Flashcards
CompTia A+ Certifcation (220-1002)
Cards in this deck (68)
- 1What is a PID?Process ID
- 2What does the 32bit and 64bit represent?How many bits of cpu is dedicated to memory
- 3An ____ ____ controls all the programs on a computer.Operating System
- 4The core of an operating System is the ____Kernal
- 5Running programs are calledprocesses
- 6Operating Systems use ____ ____ to talk to hardware.device drivers
- 7All OS have ____ ____ with _____ passwordsuser accounts, encrpyted
- 8All OS have ____ ____ ____ that have ____ access to everything.super user account, complete
- 9The Windows super user is called _____Administrator
- 10The Linux and macOS super user is calledRoot
- 11Microsoft invented the concept of ________ agreements.per-processor
- 12Every ______ system has it's own local usernames and passwords.Windows
- 13Windows ____ _____ _____ store ____ usernames and passwords.Active Directory domains, domain
- 14____ ____ enables users to log in using their domain accounts anywhere on the networkSingle sign-on
- 15Both OS X and Linux use Windows netowrking for single sign-on. (T/F)TRUE
- 16What Windows feature was the last to appear on Windows 7?Media Center
- 17You can join a Windows Home Edition to the domain? (T/F)FALSE
- 18Windows ______ Edition is designed for larget organizaitons.Enterprise
- 19What windows edition is also called the workstation edition?Professional
- 20What are the most resent versions of windows?7, 8, 8.1, 10
- 21Was there a start button in Windows 8?No
- 22When was the Microsoft Store first added?8
- 23What did the charms bar introduce in Windows 8?Settings
- 24What is OneDrive?cloud storage
- 25What did Windows 8.1 change?Added a Desktop with start button
- 26What are Window Tiles called?Metro function
- 27What are the three main parts of the macOS desktop?Apple menu, Status menu, Dock
- 28How do you quit applications in macOSCommand + Q
- 29What is macOS equivalent to File Explorer?Finder
- 30The current Apple workstation operating system is ____macOS
- 31Linux is freeware under the ___ license.GNU
- 32Linux is commonly packaged in _____.distributions (distros)
- 33What are the three popular distros?Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu
- 34This Windows feature protects users from performing potentially dangerous actions.UAC (User Account Control)
- 35x86 denotes32-bit CPU
- 36x64 denotes64-bit CPU
- 37CPU's come in ____ and ____ versions32-bit , 64-bit
- 3832-bit CPU's cannot address more than __ gigabytes of memory.4
- 39Most 64-bit processors can run in 32-bit mode. (T/F)T
- 40Which wires determine the location of data or instrucitons in system RAM?Address Bus
- 41What identifies memory addresses tha thold data or instructions.Address Bus
- 42What sends data between Ram and the CPU?Memory Controller Chip (MCC)
- 43The ___ ___ ____ is the set of wires tha tmove data into and out of the CPU.external data bus
- 44The cache controller hand the L1, L2, and L3 caches _____ a CPU.inside
- 45____ ______ is a portion of mass storage that acts as memory.virtual memory
- 46When shoul virtual memory be used?When physical memory is exhausted.
- 47Not all OS have tools to adjust virtual memory. (T/F)F
- 48In mos cases we just let the OS automatically control virtual memory use. (T/F)T
- 49What should a technician do to improve performance if the vitual memory file is constantly full?Add more RAM to the computer
- 50What is a short term voltage dip?Sag
- 51Waht is an intententional or unintentional dorp in voltage?Brownout
- 52______ provide more voltage than what you're expectingA Spike/Surge
- 53Use surge protectors/suppressors to protect against _____spikes
- 54Use ____ to protect against ______ and ______brownouts, blackouts
- 55How long does a UPS normally power equipment?minutes
- 56The power supply cannot protect from ______ or ______.sags, brownouts
- 57A _____ is a logical electronic device readable by an OS.partition
- 58Partitions define the location of ______, ___ ___, and ____ ___OS, swap files, recovery partitions
- 59Partitions must be ______ and _______.created, mounted
- 60In ________, partitions manifest as drive letters; in _____/_____ , partitions manifest as folders.Windows, Linux/macOS
- 61MBR stands forMaster Boot Record
- 62_____ ____ ____ is the oldest type of partition still in use today.Master Boot Record (MBR)
- 63MBR consist of a ____ ____ and up to ____ parititions with one set as an ____ _____boot loader, four, active partition
- 64If you need mor than four partitions on a single drive, you create an logical partition and add extended drives to that partition. (T/F)F, extened partition, logical drives
- 65What does GPT stand for?GUID Partition Table
- 66What does GUID stand for?Global Unique Identifier
- 67How many volumes doe the GPT support?128
- 68A GPT uses an unprotected MBR but the GPT start at the Primary GPT header and includes a Secondary GPT header. (T/FF, protected