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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 RAMBUS Inline Memory Module.
RIMM
mini-audio connector
mirroring
authorization
2. The cellular network standards used by Verizon and Sprint-Nextel.
ISDN
DVD-10
Display Brightness Key
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
3. A special substance - also called thermal paste or heat sink compound - that increases the heat conductivity between a fan or heat sink and a chip.
electronic KVM switch
grounding mat
cable tester
thermal compound
4. Any writable mass storage device - removable or fixed in place.
stuck pixel
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
TTL
backup media
5. A computer circuit board that attaches to and controls SCSI devices.
optical drive
SCSI host adapter
data migration
TrackPoint
6. 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
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
firewall
direct memory access (DMA) channel
coaxial cable
7. 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.
special group
PS/2
active matrix display
cracker
8. DRAM that runs at the speed of the system bus (up to 100-133 MHz).
subscriber connector (SC)
synchronous dynamic RAM
field replaceable unit (FRU)
spim
9. In reference to IDE PATA drives - the slave drive on the second channel.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
vertical refresh rate
secondary slave
NETSTAT
10. 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).
netbook
capture card
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
pointing stick
11. A common connector used to connect a power supply to floppy drives.
gadget
mainboard
mirrored set
miniconnector
12. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.
digital video discs
plug and play (PnP)
memory address
datagram
13. A power supply that detects the incoming voltage and switches to accept either 120 or 240 VAC.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
auto-switching power supply
Start Windows Normally
ATX power supply
14. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.
Reliability and Performance Monitor
compact disc (CD)
FAT table
IP router
15. The protocol for connecting optical drives and tape drives to an ATA channel.
Task Scheduler
power supply tester
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI)
DVI
16. A scaled-down laptop in the ultra-portable category - designed for Internet access. Aka also ultra-portable and mini-notebook.
netbook
pop-up blocker
local area network (LAN)
hot spot
17. A CPU containing two CPU cores.
BitLocker drive encryption
dual-core CPU
denial of service (DoS) attack
card services
18. Aka enhanced capabilities port (ECP) mode.
Type I
ECP
vertical hold
cache controller
19. A cell phone with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions built in.
smart phone
Post Office Protocol (POP)
Trojan horse
UXGA
20. An early method for addressing the disparity between the drive geometry supported by PC BIOSs and the physical geometry of drives.
latency
LVD
sector translation
permission
21. A 36-pin connector mounted to a device's parallel interface.
datagram
synchronous dynamic RAM
smart card
Centronics
22. A DVD of any type that can store data on both sides of the disc.
simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
local user account
double-sided (DS) DVD
remote KVM switch
23. Aka motherboard.
planar board
stuck pixel
port triggering
DDR2
24. A rectangular connector with a locking clip on one side and a number designation that refers to the size rather than the number of wires.
straight-tip (ST) connector
registered jack (RJ)
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
NiMH
25. This attack occurs when a massive number (up to hundreds of thousands) of computers send DoS attacks to a server - making it unavailable.
beam-on-blade connector
activation
DDR3
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
26. A communication service provided over a telecommunications network or computer network. A VC logically resembles a circuit while passing over a complex routed or switched network - such as the phone company's frame relay network.
virtual circuit (VC)
bidirectional mode
SDRAM
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
27. A device that sits at the connection between networks and routes packets based on their logical destination addresses.
router
RJ-45
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
28. This occurs when someone collects personal information belonging to another person and uses that information to fraudulently make purchases - open new credit accounts - and even obtain new driver's licenses and other forms of identification in the vi
identity theft
impact printer
SATA
local KVM switch
29. The traditional wired telephone network.
plain-old telephone service (POTS)
nickel-cadmium (NiCD)
basic disk
high-voltage power supply (HVPS)
30. An Advanced Options menu choice that appears under certain circumstances. When available - selecting this option will return to the OS Choices menu (OS Loader menu).
hibernate
KVM switch
Return To OS Choices menu
Wi-Fi
31. Software installed on a computer without permission that collects information about a user in order to display targeted advertisements - in the form of either inline banners or pop-ups. Inline banners are advertisements that run within the context of
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
adware
smart phone
active matrix display
32. An area on the top left of the Windows XP Start menu containing shortcuts to Windows Update and programs for browsing the Internet and using e-mail.
BitLocker drive encryption
touchpad
Internet
pinned items list
33. A device required at both ends of a T-carrier system connection.
x86
tape drive
security auditing
channel service unit (CSU)
34. Aka logical block address.
RAID 0
LBA
master file table (MFT)
EVGA
35. The successor to the Mini PCI. It has a 64-bit data bus and is half the size of a Mini PCI Card.
DVD-R
PCIe Mini Card
ACT
USB
36. Aka Advanced Micro Devices.
AMD
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
optical character recognition (OCR)
patch
37. A blanket term used for DVD discs regardless of the type of data they contain.
embedded systems
DVD-Data discs
DIP switch
DIMM
38. Software created to perform malicious acts. Also called malicious software.
Basic Service Set (BSS)
read-only memory (ROM)
RAID controller
malware
39. A device that stores a large amount of information - even when it is powered off.
interrupt request line (IRQ)
molex connector
mass storage device
DVD-ROM
40. An operating system that runs on a network server and provides file sharing and access to other resources - account management - authentication - and authorization services.
network operating system (NOS)
active speaking
touchpad
IP packet filtering
41. Aka pin grid array.
digital video interface (DVI)
PGA
second-level domain (SLD)
thermal compound
42. A device - usually resembling a power strip - that protects equipment from power surges.
surge protector
S-Video
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
primary partition
43. Aka American National Standards Institute.
Enable VGA Mode
peripheral component interconnect (PCI)
WINS Server
ANSI
44. Memory that can only be read and that contains program code. ROM is also called firmware.
bit width
overclocking
watts
read-only memory (ROM)
45. The original digital discs created in 1995 for storing video.
DVI-A
digital video discs
POST card
Display Mode Key
46. Aka digital video interface.
virus encyclopedia
Start Bar
jumper
DVI
47. Aka file allocation table.
remote KVM switch
POTS
FAT table
Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
48. A printer that creates printed output line by line.
line printer
Northbridge
ANSI
form factor
49. Memory locations within a CPU that is used as a scratch pad for calculations. Modern CPUs have dedicated registers for specific functions and general-purpose registers for multiple purposes.
hyper threading
register
DoS Attack
multi-monitor
50. Aka New Low-profile eXtended.
partition type
Super Video
liquid crystal display (LCD)
NLX