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Comptia A + Certification
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Instructions:
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 Internet Control Message Protocol.
ICMP
LCD
primary slave
802.11g
2. Aka uniqueness database file.
capacity
UDF
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
memory bank
3. A metal plate behind the front of a CRT monitor that focuses the electron beams from the gun.
ATX power supply
icon
shadow mask
power supply tester
4. A service implemented on Windows Servers that hides the complexity of the network from end users in that it makes files that are distributed across multiple servers appear as if they are in one place.
LPT
Distributed File System (DFS)
Display Mode Key
DB-9
5. Erasable programmable read-only memory. A ROM chip that is erasable and reprogrammable through the use of specialized software.
cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor
Level 1 (L1) cache
TCP/IP
EPROM
6. A storage type in Windows that uses the partition table in the master boot record (MBR) to define disk partitions.
basic storage
portable computer
BTX
SCSI ID
7. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.
PCI-E
solid ink
universal data format (UDF)
discretion
8. Aka liquid crystal display.
LCD
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
dual layer (DL)
single-layer (SL)
9. Aka floating-point unit.
POTS
DIN connector
subtree
FPU
10. Aka central processing unit.
CPU
Windows Explorer
read-only memory (ROM)
digital LCD display
11. A setting on an LCD display that adjusts the viewable area of the display horizontally.
horizontal position
accessory bay
infrastructure mode
modem
12. A utility that provides remote terminal emulation for connecting to computers and network devices running server software that can respond - without needing to be concerned with the actual operating system running on either system.
charging
Telnet
EPROM
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
13. A socket for a PGA CPU that has a retention lever as well as contacts to match the number of pins on the CPU. The lever is used to attach the CPU to the socket in a manner that does not require force to insert or to remove the CPU.
Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
zero insertion force (ZIF) socket
graphical user interface (GUI)
docking station
14. A power management standard that includes all the power states of APM - plus two more. It also supports soft power.
single-mode fiber (SMF)
root directory
socket
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
15. A system by which the computer BIOS and operating system recognizes a device and the operating system automatically installs and configures a device driver.
plug and play (PnP)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
default gateway
pit
16. Aka S-Video.
direct thermal printer
authorization
Super Video
code signing
17. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.
Disable Automatic Restart
industry standard architecture (ISA)
spyware
FSB
18. A memory error-checking method in which the parity bit is used to ensure that the total number of 1s in the data stream is odd.
CMOS settings
smart card
odd parity
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
19. 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.
FAT table
RJ-45
Advanced Communications Riser (ACR)
thread of execution
20. The practice of applying a digital signature to device driver code.
Display Brightness Key
driver signing
primary master
IEEE 1394b
21. Aka video RAM.
root folder
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
BIOS settings
VRAM
22. A CPU technology that allows two threads to execute at the same time within a single execution core. This technology is considered to be partially parallel execution. Intel introduced it in the Pentium 4 Xeon CPU. Also known as simultaneous multithre
IEEE 1394c-2006
hyper threading
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode
23. A group of networking standards created by the IEEE 802.3 subcommittee.
POP
direct memory access (DMA) channel
Ethernet
paging file
24. The delivery of electricity (as from a wall outlet) in which the flow of electrons reverses periodically and has alternating positive and negative values.
alternating current
extended partition
authentication
AMD
25. A version of the FAT file system for very small drives
system requirements
prank program
ASR
FAT12
26. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.
double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM
fiber-optic cable
biometric
BIOS settings
27. Light waves in the infrared spectrum.
serial ATA (SATA)
Safe Mode
NetBEUI
Infrared (IR)
28. A video mode with a maximum graphics resolution of 1024
datagram
XGA
Secure Digital (SD) Card
Directory Services Restore Mode
29. A protocol used to resolve an IP address to a MAC address.
ROM
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
direct current (DC)
Spam over Instant Messaging (spim)
30. In the laser printing process - the step in which the laser beam creates a negative of the image that will eventually appear on the printout. Each place that the laser beam touches loses most of its charge - creating an image - whereas the rest of th
writing
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
tact
network operating system (NOS)
31. Aka audio modem riser.
AMR
master drive
chrominance
POST card
32. Aka Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).
system board
IMAP
vertical position
Super Video
33. Aka enhanced parallel port (EPP) mode.
video RAM (VRAM)
secondary slave
EPP
edition
34. A technology that makes 802.11n speeds possible - using multiple antennas to send and receive digital data in simultaneous radio streams that increases performance.
MIMO (multiple input/multiple output)
Audit Policy
mirrored set
Type II
35. 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.
APM
Debugging Mode
secondary master
lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery
36. 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.
port replicator
LPT
CPU
PVC
37. A process that places the logical structure of a file system on a partitioned volume.
authentication
format
SCSI ID
Small Outline DIMM (SODIMM)
38. A variation of the PGA CPU packaging that was used with Pentium CPUs.
POST card
bidirectional mode
PGA2
IEEE 1394b
39. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.
process ID
analog modem
NetBEUI
transport layer security (TLS)
40. In the laser printing process - the step in which the toner on the drum is transferred to the paper.
CMOS settings
transferring
thread
clock speed
41. 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.
Windows Update Website
network address translation (NAT)
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
optical character recognition (OCR)
42. Aka floppy disk drive.
Standby
FDD
HDMI
twisted-pair cable
43. Memory chips that provide much slower access than SRAM chips but that can store several megabytes of data on a single chip (or hundreds of megabytes - or even gigabytes - when they are packaged together on a "stick").
dynamic RAM (DRAM)
UXGA
power supply unit (PSU)
virus
44. A variety of persuasion techniques used for many purposes
social engineering
removable storage
Enable Low Resolution Video
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
45. A circuit card in a PC that controls the output to the display device(s).
paging file
video adapter card
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
DB-9
46. In Microsoft Windows - NTFS permissions are used to specify and control which users and groups can access certain files and folders and what each user or group can do with them.
NTFS permissions
NiCD
PAGEFILE.SYS
back door
47. An Advanced Options menu choice that simply causes Windows to restart normally (if it can).
Start Windows Normally
External Serial ATA (eSATA)
dynamic storage
impact printer
48. The redirection of incoming traffic to the requesting internal hosts that initiated the communication with an external host.
solid-state storage
fusing lamp
hard disk drive
port triggering
49. A Windows server running the WINS service to maintain and resolve NetBIOS names.
WINS Server
Quick Launch bar
switch
ICMP
50. A standard used in laptops that is based on PCI. The biggest difference is that Mini PCI is much smaller than PCI
Mini PCI
nonvolatile memory
password cracker
IEEE