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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. 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?






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






3. A technician is installing a video card on a PC that currently has an onboard video card. The new video card is installed but will not display an image. Which of the following actions is required?






4. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the system losing the date and time after every reboot?






5. A laptop needs a wireless card upgrade. The technician attempts to install the new card with no success. The wireless card is a newer 802.11b/g/n card and the laptop itself was manufactured seven years ago. Which of the following is the MOST likely p






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






7. A customer has a wireless router with WEP enabled. The customer states it was working before but that they can no longer access the network or the Internet with their wireless PCs. After arriving onsite - the technician can see the SSID. The technici






8. 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?






9. When configuring a wireless access point - which of the following options would BEST disable guest access?






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






11. When getting an Inaccessible boot drive error - the FIRST step to solve the issue should be to:






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






13. Which of the following is the MOST secure wireless encryption?






14. Which of the following commands is used to review and repair protected Windows XP files?






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






16. A technician is configuring a small office home office (SOHO) router to allow FTP access. Which of the following ports will the technician open?






17. A user reports that a PC boots to the error message Missing NTLDR. Which of the following problems could cause this error?






18. A powered on workstation will not show a monitor display and there are no beep codes. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






19. If a technician is traveling outside of the US - which of the following should be checked before setting up a workstation?






20. In Windows Vista - where would a technician find User1 desktop files?






21. A technician has received a Windows XP PC for repair with the following boot error Unmountable boot volume. Which of the following is the FIRST procedure that should be tried to correct the problem?






22. A computer takes a long time to boot to the operating system because it tries to load from the optical drive first. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






23. A customer states that their laptop battery is not charging and it will not power on with the AC adapter. Which of the following would the technician use to check the AC adapter?






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






25. Which of the following is the only guaranteed way to get rid of a virus or malware?






26. 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?






27. On a Windows XP Professional computer - several service fails to start messages appear. Which of the following service property tabs would be viewed to verify service requirements?






28. A user reports they are unable to access the Internet. The technician attempts to ping 127.0.0.1 - which fails. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the problem?






29. If indexing is enabled on a local PC - which of the following will be directly affected?






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






31. 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






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






33. Which of the following commands is used to delete the entire contents of drive D: quickly?






34. In which of the following locations does Windows Vista create the user profiles?






35. A user has installed a new firewall and wants to allow only web traffic. They have allowed port 80 on the firewall. When they test the connection they are unable to get to the secure websites. Which of the following should they configure to enable br






36. After replacing the RAM on a clients system - a technician gets a loud beeping noise and the computer will not successfully POST. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?






37. Multiple customers are reporting that network response time is very slow. The technician suspects that excessive broadcasts may be causing the problem. Which of the following is the BEST tool to troubleshoot this issue?






38. 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?






39. In Windows XP - where is setuplog.txt located?






40. Which of the following commands will resolve a host name to an IP address?






41. 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






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






43. Which of the following will reset the BIOS settings?






44. Which of the following BEST describes a front side bus (FSB)?






45. There are four USB devices connected to a clients computer through a USB hub. The client states the external hard drive connected to this hub has had a dramatic deterioration in response time recently. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






46. Which of the following cable types should a technician use to support a 1Gbps SOHO LAN?






47. A user asked to have a second IDE hard drive installed on their computer. Which of the following should be done FIRST?






48. 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?






49. 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:






50. A technician logs into a users computer and downloads a file from a central server to a users local document directory. After logging in - the user reports that they cannot open the file. Which of the following can the technician do to solve the prob