All-in-One A+ COS 1 (Chptr 1-5) – Flashcards
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Which of the following is not a type of USB connector?
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IEEE 1394
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Which connector type has a slight D-Shape?
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DB
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Which of the following connector types is most commonly used in the back of a PD?
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DB
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RJ-11 jacks are almost exclusively used for?
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Modems
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What is the most common general-purpose connection for PCs?
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USB
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How many pins are on a typical firewire connector?
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6
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What type of keyboard connector is used by most modern pcs?
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USB
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Traditional external modems plugged in a?
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serial port
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NICs usually have a single ___ connection?
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RJ-45
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What type of floppy drive is used in modern PCs?
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3.5 inch
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Which of the following optical media types is popular for today's high-density movies?
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Blu-ray
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Ram storage is not measured in which of the following types of units?
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Megahertz
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Modern PCs are showing up with what special type of port for external hard drives and optical drives?
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eSATA
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Which types of video connectors are common today?
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VGA & DVI
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Which statement is NOT true?
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a terabye is 10000 gigabytes
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All internal and external modems have 2 ___ sockets?
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RJ-11
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Which two parts of your PC are much more sensitive to ESD than others?
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CPU & RAM
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How many pins are on a VGA connector?
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15
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In which component does all of the processing and storage take place?
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System Unit
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Micro-A and micro-B connectors are ___ Connectors?
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USB
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A ___ takes standard power and converts it into power your PC can use?
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Microprocessor
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Every ___ has a make, model, and a package type?
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CPU
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The predominant AMD CPU package type is called a?
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PGA Pin Grid Array
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Everything in a PC connects either directly or indirectly to a?
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Motherboard
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Motherboards use multipurpose ___ that enables the addition of optional components?
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expansion slots
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The device that connects to an expansion slot is generically called a?
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Card
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The ___ provides the necessary electrical power for the PC to operate?
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power supply
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Programs and data that are not currently being used by the CPU are stored on?
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HDD
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Pata, SATA, & SCSI are 3 types of ___ drives?
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Hard drives
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Special ___ drives can read, write, delete, and rewrite data to special discs?
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optical
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D Connectors used in PCs can have from ___ to ___ pins or sockets?
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9 & 37
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USB devices are ___, meaning youo can remove them while power is still on?
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Hot swappable
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Digital Cameras often use the smaller ___-sytle usb connector?
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Mini B
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One ___ connection can replace all of the mini-audio connections?
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S/PDIF
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A mouse typically uses a ___ or ___ connector?
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USB or PS/2(Mini Dinn)
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A group of connected computers used for sharing information is called a?
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Network
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A ___ port was previously used to connect external modems to the PC?
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Serial
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Today, almost all printers have a ___ port?
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USB, RJ45, & wireless port
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an ___ component is inside the system unit?
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internal
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A ___ is a thin, flat piece of circuit board often slightly larger then a peice of paper?
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Motherboard
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A vidoe card uses a ___ pin female db video graphics Arrage (VGA) connector or a ___ DVI Connector?
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Digital Video Interface
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A pc connects to a network through a ___?
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RJ-45
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A keyboard typically uses a ___ or ___ connector?
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USB or PS2
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The two ATA standards in use today are ___ and __
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PATA & SATA
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A ___ allows a user to slect graphical items on a computer screen?
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Mouse
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The HDMI connector is used for?
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Video, Sound, Home Theater
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Firewire connectors are also know as?
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IEEE 1394
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The CPU is also called the?
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Processor
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DB connectors are technically called ___ Connectors?
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D-Sub
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USB devices are hot-swappable and can be inserted and removed without ___ the system?
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Restarting
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A floppy drive connects to the computer via a ___ cable?
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ribbon
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PATA hard drives connect to the computer via a ___ cable?
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Similiar ribbon
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Paralle ports use a ___ pin female DB connector?
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25
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External modems tradionally connected to a computer via a ___ port but often connect via a ___ usb port today?
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Serial/USB
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___ discs are often used for storing data with capacities starting at 25 gb?
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Blu-ray
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Operating Systems and appliations are often referred to as?
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Software
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Hard-drive capacity is usually measured in ___ or ___?
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Gigabyte(BG) or Terabytes (TB)
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The primary interface to the computer is the windows?
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dkestop
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Any windows session begins with?
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logon
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One of the main jobs of the taskbar is to show the?
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Start button
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What is the official name of the system tray( The area to the far right on the taskbar)?
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Notificication Area
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Access to all drives and folders in XP provided through?
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My computer
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To access an extra menu in just about any view, you can ___ the mouse?
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right click
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Where can you find files that have been deleted?
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Recycle bin
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Windows ___ provides access to most of the maintenance, upgrade, and configuration utilitiies?
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Control Panel
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Which control panal applet is used to configure the overall appearance of the desktop in windows Vista & Windows 7?
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Personalize
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Which utility allows users to view and configure hardware and drivers in a windows pc?
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Device Manager
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The icons in the control panel of a windows system are links to files that have a ___ extension?
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.CPL
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Microsoft Management Console is a shell program that holds individual utilities called?
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Snap-ins
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Windows combines almost all of the snap-ins into an applet in the control panel called?
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Adminstrative Tools
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Which one of the following is not a valid windows 7 edition?
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Windows 7 home starter
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Which of the following is a stripped-down edition of the OS designed to complement the limited role of the netbook?
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Windows 7 Starter
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How many RAM can a 64-bit processor address?
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16 terabytes
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The ___ library folders are located under C:UsersPublic?
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Public
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Where can applets be found?
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control panel
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What is the tool used to examine and configure the hardware and drivers within a system?
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Device Manager
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How is a problem shown in device manager?
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Red "X"
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Where do 32-bit programs go in 64-bit versions of windows vista and windows 7?
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C:program files (x86)
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Which one of the following is not a valid windows vista edition?
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Windows vista profressional
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Which file system is the most secure?
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NTFS
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Which of the following operating systems is covered on the current CompTIA A+ exams?
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Windows 7
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Which version of windows lacks the ability to log on to a windows domain, encrypt files and folders and support multiple CPUs?
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Windows XP
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How can you easily determine what version of windows your computer is running?
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Right-click My Computer/Computer and select properties
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What is the maximum amount of RAM a computer with a 32-bit CPU and a 32-bit version of Windows can use?
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4 gb
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32-bit versions of windows are designed to run on which architecture?
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x86
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x64 operating systems and software are primarily designed for ___ CPU?
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64-bit
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You can use ___ in windows vista to run a problem program that worked in a previous operationg system?
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Compatibility mode
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Which of the following is not a video requirement for running the AREO desktop?
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DirectX 8 or better
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Which one of the following statements is true?
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In windows xp the quick launch toolbar is not displayed on the taskbar by default.
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What does windows vista use in place of the former My documents, my pictures, and my music folders?
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Docuents, pictures and music
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What is the default amount of drive space set aside for the Recycle Bin Windows XP?
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Varies according to drive size.
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What shows all of the current network connections windows vista?
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Network
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Which of the following is located on the desktop and uses microsoft gadgets?
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Sidebar
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Which funtion key is for help?
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F1
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What does pressing the CTRL+ESC hot-key combination do?
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Displays the start menu
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What does pressing CTRL+X do when working with a text document?
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Cut
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What does pressing the windows+L key combination do?
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Locks the computer
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Which edition of windows can only be purchased directly from Microsoft, and includes extra features designed for large businesses?
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Windows 7 enterprise
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Which feature is not supported by windows vista basic and windows 7 starter?
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Aero desktop
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Which windows 7 Enterprise and windows Vista Enterprise feature is not supported by the home or professional versions?
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BitLocker Driver Encryption
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The libraries feature which aggregates folders from multiple location and places them in a single, easy to find spot in windows explorer, is only supported in?
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Windows 7
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Which version of windows 7 adds support for joining domains?
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Windows 7 pro
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What does pressing the F3 function key do?
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Opens the search Menu
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Which version of windows uses "pinned" application instead of a quick launch?
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Windows 7
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Which topology has all of the computers on the network connecting to a central wiring point?
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Star
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In which toplogogy has all of the computers connected to network via a main line?
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Bus
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In which topology do all computers on the network attach to a central ring of cable?
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Ring
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Which topology connects each computer to every other computer via a dedicated line?
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Mesh
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Which topology combines aspects of the other other toplogies?
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Hybrid
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Which topology describes how the network is laid out on paper, simmilar to an electronic schematic?
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Logical
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Which toplogy describes the actual layout of the computer network with cables running diagonally through the ceiling space or snaking there way through walls?
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Physical
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What is a practical application of a topology and other critical standards?
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A network technology
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Data is moved from one pc to another is discrete chunks called?
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Frames
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How long is a mac address?
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48 bits
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How are mac addresses represented?
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hexadecimial characters
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All network interace cards made have what item burned into them?
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MAC address
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A frame contains all of the following except?
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IP address
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digital equipment, intel and xerox invented the first network in the mid-1970s and created what eventually became?
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Ethernet
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Regardless of the different cables, all sub-flavors of ethernet uses the same?
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Frame type
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Whic of the following speeds is not typically employed by Ethernet?
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10000BaseT
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What is the general cable distance limit of an Ethernet Segment?
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100 meters
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Which device makes all computers share a given bandwidth?
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HUB
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Which connector is typically used in ethernet?
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RJ-45
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Which organization established the UTP Cable Categories?
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TIA/EIA
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Which of the following is a valid NeTBIOS name?
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Bobby-PC
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Who reeives a broadcast sent to the mac address FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF?
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Every computer on the segment
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What is useful for resolving MAC addresses, but eats up bandidth?
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Broadcasts
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A group of computers that is able to hear each other when one of thems ends a broadcast is called a?
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LAN
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A wide-spread group of computers connected using long-distance technologies is called a?
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WAN
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What device typically separates broadcast domains?
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Routers
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Which protocol is not suited for larger networks because it is broadcast-based?
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NetBIOS/NetBEUI
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What type of address consist of four sets of eight binary numbers (octets) separated by a period?
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IP address
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What tells the computer what part of its IP address is the network ID?
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Subnet Mask
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Whats the minimum number of IP address that a router mush have?
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2
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What is a method used to correlate IP addresses with more human-friendly designations?
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DNS
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What does the internet corporation for Assigned names and numbers (ICANN) regulate?
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Top-level domains
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Which of the following is an example of a domain name?
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www.totalsem.com
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All of the following items are typically entered when configuring IP Information except?
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MAC Address
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In which type of network organization are all systems conected to the network equal?
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Workgroup
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Which network organization model offers centralized security and control?
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Domain
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What are the systems called that run a server product and hold the domains user accounts?
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Domain controllers
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Which of the following do not use or require local users accounts?
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Domains
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Homegroups were introduced in which version of windows?
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Windows 7
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What are shared by default in a home group?
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Folders
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How many homegroups can a computer be a member of at one time?
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1
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Which of the following are not sharing options when configuring homegroups?
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Everyone
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All home group data is ___ between systems?
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readable
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UTP CATEGORIES FALL UNDER THE ___ SPECIFICATION?
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TIA/EIA 568
