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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. A technician is installing a high performance graphics card in a PCI express slot. Which of the following should be done FIRST after inserting the card into the slot?






2. Which of the following command line utilities could be used to verify basic connectivity between two network devices?






3. Which of the following is the BEST solution for repairing a hard drive that results in the NTLDR is missing display upon booting?






4. A technician has completed a computer repair by editing the registry. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?






5. Which of the following can be accessed with the Computer Management MMC snap-in tool?






6. A user has discovered that even though they are using the latest version of the anti-virus software - the computer is still being infected by a virus. Which of the following is the BEST solution for this problem?






7. When the power supply of a PC is performing erratically - which of the following can be used to determine output voltage?






8. In a 64-bitWindows operating system - which of the following directories is created twice - once for 32-bit applications and once for 64-bit applications?






9. It is a companys policy to shut down all workstations at the end of the day. However - the majority of employees are leaving disks in their workstations and upon start up the next morning they are receiving a NTLDR is missing error. Which of the foll






10. A technician installs 8GB of RAM into a computer. The memory is properly detected by the system BIOS; however - the System Properties applet is reporting less than 4GB. Which of the following BEST describes the cause of this discrepancy?






11. Which of the following commands will make a new directory?






12. Which of the following commands would be used to invoke the Disk Manager utility?






13. Which of the following tools would a technician use to reassign a drive letter?






14. New software has been installed on a workstation and now the workstation is not functioning properly. The user tried to uninstall the software to return the system back to normal but that did not work. Which of the following would be the BEST method






15. A customer reports that all print outs from their laser printer are smeared. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






16. Most laptops have two PCMCIA slots that are stacked on top of each other with no separator in between. Which of the following does this accommodate?






17. A user would like secure file encryption on their new Windows Vista Enterprise PC. The user informs the technician that they do not wish to spend extra money on a solution. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation for the technician to make






18. A user receives an Access is Denied error when trying to install an application on their computer. Which of the following should the technician check FIRST?






19. A technician is installing a wireless small office home office (SOHO) network and wants to hide the network visibility for security purposes. Which of the following should the technician configure to accomplish this task?






20. A computer will not complete POST and a series of beeps is heard.Which of the following is the BEST material for the technician to consult?






21. Which of the following is the minimum number of drive partitions required to run the BitLocker Drive Preparation tool?






22. Which of the following is the name of the Windows Vista application that will display items such as a clock - weather and thumbnails on the desktop at startup?






23. Which of the following commands will fix the master boot record?






24. Which of the following directory paths is the default profile folder for User1 in Windows XP?






25. A user states they cannot eject the CD/DVD tray from their laptop to get a CD out. Which of the following could the user do to effectively remove the CD?






26. After removing several obsolete programs from a PC - a user is experiencing slower than usuallyprocessing times. Which of the following would be the BEST way to speed up the processing?






27. A user reports that a program in Windows XP is not responding. A technician remotes into the user's computer to end the process. Which of the following is used to force the program to shutdown?






28. Which of the following is the FIRST step a technician should take when installing a wireless network card?






29. Which of the following creates a secure connection to a remote host?






30. Which of the following wireless standards uses the 5GHz frequency?






31. A technician logs into a users computer and downloads a file from a central server to a users local document directory. After logging in - the user reports that they cannot open the file. Which of the following can the technician do to solve the prob






32. Users are reporting that a Vista feature asks them for confirmation before running most applications or making system changes. Which of the following is the name of this Vista feature and where should the technician direct users to turn the functiona






33. A technician has been tasked with setting up mirrored disk storage on a Windows XP computer. Which of the following should be installed FIRST?






34. A user has installed a second hard drive into a computer and receives a message stating Invalid Boot Volume. Which of the following should a technician recommend to solve this problem?






35. A computer has become infected with a piece of malware. The current system software has detected the threat and moved it into a special state. Which of the following terms BEST defines the state?






36. A user is getting ready to upgrade the graphics card in their computer with a performance PCIe graphics card. The user has verified that they have a 16x PCIe slot on their motherboard. Which of the following may also need to be upgraded?






37. A technician manually configured a device - which of the following icons in device manager would represent this?






38. A customer states they cannot connect to a recently installed access point which is located just around the corner from their office. An elevator and a wiring closet are the only things between the customer and the access point. Which of the followin






39. A company has had a high number of laptops stolen in the past three months.Which of the following is the BEST solution for the company to implement to protect the data on their laptops?






40. AWhich of the following components may cause a paper jam in a laser printer?






41. A technician is troubleshooting a PC that will not turn on. The technician has determined that the PC is on a known good power outlet. Which of the following should the technician check NEXT?






42. When installing additional memory in a notebook computer - the MOST important point to remember is:






43. When replacing a laptop keyboard - the FIRST thing to do is:






44. Which of the following adapter cards is MOST likely to require an additional power connector to operate properly?






45. A user asked to have a second IDE hard drive installed on their computer. Which of the following should be done FIRST?






46. In Windows Vista - where would a technician find User1 desktop files?






47. Which of the following is the BEST utility to use when mounting a hard disk as a folder in a Windows XP Professional machine?






48. Which of the following commands will display the local routing table?






49. A user reports that they cannot access a file on the local D drive of their PC. This is a non-system/non-boot drive. The technician needs to run chkdsk without rebooting the system. Which of the following methods will meet this goal?






50. A technician is configuring a small office home office (SOHO) router to allow FTP access. Which of the following ports will the technician open?