioning on the network.
denial of service (DoS) attack
ATM
System Monitor
hot swapping
20. A protocol for computer-to-computer (host-to-host) transfer of files over a TCP/IP network - regardless of the operating system in use.
ink cartridge
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Post Office Protocol (POP)
21. Aka Gigabit Ethernet.
input/out (I/O)
WAP
1000Base-T
NIC
22. Signals broadcast through the air.
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
radio frequency (RF)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
liquid cooling system
23. A compartment in a portable computer's case that holds a single media device that can be swapped with another. For instance - you may swap an optical drive - a secondary hard drive - or a floppy drive into and out of a single bay.
DVD
swap file
media bay
ISP
24. Aka optical character recognition.
MBR
OCR
ERD
port replicator
25. A type of switched network used by phone companies.
client/server-based network
graphical processing unit (GPU)
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
quad-core CPU
26. A hard drive interface that transfers data in parallel. EIDE and ATAPI drives attach to the PATA interface.
Parallel AT Attachment (PATA)
WINS
DVD-R
boot record
27. Aka digitizing tablet.
CPE
ECC
WPA
digitizer
28. The proportion between an image's width and height. Traditional CRT monitors have an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen displays have an aspect ratio of 16:9.
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Voice over IP (VoIP)
aspect ratio
switching mode power supply
29. A tool for testing if a cable can connect properly end-to-end and to determine if a cable has a short. These tools are available for a variety of cable types.
cable tester
track point
boot record
ECC
30. 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
PVC
IPCONFIG
hot-swappable drive
31. A metal strip used to cover an empty slot in order to preserve the correct air flow and keep dust out.
access control list (ACL)
slot cover
fast page mode (FPM)
odd parity
32. Aka Spam over Instant Messaging.
volume
drive path
process ID
spim
33. The logical structure on disk that allows the operating system to save and retrieve files. Examples of file systems are FAT and NTFS. Both of these file system have different versions - such as FAT12 - FAT16 - FAT32 - and NTFS 4.0 and NTFS 5.0.
plug and play (PnP)
file system
central processing unit (CPU)
fiber-optic cable
34. Aka front side bus.
FSB
Standby
authentication
refresh rate
35. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.
Level 1 (L1) cache
SDRAM
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
primary master
36. In a Wi-Fi network - the networking mode that allows peer-to-peer communications without the use of a centralized wireless hub - called a wireless access point (WAP).
NLX
serial ATA (SATA)
ad hoc mode
CNR
37. A TCP/IP protocol developed as a solution to the dwindling number of IP addresses on the Internet and that also serves to hide IP addresses on a private network from the Internet.
beam-on-blade connector
drive image
network address translation (NAT)
SLD
38. A communications network made up of personal computing devices - such as computers - telephones - and personal digital assistants.
T1
biometric logon
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
personal area network (PAN)
39. Aka low-voltage differential (LVD).
cable tester
spam
Distributed File System (DFS)
LVD
40. Aka Encrypting File System (EFS).
icon
spyware
EFS
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
41. A long-established fiber-optic WAN technology.
SONET
modding
IEEE 1394
RIMM
42. The practice of forcing a CPU or other computer component to run at a higher clock rate than the manufacturer intended.
grounding mat
voltage regulator module (VRM)
overclocking
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
43. A printer that includes one or more other functions - such as a scanner and fax machine.
access control list (ACL)
system requirements
multifunction printers (MFDs)
slave drive
44. A CPU containing two CPU cores.
dual-core CPU
default gateway
dot matrix printer
PCI
45. An LCD technology based on thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. An active matrix display has a transistor at every pixel - which enables much quicker display changes than passive matrix displays and produces a display quality comparable to a CRT.
permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
active matrix display
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
DDR SDRAM
46. Aka boot record.
bidirectional mode
internal bus
datagram
boot sector
47. A utility in Windows XP and Windows 2000 for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - networks - and other objectives.
audio modem riser (AMR)
System Monitor
DDoS Attack
magnetic mass storage
48. An organization that created several PC standards - including the VGA connector.
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
Video Electronics Standards Organization (VESA)
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
NLX
49. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.
Extended Video Graphics Array (EVGA)
cracker
DVI-I
Remote Assistance
50. 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 measures 10.5 mm thick.
local KVM switch
distribution server
Type III
memory