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Comptia A + Certification

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aka Small Outline DIMM.






2. Aka local area network.






3. A type of printer that uses a matrix of pins striking paper through an ink ribbon to create dots on the paper - forming alphanumeric characters and graphic images.






4. Aka S-Video.






5. A cell phone with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions built in.






6. A command-line utility installed on a Windows computer with the TCP/IP protocol suite; it's used to view the IP configuration of a network connection and to perform certain administrative tasks.






7. Aka pin grid array.






8. Aka second-level domain.






9. The name used by the Windows operating systems to identify the first parallel port.






10. A power supply and motherboard feature that allows software to turn off a computer rather than only using a physical switch.






11. A DVI mode that supports both analog and digital video signals.






12. The traditional wired telephone network.






13. Aka accelerated graphics port.






14. Aka Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory.






15. 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.






16. The cartridge for a laser printer that contains both the medium (toner) and other printing components.






17. The use of a biometric for authentication.






18. In an IP configuration - the address of the local router that acts as a gateway from the local network to other IP networks.






19. A network connection device at the core of a wireless network.






20. A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD.






21. The Windows Vista and Windows 7 tool for gathering and viewing performance data involving memory - disks - processors - network - and other objectives.






22. A file or folder name that breaks the 8.3 file-naming convention used in the FAT file system. This term continues to be used on newer file systems.






23. A protocol used with WPA wireless encryption that was broken by hackers.






24. Aka Windows Internet Naming Service.






25. A measurement of a body part - such as a fingerprint or retina scan.






26. A very old expansion bus standard - seen in the early IBM PC.






27. 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.






28. Circuitry in a PC on an adapter card - or directly on the motherboard - that controls the output from the PC to the display device.






29. A non-routable network protocol suite for use only in small networks.






30. A specialized device for testing a power supply unit that comes with connectors compatible with the output connectors on a standard power supply.






31. A command-line tool installed with the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used for testing communications between two hosts.






32. Aka asynchronous transfer mode.






33. 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.






34. A standard for hard drives that attach to the Parallel AT Attachment (PATA) interface.






35. Aka external cache.






36. Not revealing information about someone that would be harmful to or embarrass him or her.






37. A subprotocol of TCP/IP used for connectionless communications in which each packet is sent without establishing a connection.






38. A pixel that is permanently turned on - causing the pixel to show constantly as red - green - or blue. Also called a stuck pixel.






39. A type of rechargeable battery used in laptops and other portable devices.






40. Both the connectors on the RDRAM memory modules and the motherboard sockets (or slots) that match them.






41. A file system in which one of the basic structures is a table used for allocating space. This table is called the file allocation table (FAT).






42. Aka digital versatile disc (DVD).






43. A Windows folder that contains numerous applets you can use to adjust the configuration of many different aspects of the OS.






44. Light emitting diode - a tiny bulb light found on many devices - often used to indicate operational status.






45. The use by the operating system of a portion of hard disk as memory.






46. 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 even.






47. A mat that provides a path to ground for a static charge and is designed for the desktop or floor of a workspace. One placed on the workbench reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge for components placed on it - while one placed on the floor prov






48. An organization that creates standards for laptop computer peripheral devices.






49. An internal bus in a CPU that connects it to memory and video.






50. The PCMCIA standard that succeeds the PC Card.