CompTia A+ Core 1 STUDY SET2| QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Device Manager - ✔✔The Windows 10 tool for managing devices and their drivers.
driver rollback - ✔✔A system recovery feature in Windows 10 that enables you to
reinstall the last device driver that was functioning.
Administrative Tools - ✔✔A folder in Control Panel that contains tools for system
administrators and advanced users.
Computer Management - ✔✔An administrative tool that manages local or remote
computers by using a single, consolidated desktop tool.
registry - ✔✔A central, secure database in which Windows stores all hardware
configuration information, software configuration information, and system security
policies.
domain controllers - ✔✔The servers that contain the Active Directory databases.
Single Sign-On (SSO) - ✔✔Allows you to log on once and access multiple related but
independent software systems without having to log on again.
User Account Control (UAC) - ✔✔A technology used with Windows Vista, 7, 8/8.1,
and 10 to enhance system security by detecting and preventing unauthorized changes
to the system
, Domain Name System (DNS) - ✔✔A naming service used by the TCP/IP network
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) - ✔✔A protocol used to dynamically
assign your TCP/IP configurations from a central pool of IP addresses
firewall - ✔✔A software program or piece of hardware that protects networks or
individual computers by screening and controlling incoming and outgoing network
traffic based on a set of rules.
host - ✔✔A specific computer or other network device in a domain.
host-based firewalls - ✔✔Firewalls that run on individual computers (hosts) within
the local network
ipconfig command - ✔✔Displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and
refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) settings.
ping command - ✔✔Verifies IP-level connectivity to another TCP/IP computer by
sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request messages.
Service Set Identifier (SSID) - ✔✔The name of the wireless local area network, which
consists of a case-sensitive, 32-alphanumeric character string.
subnetting - ✔✔The process used to break a larger network into smaller segments.
Virtual Private Network (VPN) - ✔✔A private network that uses a public network (for
example, the Internet) to connect remote sites and users.
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Device Manager - ✔✔The Windows 10 tool for managing devices and their drivers.
driver rollback - ✔✔A system recovery feature in Windows 10 that enables you to
reinstall the last device driver that was functioning.
Administrative Tools - ✔✔A folder in Control Panel that contains tools for system
administrators and advanced users.
Computer Management - ✔✔An administrative tool that manages local or remote
computers by using a single, consolidated desktop tool.
registry - ✔✔A central, secure database in which Windows stores all hardware
configuration information, software configuration information, and system security
policies.
domain controllers - ✔✔The servers that contain the Active Directory databases.
Single Sign-On (SSO) - ✔✔Allows you to log on once and access multiple related but
independent software systems without having to log on again.
User Account Control (UAC) - ✔✔A technology used with Windows Vista, 7, 8/8.1,
and 10 to enhance system security by detecting and preventing unauthorized changes
to the system
, Domain Name System (DNS) - ✔✔A naming service used by the TCP/IP network
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) - ✔✔A protocol used to dynamically
assign your TCP/IP configurations from a central pool of IP addresses
firewall - ✔✔A software program or piece of hardware that protects networks or
individual computers by screening and controlling incoming and outgoing network
traffic based on a set of rules.
host - ✔✔A specific computer or other network device in a domain.
host-based firewalls - ✔✔Firewalls that run on individual computers (hosts) within
the local network
ipconfig command - ✔✔Displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and
refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) settings.
ping command - ✔✔Verifies IP-level connectivity to another TCP/IP computer by
sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request messages.
Service Set Identifier (SSID) - ✔✔The name of the wireless local area network, which
consists of a case-sensitive, 32-alphanumeric character string.
subnetting - ✔✔The process used to break a larger network into smaller segments.
Virtual Private Network (VPN) - ✔✔A private network that uses a public network (for
example, the Internet) to connect remote sites and users.
