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CompTIA A+ 2006

directly follows the 2006 version; all explinantions in the book

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1. What is the primary input device of a computer? keyboard
2. What is the name of a pointing device used to move a pointer on the screen and to make a selection? Mouse
3. What is the name of the visual device that displays the primary output of the computer? Monitor
4. What is the name of the device that produce output on paper, often called hard copy? Printer
5. What other type of printer is popular today besides ink-jet, laser, solid ink, and dotmatrix? Thermal
6. What technology is most often used to manufacture microchips? CMOS technology (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor)
7. What is the name of a device that is not installed directly on the motherboard? a peripheral device
8. What is the name of the port that connects to an external home theater audio system, providing digital output and the best signal quality? An S/PDIF (Sony-Philips Digital Interface)
9. What is the name of the port provided by some older motherboards that transmits data serially? Serial Port
10. What is the name of the temporary storage that the processor uses to temporarily hold both data and instructions while it is processing them? Primary Storage or memory
11. What is the name of the devices that provide primary storage? Memory or RAM (random access memory)
12. How can you define a sealed case containing platters or disks that rotate at a high speed? Hard Drive
13. Which type of connector on a motherboard can support one or two EIDE devices? A parallel ATA
14. What is the internal technology that most hard drives use today? IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
15. Which standard allows for more than four drives installed in a system and applies only to hard drives, not to other drives? the serial ATA standard
16. Which secondary storage device is sometimes found inside the case and can hold 3.5-inch disks containing up to 1.44 MB of data? a floppy drive
17. What is the name for the system of pathways used for communication and the protocol and methods used for transmission? the bus
18. What is the name for the lines of the bus used for data? the data bus
19. What is the width of a data bus called? the data path size
20. What is the name of the component dedicated to timing the activities of the chips on the motherboard? the system clock (or system timer)
21. Which unit is used to measure the system clock speed? hertz (Hz) Megahertz (MHz) and Gigahertz (GHz)
22. Which expansion slot is used for a video card? AGP (for older motherboards), long PCI Express x 16 (newer motherboards)
23. What is the name of the card that provides a port for the monitor? the video card
24. What is the most important component of the computer's electrical system? the power supply
25. What is the name of the data and instructions used to start the computer that are stord on special ROM chips on the board? BIOS (Basic input/output system)
26. Which term is often used to refer to software embedded into hardware? firmware
27. Which operating system offered several improvements over Windows NT, including a more stable environment? Officially: Windows 2000, Other Options: XP, Vista
28. You can check this site to see if your hardware and applications qualify for all Windows 2000 operating systems: testproducts.windowsmarketplace.com [would have made sense if you saw the choices; kudos if you knew that off the top of your head]
29. Name some operating systems that are upgrades of Windows 2000: XP, Vista
30. What is the name of the OS created by Linus Torvalds? Linux
31. Windows-style shells for Unix and Linux are sometimes called: X Windows
32. This version of Mac OS offers easya ccess to the internet and allows any Macintosh computer to become a Web server for a small network: Mac OS X
33. This term means you can boot a computer into one of two installed OSs: Dual Boot
34. What is the ame of the program that functions as the GUI for the Mac OS? the Finder
35. Which of the following is an OS main function? All OSs have 4 main functions: Providing a user interface, managing files, managing applications, and managing hardware
36. What is the name of an OS internal component that relates to users and applications? a Shell
37. What is the name of the OS internal component that interacts with the computer hardware? The core (or kernal)
38. What is the name of the Windows database for hardware and software configuration information? the registry
39. Windows text files with .ini or .inf extensions are called: initialization files
40. This type of interface allows you to type commands to tell the OS wha to do: Command-drive interface
41. This command arranges data on your hard drive for better performance: Defrag
42. This type of interface allows you to perform operations by clicking on small pictures on the screen: icon-driven interface
43. What is the name of the initial screen that appears when an OS is first executed? the desktop
44. An operating system stores files and folders using an organizational method called: the file system
45. For hard drives, Windows uses the following file systems: FAT or NTFS
46. What is the name of the table of a hard drive that tracks how space on a disk is used to score files? FAT (file allocation table)
47. What is the latest version of FAT? FAT32 (in 2006)
48. This term describes concentric circles ( one inside the next) on the disk surface: tracks
49. Each track on a disk contains various segments called: sectors
50. What is the smalles unit of space on a disk for storing a file? Cluster (Made up of 1 or more sectors)
51. What is the name of the first directory table created when a logical drive is formatted? the root directory
52. The following term refers to a drive and directories that are pointing to the location of a file: the path
53. In a typical filename such as myfile.txt, the portion to the left of the period is called: the filename
54. What part of a filename identifies the file type? the file extension ( e.g.: .doc, .xls)
55. By clicking Start, Run, and entering Diskmgmt.msc in the Run dialog box, you can open this ltool in Windows XP/2000: Disk Management Utility
56. What is the command used in Windows 9x/ME to create partitions? Fdisk
57. This term refers to software that is designed to perform a task for the user: an Application
58. Applications depend on the following to perform background tasks: Operating Systems
59. In this mode, the CPU processes 16 bits of data at one time: Real mode (16-bit mode)
60. In this mode, the CPU processes 32 bits of data at one time: Protected Mode (32-bit mode)
61. In this mode, the CPU processes 64 bits of data at one time: long mode (or 64-bit mode)
62. This operating mode gives applications complete access to hardware resources: Real Mode
63.This term means that more than one program is working at the same time: Multitasking
64. Which was the first version of Windows to provide preemptive multimasking? Windows 95
65. Which was the first version of Windows to support multiprocessing? Windows NT
66. Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP all support this operating mode: 32-bit mode
67. All Pentium processors operate in this mode: 32-bit mode
68. Software written for Windows 3.x is called: 16-bit Windows software
69. Software programs written for Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 9x/Me are called: 32-bit programs
70. The operating system uses which of the following component to relate to the hardware? drivers or BIOS
71. What is the term used to refer to small programs stored on the hard drive that tell the computer how to communicate with a specific hardware device? Device Drivers
72. Windows Me, Windows NT/2000, Windows XP Home Edition, and Windows XP Professional use only this type of driver: 32-bit drivers
73. Where do Windows 2000/XP and Windows 9x/Me record information about a driver when installing it? Windows registry
74. The text file used to configure DOS and Windows 3.x: Config.sys, Autoexec.bat, and System.ini
75. The OS can communicate with simple devices, such as flopppy drives or keyboards, using: BIOS
76. Because device drivers are ____ , the trend today is to use device drivers rather than the BIOS to manage devices faster
77. What component is responsible for moving data and instructions in and out of memory? the OS (Operating System)
78. This term refers to the method of using the hard drive as though it were RAM : virtual memory
79. Data stored in virtual memory is stored in a file called: a swap file (or page file)
80. What is the primary tool provided by the Windows shell? the Windows Desktop
81. The following tool allows you to change the way the desktop look: Display Properties Window
82. This item displays information about open programs and provides quick access to others: the Taskbar
83. This term describes a program that runs in the background to support or serve Windos or an application: a Service
84. This item displays icons for running services in Windoes XP: the System Tray (on right side of taskbar)
85. In Windows XP, you can create a folder using the following command from a command prompt: MD or MKDIR
86. In Windows XP, you can delete a folder using the following command from a command prompt: RD or RMDIR
87. In Windows XP, you can change file or folder attributes using the following command from a command prompt: the Attrib command
88. This file attribute indicates that a file belongs to the OS: System Attribute
89. This term defines a window containing several small utility programs called applets that are used to manage hardware, software, users, and the system: the Control Panel
90. This is an essential tool for PC troubleshooting and maintenance: Ground bracelet, ground mat, or ground gloves
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