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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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






2. Which of the following BEST describes the general meaning of a warning in one of the Event Viewer logs?






3. Which of the following utilities would the technician use to disable a service?






4. Which of the following commands can prepare a new disk for use?






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






6. Which of the following is the cause if a user types in the letters U - I and O and displayed on the screen are the figures 4 - 5 and 6 on a laptop?






7. When a network service fails to start at boot-up - which of the following is the BEST solution for this?






8. An end user reports that a new disc they purchased will not play on their machine. The user states this new disc is a movie - but they have never had any issues watching movies purchased in the past. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause fo






9. A user reports not being able to print to a new printer but can print to an old printer. Everyone else in the same workgroup can print to the new printer. Which of the following will MOST likely solve the issue?


10. A user reports that an important file has been quarantined by the antivirus program. The technician should advise them the file has been:






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






12. Which of the following commands will allow a technician to change a FAT32 file system to an NTFS file system?






13. A user reports their system is displaying an error message NTLDR is missing.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for this error?






14. Which of the following devices can be configured to also be an access point?






15. Which of the following BEST describes why a technician should avoid touching the copper piping on heat sinks?






16. 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?






17. A technician discovers that applications are running very slow. Which of the following might solve the problem?






18. Which of the following commands should be used to resolve a file permission issue?






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






20. A user reports that they tried to plug in a USB device plug upside down and damaged one of the ports. Since this event - the user has not been able to get the computer to power on consistently. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?






21. A user reports that they cannot install a new hard drive they purchased online. After further questioning - the technician finds out that the new hard drive is a solid state disk and the users PC is more than eight years old - currently running Windo






22. A customer wants to guard against Spyware on a Windows Vista workstation. Which of the following default programs is installed for this purpose?






23. 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?






24. A computer has the below network configuration: IP Address: 192.168.1.5 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0. Which of the following is the default gateway for the computer?






25. A user states that they can use their laptop when attached to AC power - but it will not charge a new battery. Which of the following is the MOST likely problem?






26. A user has bought a faster CPU and the manufacturer says it is compatible with their system. The PC does not boot up after installing the new CPU. Which of the following actions should the technician have performed prior to installing the new CPU?






27. A hard drive set as a dynamic disk is moved from oneWindows computer to another. None of the disks are seen in My Computer. Which of the following tools would be BEST to start troubleshooting?






28. A technician is installing an OS onto a new hard drive. The OS media is in the optical drive. Upon booting the system displays the message no operating system found. Which of the following should the technician check FIRST?






29. Which of the following boot.ini switches will allow a technician to install a non-default Windows splash screen?






30. A client reports that the cursor on their laptop moves to one corner of the screen and stays there when they try to use the keyboard joystick. Which of the following components will MOST likely need to be replaced to resolve the issue?






31. Which of the following protocols uses port 443 by default?






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






33. Which of the following ports must be open for FTP?






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






35. A user has a computer with a 100GB IDE hard drive formatted as a single FAT32 partition. This drive is only used to store data. The user adds a second 100GB hard drive and wants to mirror the two drives. When the user goes to disk management there is






36. 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






37. Which of the following is the default loopback address?






38. Which of the following should a technician check FIRST if a Windows XP user is trying to print a document and is getting the error message Print sub-system not available?






39. 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?






40. Which of the following would a technician perform to cancel a print job?






41. Which of the following will resolve the NTLDR is missing error during the boot process?






42. Which of the following 802.11 standards by default uses the 5GHz frequency range and supports speeds up to 54Mbps?






43. A technician is adding a new device to a system and is unable to find the driver disk. Which of the following is he BEST place to retrieve the latest drivers?


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






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






46. Which of the following will allow a technician to secure a wireless access point?






47. Additional RAM has been added to a PC. When the RAM amount is checked within Windows the additional memory is not reflected. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






48. In a Windows Vista workstation - a user reports that after installing a well-known Internet application certain network features do not function. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?






49. Which of the following is the purpose of RAID 0?






50. Members of which of the following groups are able to run legacy and certified applications - but do not have full system permissions in Windows XP?