Duplicate of IT1 - Final Review

A(n) ____ symptom is themost difficult symptom to diagnose.

Shorter wires can easilyhandle double or quadruple the ____ speed of the motherboard.

Which type of socketpackage do Intel processors use?

What class of fire extinguisher should be used on an electrical fire?

Which statement is not true?

What does pressing the Ctrl-Esc hot key combination produce?

What type of failureresults in the PC failing to boot?

Older power supplies with 12V rails previously only supplied how muchpower?

The ______handles slow input and output devices such as the floppydrive and the keyboard.a. ECC

What type of floppy driveis used in modern PCs?

What Control Panel applet is used to configure the overall appearance of the desktop in Windows

Which type of socketpackage do AMD chips use?

Edition of Windows can only be purchased directly from Microsoft?

Which function key is for help?

Which one of the following statements is true?

How many watts of power does a typical hard drive in a PC require?

What is the process ofspreading data across multiple drives?

Which of the following does not require jumper settings?

Windows Registry Editor displays _____ main root keys.

What hard drive technologytypically implements a 1.8-, 2.5-, or 3.5-inch form factor?

The drive technology that supports only a single device percontroller channel is known as ____.

Which OS is a stripped-down edition designed to complement the limited role of the netbook?

What is it called when power cuts out completely?

Motherboards use a connector to make ports accessible from front or back of the case. 

You have a 32-bit CPU & a 32-bit version of Windows. What is the max amount of RAM you can use?

Which of the following doesnot require jumper settings?

How many ATA devices can beconnected to most PCs?

What motherboard slot wasspecifically created by Intel to support video cards?

To show that you are dependable and responsible, what should you always be?

Which operating system hasbuilt-in software for RAID 5?

How do you show users the error of their ways without creating anger or conflict?

Which one of the following is not an assertive fact-seeking question?

Some early versions of whatspecification used a 25-pin connector?

What does excessive diskthrashing indicate?

Most common type of connector used for devices that require 5 V or 12 Vof power?

AMR was quickly replacedwith the more advanced ____.

Which connector type has aslight D-shape?

What shows all the current network connections in Windows Vista?

If a power supply is smoking or heating up, what is the best action totake?

How many wires does theSATA interface have?

Since any SCSI device mightbe on the end of a chain most manufacturers build SCSI devices that 

Which one of the following operating systems is covered on the current CompTIA A+ exams?

Every device soldered tothe motherboard is designed to run at the speed of which component?

How many pins are on a VGAconnector?

Which of the following hard drive geometry values is no longer relevant in today’s PCs?

In which component does allof the processing and storage take place?

All internal and external modems have two _____ sockets.

The only dedicatedconnector on an AT motherboard is the ____ plug.

Most case fans have standard ____ connectors that are easy to plug in.

All of the following aregeneral-purpose CPU registers EXCEPT:

What is applied to the CPUbefore attaching the heat-sink/fan assembly?

What does pressing Ctrl-X do when working with a text document?

The _______ determines thetype of processor and RAM required for a motherboard.

A ____ is a circle where data is stored on a drive.

What type of power connector is L-shaped?

Modern PCs are showing up w/what special type of port for external hard drives & optical drives

As of today, what is thefastest, most popular expansion bus in use?

Who should you contact if you notice dangerous cables or hazardous materials at a customer site

Which of the followingstores the data that the CPU actively uses?

How is DC voltage represented on multimeters?

One billion cycles persecond is equivalent to ____.

Large sags in electricity are also known as:

Any Windows session begins with _____.

What newer technologyautomatically configures CPU multipliers and speeds?

The maximum dimensions of aFlexATX motherboard are ____ inches.

Micro-A and micro-Bconnectors are what type of connectors, although less commonly seen?

How many wires does the SATA interface have?

Which industry group came up with a non-ATX standard motherboard andpower supply called EPS12 V

How much RAM can a 64-bitprocessor theoretically access?

Internal SCSI devicesconnect to the host adapter with a ____-pin ribbon cable.

What’s the minimum numberof drives needed for RAID 5?

What is the most commongeneral-purpose connection for PCs?

Which RAID levels combineddedicated data drives with dedicated parity drives?

What do anti-static mats and wrist straps use to prevent anti-static charges?

What shows all the current network connections in Windows Vista?

What unit is used tomeasure voltage?

System management utilities such as Disk Defragmenter can be accessed from the _____ menu.

Access to all drives and folders in Windows 2000 and XP is provided through _____.

Which is the latest ATX power supply standard?

Which of the followingconnector types is most commonly used in the back of a PC?

____ stores data in a unique pattern of 1s and 0s.

Which statement is true of both the CompTIA A+ Essentials and Practical Application exams?

The main problem with formfactors such as LPX and NLX was their ____.

All unused RIMM slots on anRDRAM motherboard should have a device called a ? installed on them.

What performanceenhancement is accomplished with jumpers, CMOS, or software configuration?

What does pressing the F3 function key do?

What type of hardwareusually uses a three-wire connector supplied by most motherboards?

32-bit versions of Windows are designed to run on which architecture?

RAM storage is not measuredin which of the following types of units?

What unit is used tomeasure the capacity of RAM?

In Windows, the _____ root key contains the system’s nonuser-specific configuration data.

What is process of asking questions after a person has described a situation called?

How many pins are on atypical FireWire connector?

Which key can you press to access help from just about anywhere?

Where do 32-bit programs go in 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7?

System management utilities such as Disk Defragmenter can be accessed from the _____ menu.

What is the amount of amps and volts needed by a particular device tofunction called?

The SATA 2.0 specificationhas a speed of:

Which SATA variety runs at6 GBPS?

Which of the following isnot a type of USB connector?

Where can applets be found?

What type of RAM is used inthe CPU’s cache?

The LPX and NLX formfactors provided an insertion slot for the ____ card.

How much RAM can a 64-bit processor address?

Which of the following isnot a version of the Small Form Factor (SFF)?

Which statement is nottrue?

What can you use in  Vista to run a problem program that worked in a previous operating system?

Where can applets be found?

any system failing due to ashock of electrostatic discharge is often called a ____ failure.

____ are the lights thathave positive and negative sides.

Expansion bays must be covered by the ____ to maintain proper airflowinside the case.

Modern PATA drives use a ____ connector for power.

Power supplies are protected from spikes of AC current with the use of a____.

The ___ power supply has a 24-pin main motherboard that resembles a20-pin P1 connector.

What type of keyboard connector is used by most modern PCs?

The notches in the Molex connector that guide installation are called____.

Windows combines almost all of the snap-ins into an applet in the Control Panel called _____.

How much experience does CompTIA recommend before taking the Practical Application exam?

RJ-11 jacks are almostexclusively used for ____.

Windows ? gives access to most of the maintenance, upgrade, & configuration utilities interface

Disk mirroring is alsoknown as _____.

Traditional external modemsplugged into a(n) ____.

ATA/66, ATA/100, andATA/133 require a ____ cable.

supported by some chipsets,works like dual-channel before it, but with three sticks of RAM?

The P1 connector from the power supply is plugged into the ____ socket.

Each platter requires ____ heads.

The primary interface to the computer is the Windows _____.

Which of the following has developed and sponsors A+ Certification?

How many devices aresupported per SATA controller channel?

How many watts of power does an Athlon64X2 CPU require at peakperformance?

Which power supply never turns off?

Where does the system swapprograms from RAM to when the PC starts running out of real RAM 

What hot-pluggable externalhard drive technology uses shielded cable w/lengths up to 2 meters

What type of CPUs are x64 operating systems and software primarily designed for?

Which one of the following is not generally included in a typical technician toolkit?

Which version of Windows uses “pinned” applications instead of Quick Launch?

SCSI ID numbers can rangefrom 0 to ____.

A(n) ___ slot was designedto take specialized devices (modems, sound cards, and network cards).

Which one of the following does not accurately describe a tested domain for the CompTIA A+ exam

A coworker is taking a computer overseas and asks you what concerns heshould have. 

What kind of RAM is cachetypically made of?

A PC doesn’t work. What should you check first?

How many pins does an EIDE(ATA) drive have?

What add-on board might youalso find a SSD hard drive attached to?

Which interface requires a ribbon cable and a built-in controller on the drive itself?

How many pins are on a typical FireWire connector?

Which of the followingterms is used to define the first cache that the CPU uses?

Which one of the following is not a valid Windows Vista edition?

Which of the followingoptical media types is popular for today’s high-density movies?

The icons in the Control Panel of a Windows system are links to files with the extension _____.

What two parts of your PCare much more sensitive to ESD than others?

What are the minimum systemRAM requirements for Windows Vista (32-bit)?

What should be the outputs of the hot, neutral, and ground wires whentested with a multimeter?

____ is a variant of themicroATX created by Intel.

There are 20 wires in a CPU’s address bus, what is the max amount of RAMthe CPU can handle?

Where are programs stored whenthey not running?

Which of the following wires carries no voltage?

What type of voltage does a PC use?

What is the unit of measuring current?

What provides support toUSB and FireWire on computers?

How is a problem shown in Device Manager?

Where do 32-bit programs go in 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7?

What do nonvolatile flashmemory devices use to retain data when power is turned off 

How is hard drive spindlespeed measured?

How many drives can be supported with ATA-2 (sometimes called EIDE)?

What UL rating should you look for on a surge suppressor?

RJ-11 jacks are almost exclusively used for ____.

Which of the following are not the proper video requirements for running the Aero desktop?

Which of the following connector types is most commonly used in the back of a PC?

RAM with a DDR2 PC speedrating of PC2-3200 has a core RAM clock speed of

A(n) ____ power supply converts energy efficiently.

What is the most important thing you should do at the completion of any work?

64 bits make up a ____.

What version isn't able logon to a domain encrypt files and folders, and support multiple CPUs?

Which newer port is foundon laptops and enables you to connect an internal drive to your laptop

How many pins does an EIDE (ATA) drive have?

The ____ type ofmotherboard has a large keyboard and a split P8/P9 style of power socket.

A surge suppressor should be rated at a minimum of ____ joules.

Electrical surges and ESDcan cause ____ failure.

The panic button inside thePC is called ____.

Which of the following is a correct statement?

How many clock cycles doesthe CPU require to act on a command?

In Windows, where are hives stored?

Which of the following uses the soft power feature?

Which one of the following is not a valid Windows 7 edition?

Which of the following units is used to measure resistance?

All internal and external modemshave two _____ sockets.

NICs usually have a single_____ connection.

Microsoft Management Console is a shell program that holds individual utilities called _____.

Modern power supplies have multiple:

The SCSI host adapter usesthe ____ to differentiate between devices.

One of the main jobs of the taskbar is to show the _____.

How many ATA devices can be connected to most PCs?

The ____ interface enables non–hard drive devices to connect to the PC via the ATA controllers.

Which types of videoconnectors are common today?

Power supplies come with a standard ____ for the motherboard andinterior devices.

What can Windows Vista use to run a problem program that worked in a older operating system?

What technology requires anOS and applications be written to handle multiple threads?

In an IEC-320 plug, which wire carries electrical voltage?

Power supplies are rated in ____.