A+ Core 2 Practice Test

MSRA (microsoft remote assistance )

allows a user to ask for help from a technician or co worker by an invitation file protected by a passcode

What type of device has region-coding copy protection mechanisms built into them ?

optical media like dvds and blu rays

which script is used within windows inside the cmd prompt

.bat (batch file)

which script is used within windows inside the powershell envionrment

.ps1 power shell

which script came before powershell, and is used within windows visual basic

.vbs (visual basic)

which script is used for automations in webpages and macos systesm

.js (javascript)

generic script language used in windows, linux, and mac

.py (python)

generic language used to teach new learned how to program a computer

pseudocode

does refresh or reset recopy the system files and revert most system settings to the default but preserves user personalization settings, data files, and more?

refresh

what kind of graphic card should a high demanding application, like graphic design software, have ?

dedicated graphic card

file type for apple disk image

.dmg

apple file type that comes as an installer package

.pkg

macos backup software name

time machine

does macos come with antivirus or antimalware software like windows?

no

which apple os feature allows you to spread out the desktop viewable area

mission control

what do we call multiple desktops in macos

spaces

mac’s built in search engine that searches your files

spotlight

mac gesture : swipe up with three fingers to launch what ?

mission control

this feature in mac os is similar to windows file explorer

finder

windows task bar is comparable to mac os’s ….

dock

full disk encryption for mac os is done using…

file vault

cmd, option, escape is used to what in apple ?

force quit an application in apple

If your systems firmware is using bios it’s going to be looking for a ……

Master boot record

If your systems firmware is using uefi it’s going to look for …..

Guid partition table

When booting up the firmware is going to look thru your storage device and identify where the …. Is

MBR master boot record

The mbr is always located in the … sector of the docs

1st sector

Booting.exe is the ….

Boot manager for windows

Windows.exe

Windows boot loader

Bios based firmware boot repair command

Bootrec/fixmbr

UEFI boot repair cmd

Bootrec\fixboot

cmd to rebuild bcd tht can be used with either UEFI or bios

Bootrec\rebuildbcd

If you’re having issues with the graphics driver, black screen instead of sign in, what should you do ?

Boot into safe mode

A ? full backup is not generated directly from the original data but instead assembled from other backup jobs.

synthetic

? is the period between backup jobs

Frequency

? is the period of time any given backup job is kept for

retention

? ? is a Windows feature for automatically backing up user data

file history

? ? is a Windows firewall configuration that opens the network ports required to operate as a file/print server.

file sharing

802.11a frequency

5 ghz

802.11b frequency

2.4 GHz

802.11g frequency

2.4 GHz

802.11n frequency

2.4/5 GHz

802.11ac frequency

5 GHz