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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. Which of the following GUI utilities would be used to determine the MAC address of a network card?






2. Which of the following should a technician perform to check a hard disk for corruption?






3. Which of the following directory paths is the default profile folder for User1 in Windows 2000?






4. A user has a wireless network with four PCs and wants to add three more wireless PCs to a location that has poor signal strength. Which of the following devices would the technician add to the network?






5. The recommended time to schedule an anti-virus scan is:






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






7. A technician is troubleshooting a PC that is experiencing poor performance. Which of the following would be the BEST place for the technician to view the amount of RAM installed on the PC?






8. Which of the following files are required to startWindows XP boot process?






9. A PCs system time is always incorrect until logging in to the PC. Which of the following is the MOST likely problem?






10. A customer using a laptop states several letters and numbers (e.g. W -E -S -D -X -C -2 -3) are not properly working on the keyboard. Which of the following is the NEXT step to resolve the issue?






11. A technician installed a new wireless access point on an existing small office home office (SOHO) network with a selective security option enabled. All wireless computers connect to the new network except one computer that cannot connect the wireless






12. A Windows XP system locks up after the GUI starts to load. The system will start in Safe Mode. The Event Viewer reports that a driver failed to load. Which of the following methods would help diagnose the problem?






13. A technician has just installed an upgraded graphics card. The computers power turns off before it finishes booting. Which of the following is the cause of the problem?






14. Which of the following command will display a list of folders and files?






15. AWindows XP machine will only boot up and display the command prompt. The technician needs to modify the boot.ini file. Which of the following commands would be used?






16. A technician wants to disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista. How can this feature be disabled?






17. Which of the following commands will result in all data being lost on the media selected?






18. A new secondary hard drive was just installed into a computer running Windows XP but does not show up with a drive letter under My Computer.Which of the following needs to be done before the new drive will show up in My Computer?






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






20. After installing a new processor - the system reports the CPU is not running at the correct speed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






21. While using Windows Vista - a technician needs to access the Advanced Windows Firewall configuration page. Which of the following commands should the technician use?






22. A customer reports that they are unable to access any network resources. To test the functionality of the customers NIC - the technician should use which of the following?






23. Which of the following commands shows a graphical display of the drive or paths directory structure?






24. Which of the following ping switches would be used to ping continuously until manually stopped?






25. The customer brings their mini-tower and a new DVD/RW drive they want installed. The technician finds a second hard drive in an empty 5.25 bay connected to the secondary bus and jumpered as a slave. The ribbon cable will not stretch from the primary






26. A three year old laptop fails to keep the accurate time. Which of the following is the MOST likelycause?






27. A technician has a work order to replace a failing hard drive on a PC. The PC is in an environment with constant vibration and dust. Which of the following hard drive types should the technician use as a replacement?






28. When applying thermal compound to the top of a CPU - apply a:






29. A technician needs to add a second processor to a computers motherboard. In which of the following sockets must the processor be installed?






30. Which of the following commands will show print and file shares on a PC?






31. A technician installed a new motherboard. Which of the following steps should the technician take NEXT?






32. A storm occurred overnight and a user is having a problem turning on a workstation. The technician has determined power to the monitor is good when plugged into the same power strip as the workstation. Which of the following is the BEST tool to use?






33. In Windows Vista - which of the following commands would be used to verify that the previous system shutdown routine was completely successful?






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






35. 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






36. A user wants to purchase a new laptop. Which of the following would be compatible with the widest selection of media types?






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






38. An end user reports that they are unable to access any websites or network resources by the fully qualified domain name (FQDN); however - the technician is able to access these resources by IP address. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause






39. Which of the following tools is used to initiate archive procedures in Windows XP Professional?






40. A technician is troubleshooting a laptop LCD monitor with an extremely dim screen. Which of the following is the cause?






41. A customer wants to add an internal IDE drive with the ability to write DVDs. The computer currently has two IDE hard disk drives - one IDE CD writing optical drive and a DVD read-only IDE optical drive. Which of the following should the technician r






42. The memory in a notebook computer has been upgraded. The notebook will not power on. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem?






43. A user notices that the workstations mouse pointer is moving by itself and is executing files. Which of the following is the BEST solution for the user to do?






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






45. A technician is installing several PCs in a home that is pre-wired with Ethernet to seven rooms. In the wiring closet all the Ethernet cables are hanging free and are not labeled. Which of the following tools would the technician use to locate the ca






46. A computer is redeployed after sitting in storage for a year and is now displaying the wrong date. Which of the following is the cause?






47. A client is having problems sending their email. If the company uses SMTP - which of the following ports is configured by default on their email client to allow mail out?






48. Which of the following allows IP addresses to be assigned automatically?






49. Which of the following commands can be executed from the run line in Windows XP?






50. 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







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