Comptia A+ Assessment Test

Your laptop has 2GB of installed memory and uses shared video memory. If the video card is using 512MB, how much is left for the rest of the system?

1.5GB

Roughly how much time spent communicating should be devoted to listening?

50 Percent

What is the date throughput provided by one ISFN bearer channel?

64Kbps

In Windows, the Account Lockout Counter in an Account Lockout policy keeps track of the number of invalid attempts before lockout occurs. The default is 0, but it can be set from 1 to what?

999

What can be used at the check-in desk of a doctors office to prevent patients from viewing confidential information?

A Privacy Filter

What service was created by Apple to allow iPhones and iPads to print without installing printer drivers?

AirPrint

Which of the following is a chip that is integrated into PATA drives, as opposed to being mounted on a daughter card?

Controller

What suffix indicates that the capacity of an optical disc is roughly twice that of its standard counterpart?

DL

A user complains that changing from a VGA graphics card to one that supports the latest HDMI revision has resulted in not being able to play back certain content from the computer. Some content does okay back, however. What could be the problem?

DRM

With which type of duplexing do communications travel in both directions but in only one direction at any given time?

Half

Which of the following is a virtual machine manager- the software that allows the virtual machines to exist?

Hypervisor

Which of the following protocols can be used by a client to access email on a server?

IMAP

You are working with a Windows 7 computer that is assigned IP configuration information from a central server. You wish to refresh the IP information on the system manually. Which of the following commands would you use?

IPCONFIG /renew

Which of the following is a company that provides direct access to the internet for home and business computer users?

ISP

What is the functions of the laser in a laser printer?

It creates an image of the page on the drum

Which of the following is a requirement for virtualization workstations?

Maximum RAM and CPU Cores

What is the name of the standard power connector that has been used with larger drives since the first IBM personal computers were introduced?

Molex

Which of the following computer components can retain a lethal electrical charge even after the device is unplugged?

Monitor and Power Supply

The _________ is the measurement of the number of pixels an LCD monitor can display without the image appearing distorted.

Native Resolution

Which term is synonymous with MAC filtering?

Network Lock

After SATA was introduced, what was the retroactive term used for the original ATA specification?

PATA

Which of the following is NOT considered a system component that can be found inside a computer?

PCIe Graphics Adapter

Which of the following are modular ports used in date communications?

RJ-45 and RJ-11

Except in the case of RAID 0, which two things do all types of RAID offer?

Redundancy and Fault Tolerance

Which of the following is a copy of your system configuration at a given point in time?

Restore Point

Which network connectivity device stops broadcasts from being sent to computers on a different network segment?

Router

Which of the following is a security mechanism used by HTTPS to encrypt web traffic between a web client and server?

SSL

Which applet in Windows Vista is the primary interface for configuring synchronization if offline files?

Sync Center

What term refers to copying data between a mobile device and a computer system to mirror such things as contacts, programs, pictures, and music?

Synchronization

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a home server PC?

TV Tuner

Which of the following could be described as a small, deviously ingenious program that replicated itself to other computers, generally causing those computers to behave abnormally?

Virus

What Windows operating system tool can be used to block access from the network?

Windows Firewall

Which feature is designed to keep Windows current by automatically downloading updates such as patches and security fixes and installing these fixed automatically?

Windows Update

One laser printer in your office experiences frequent paper Jams. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Worn Paper Feed Rollers

On which port does FTP run by default?

21

You have been told to use Task Manager to change the priority of a process to Below Normal. This equates to a base priority of what?

6

Which of the following would NOT be considered a standard permission in Windows using NTFS?

Allow

Which of the following are popular mobile-device operating system?

Android and Pegasus

Which LCD component in a laptop is responsible for providing brightness?

Backlight

Which of the following protocols can be used in close range to transfer data between a mobile device and a computer system or to allow media to stream from the mobile device to an audio system?

Bluetooth

You have found prohibited content on a users machine and need to follow proper procedures. What is the term used to describe the handling of evidence from discovery to delivery to the proper authorities?

Chain Of Custody

Which Control Panel applet allows you to administer, as well as deploy, component services and configure behavior like security?

Component Services

Which of the following is a physical memory format installed directly in today's desktop computer system?

DIMM

Which of the following involves applying a strong magnetic field to initialize the media before tossing it away?

Degaussing

Which technology used by e-Readers gives them longer battery life than tablets?

Electrophoretic Ink

Which of the following standard support both PCIe and USB 3.0

Express Card

When using a capacitive touchscreen on a mobile device, what is the most common tool used to input data?

Finger

When lifting heavy equipment, what is the proper technique?

Get the heavier part closest to your body and lift with your legs

Which type of software is required to run client-side virtualization on your home network?

Hypervisor

You are installing a new graphics adapter in a Windows 7 system. Which of the following expansion slots is designed for high speed, 3D graphics adapters?

PCIe

Which of the following standard is also know as CardBus?

PCMCIA 5.0

What is the name of the mode that allows two NFC- enabled devices to transmit data to each other?

Peer-To-Peter Mode

Which of the following can provide electrical power over Ethernet cabling?

PoE

Encrypting File System (EFS) is available in which editions of Windows 7?

Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate

One of your network users was recently caught browsing pornographic websites at work. Which of the following servers could be installed to prohibit this activity?

Proxy

Google Docs is an example of what type of cloud service?

SaaS

With dynamic storage, which of the following partition types are possible?

Simple, spanned, or striped

Which of the following are components that can commonly be found on a motherboard?

Slots and Fan Connectors

Which of the following is NOT a common monitor technology?

Super PMOLED

Your laser printer has recently starting printing vertical white lines on the documents that it prints. what is the most likely cause of the problem?

There is toner on the transfer corona wire

Which of the following is a standard computer that can access resources locally as well as from servers but requires no specialized enhancements?

Thick Client

What is the component called that stores the material that ends up printed to the page in a laser printer?

Toner Cartridge

Which layer of the OSI model had the important role of providing error checking?

Transport Layer

Which of the following are programs that enter a system or network under the guise of another program?

Trojans