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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. A technician installed a faster CPU and now the system will not start after the install. The technician removed and reseated the CPU with no positive results. The technician then installed a known good CPU with the same negative results. Which of the






2. A technician has installed new hardware and is experiencing blue screens on a Windows Vista workstation. Which of the following tools can be used to narrow down the issue?






3. If a technician wants to evaluate a computers detailed statistics - which of the following is the BEST utility to view this information?






4. A users system is locking up after the Windows logo screen on boot-up. Which of the following is the BEST reason for this?






5. A user wants to connect to a cellular network with a laptop while traveling. The laptop has aninternal cellular network card that is activated through the provider.Which of the following is the MOST likely reason that the card is not visible to the o






6. Which of the following commands will duplicate entire directories from one location to another?






7. A customer using Windows Vista wants to disable User Account Control (UAC). Which of the following responses should the technician give to explain the UAC?






8. Which of the following utilities determines how many CPU resources are being used by a service?






9. Which of the following adapters will offer the HIGHEST data transfer rate?






10. A technician purchases and installs a replacement motherboard for an older system. Which of the following should the technician do after the installation?






11. A user reports that email is working but they are unable to access the Internet. Which of the following is the NEXT step in solving the issue?






12. A technician is given a computer that is very slow but has a fast processor and plenty of memory. Which of the following commands could be used for troubleshooting start-up services?






13. Which of the following command syntax releases and renews an IP address in a Windows XP machine?






14. A technician changed the system date and time to display military time on a PC. Which of the following did the technician use to change this feature?






15. A technician has installed a faster CPU into a machine. When they boot the machine the POST shows that the new CPU is not running faster. Which of the following should be configured?






16. A customer states that their laser printer keeps stating there is a paper jam but the customer does not see any paper jams. The technician inspects the printer and confirms that there is no paper jams and finds the printer does not make an attempt to






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






18. Which of the following wireless encryption standards would provide the HIGHEST level of security?






19. 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?






20. A customer reports that all printed documents display random characters. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem?






21. In Device Manage - an exclamation point next to a device indicates which of the following?






22. After installing a high performance video adapter - the users computer reboots whenever resource intensive applications are run. Which of the following will MOST likely correct the problem?






23. If a drives file system becomes corrupt - which of the following commands would the technician use to repair the file system?






24. On which of the following hard drive types must a technician change the jumper setting to match the motherboard/cabling combination?






25. Which of the following utilities - in Windows - can be configured to perform automatic disk defragmentation?






26. Which of the following commands allows a technician to scan protected files and check the files version?






27. When combining NTFS and Share permissions - which of the following is true?






28. The technician has to format a new hard drive as a FAT32 file system. The hard drive capacity is 80GB. How many partitions will the technician have to create to use all of the hard drive capacity?






29. The Accounting Department reports that their new program runs on all computers except two. Which of the following logs will have the MOST information about this problem?






30. Which of the following 802.11 standards by default uses the 2.4GHz frequency range and supports speeds up to 11Mbps?






31. Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of safe mode?






32. A user has downloaded a game from the Internet. Afterwards they notice that links from search sites get redirected to unusual pages. After the problem is corrected - the user asks how the problem can be prevented in the future. The technician should






33. A customer reports they are unable to connect to any computers outside of the office and they are unable to connect to the Internet. When the technician runs ipconfig - the customer gets the following output: IP address169.254.2.4 Subnet Mask.255.255






34. When using Device Manager - a yellow QUESTION NO: mark indicates which of the following?






35. A technician installed an internal modem on a PC.Which of the following connector types will plug into the phone jack?






36. A technician suspects one of the workstations in the office is infected with malware. Which of the following are symptoms of a malware infection?






37. On laptops - the internal wireless adapter is known by which of the following form factors?






38. A technician has installed a new WAP into a SOHO environment - which of the following will provide the HIGHEST level of security?






39. A technician has installed a maintenance kit on a laser printer and replaced all consumables. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?






40. 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?






41. A technician needs to check which ports are open in the Windows Firewall. Which of the following will allow the technician to view these settings?






42. A user reports they are unable to access network resources. The users IP address is currently 169.254.0.1. On a network with DHCP configured - the user should be instructed to:






43. The customer wants to upgrade to a newer model computer - but does not want to lose all the digital photos on the old computer. Which of the following is the QUICKEST way for the technician to move the photos?






44. Which of the following will allow and deny Internet traffic?






45. Which of the following would have to be disabled on a PC if a user wants to assign a static IP address on that PC?






46. Which of the following would MOST likely indicate the presence of malware on a PC?






47. Which of the following permissions can be assigned when giving shared folder permissions but not when assigning NTFS permissions?






48. 1/2 Which of the following actions should a technician take when the Service Control Manager reports - one or more services failed to start?






49. A computer is failing to boot. Which of the following tools would be used FIRST in troubleshooting?






50. Which of the following commands should be used to change a FAT volume into a NTFS volume?