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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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






2. When receiving a Missing NTLDR error - which of the following is the FIRST action that should be taken?






3. A Windows computer receives a stop error (e.g. bluescreen) on boot. Which of the following when run from recovery console could correct the issue?






4. Which of the following supports the Athlon 64?






5. A user reports that the video on their computer has gone out. After determining that the onboard video is bad - a technician needs to install a new video card. Which of the following would support a new video card installation?






6. A technician is replacing a hard drive with a new 30GB drive formatted with FAT32. While transferring a 5GB file an error appears indicating that the new drive has insufficient space for the transfer. Which of the following is the cause of the proble






7. A user reports that their computer will no longer boot and is displaying a non-system disk or disk error message. While troubleshooting the problem - the technician notices a scraping noise within the PC when it is powered on. Which of the following






8. 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?






9. Shortly after the Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to login screen appears in Windows XP - a user gets the error One or more services failed to start. Which of the following locations could be accessed to identify the service that did not start and attempt to s






10. 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?






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






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






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






14. A technician suspects a virus has infected a users Windows XP Professional computer. Which ofthe following is the proper course of action?






15. Which of the following commands would be used to fix errors on the system disk?






16. A user gets an error that the SQL service is not started.Which of the following can the technician do to start the service?






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






18. A user reports that browser windows keep opening on their own after the user has closed their browser. Which of the following is occurring?






19. A technician is replacing a heatsink. Which of the following will the technician MOST likely use to complete this job?






20. Which of the following is a local host IP address?






21. Which of the following operating systems - by default - uses Documents as the name of a user's document folder?






22. A user receives a new laptop and attempts to put the PCMCIA card from their previous laptop in the expansion slot of the new laptop. The card does not slide all the way into the slot. Which of the following device types will MOST likely fit the slot






23. 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?






24. To enhance security on a Windows workstation - the default Guest group should be:






25. A user reports they would like to install a larger HDD but is not sure what type to buy. The user wants the technician to check and verify the type of HDD needed. The technician opens the case and looks at the HDD connectors they see a single thin ca






26. A client states that their Internet browser is running slow and there are multiple windows popping up onto the desktop. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to perform to resolve these issues?






27. A technician would like to create a spanned volume on two basic disks. Which of the following steps must be completed?






28. 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?






29. A technician is upgrading an internal IDE drive in a laptop. Which of the following HDD types is the technician MOST likely using?






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. A technician is configuring a second router on a small office home office (SOHO) network. The first router is already assigning IP addresses. Which of the following should the technician perform on the second router to avoid possible IP address confl






32. A user reports they are unable to install an application on their PC. They are a member of the local PowerUsers group. They do not receive an error message - but they are prompted to reboot to complete the installation. After rebooting - the applicat






33. The new security feature in Vista that prevents programs from running with escalated privileges is called:






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






35. While powering up a desktop PC - the unit will repeat three short beeps and will not POST. Which of the following is MOST likely the problem?






36. 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?






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






38. A stop error message Unable to locate component is on a users machine. The message displays right after POST. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?






39. A technician is asked to build a system that will resist hard drive failure due to being dropped or excessive vibration. Which of the following hard drive types would be the BEST choice?






40. A user reports that their Windows XP PC booted to a desktop which is presented with very rough colors and poor detail on all images displayed.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause and solution of the problem?






41. 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?






42. 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?






43. On a Windows Vista PC - where are the user files located?






44. Which of the following utilities can be used to determine the current partition information on an attached storage device?






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






46. 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?






47. A technician is troubleshooting a PC that is blocking SMTP requests. Which of the following ports will the technician need to open?






48. A technician gets a call from a customer with a Windows XP computer. The customer has just installed a new program in their computer. When the customer opens a file - it opens in a program that the customer does not want to use. Which of the followin






49. 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?






50. A technician is installing a new SATA drive into an older computer. Which of the following conditions can prevent the technician from being successful?