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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. Which of the following commands would a technician use to view the active application connections on a local PC to the network?






2. Users in an office are having problems connecting to certain resources outside of their network. The technician suspects that a router on the network has failed. Which of the following tools can be used to determine the point of failure on the networ






3. A user is reporting that after replacing the toner cartridge on the laser printer it has started to produce print jobs with dirty spots around the page. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?






4. A user is running defrag on a computer and the power goes out. When power is restored - which of the following is the BEST action to perform?






5. Which of the following will disable the UAC in Windows Vista?






6. When printing a document an out of memory error is displayed on the printer. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?






7. A new processor is released and the motherboard manufacturer states that it will be supported. When starting up the workstation with the newly installed processor - multi-beep codes are generated.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






8. A technician has recovered a system from a virus infection but some of the system files were compromised. Which of the following tools can be run from the run dialog box to replace or repair system files?






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






10. Which of the following utilities would a technician use to verify that a sound card is correctly installed on a PC?






11. A workgroup user reports not being able to print to the new printer. Everyone else in the workgroup can print to the new printer and the user can still automatically send print jobs to the old printer. Which of the following will solve the issue?






12. 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?






13. Which of the following procedures in a laptop would be needed to determine the type of RAM installed?






14. A user reports that even though their anti-virus program is detecting and removing viruses on their system - the malware returns after successive restarts on their Windows Vista machine. The user has restarted the machine four times already. Which of






15. Which of the following could cause an Inaccessible boot drive error during the boot process?






16. A customer reports that after upgrading their CPU - the system overheats and shuts itself down. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?






17. 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






18. A user reports that they can hear downloaded music and sounds through their computer speakers. Music CDs cannot be heard when played in the local CD-ROM drive except by plugging headphones into the jack on the front of the drive. Which of the followi






19. 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?






20. Which of the following utilities can be run on a Windows XP Professional computer - if it is suspected that the file system structure has become damaged?






21. A printer is suddenly not printing using Windows XP. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to get the printing restarted?






22. A user is having printing issues and receives an error message that the print spooler is not running. Which of the following methods can be used to start the print spooler?






23. 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?






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






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






26. When a computer is powered on - after POST it states No boot partition found.Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?






27. Which of the following protocols should be allowed through the firewall for a mail application?






28. Which of the following tools could be used to test if a serial port on a laptop is functioning correctly?






29. How many hard drives are necessary to create a RAID 5 array?






30. Which of the following commands would a technician use to disable startup programs in Windows XP?






31. A technician follows the manufacturers safety procedures and upgrades the RAM in a notebook computer from 512MB to 2GB. Upon starting the notebook - a pattern of beeping sounds occurs and there is no display. The new and old SODIMM modules are the sa






32. Which of the following BEST controls the amount of virtual memory in a Windows XP system?






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






34. A customer would like to assign the My Documents folder to a separate volume within






35. A new firewall was installed on a system and since then a remote user has been unable to reach the file server. Which of the following should the technician verify is setup on the new firewall?






36. A user reports that they cannot access network resources. The technician checks the users IP address and notices that the user has an APIPA address instead of a DHCP issued IP address. Which of the following commands will resolve this so that the use






37. When installing a small office home office (SOHO) network - which of the following can a technician configure to hide wireless networks from unauthorized users and attackers?






38. A user reports that their CAD files will display correctly in low resolution but not in high resolution after installing a new graphics card. Which of the following will MOST likely fix this problem?






39. Which of the following encryption methods requires a 10-digit network key?






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






41. A user reports they have forgotten their BIOS password and is unable to boot their system. Which of the following describes the BEST method to correct this problem?






42. A technician attempts to run chkdsk - but the system cannot locate it in the WinntSystem32 or WindowsSystem32 folders. Which of the following should the technician do to perform the chkdsk function?






43. A system has been infected with a virus. The customer does not have a system backup. Which of the following is an effective method to remove the virus and preserve the customers data?






44. A customers office is located in their basement which is where the wireless router is located. The customers three desktop computers and network printer are hardwired. The customer reports a laptop connectivity issue in the second floor bedroom. Whic






45. Which of the following information will be displayed with the command ipconfig /all?






46. Shortly after a technician installed additional RAM in a users Windows 2000 workstation - the computer became stuck in a reboot loop. Which of the following will MOST likely restore the computers normal operation?






47. When booting Windows - check disk comes up and runs a scan only on drive E. The PC still boots and shows no signs of any errors or other problems. No installations or other software changes have been made. Which of the following is the MOST likely ca






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






49. Where in Windows XP would a secondary DNS IP address be entered - that is used when the primary DNS server is unavailable?






50. A user states they receive a message Boot device not found half of the time they boot theirsystem. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?