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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. A user reports that a device is not working. Within the Device Manager - a yellow ! on the icon of a device indicates which of the following?






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






3. A technician needs to check which ports are open in the Windows Firewall. Which of the following will allow the technician to view these settings?






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






5. A user reports that after installing a PCIe video card into a system - the onboard video no longer displays. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?






6. While troubleshooting a network connection issue on a Windows XP workstation - a technician would like to see a list of all available network commands. Which of the following commands should the technician type?






7. A technician is installing Windows XP on a new SATA hard drive. The installation halts with a no bootable media found. Which of the following missing steps resulted in this error message?






8. A technician is trying to load a device driver directly from the manufacturers CD for a PCI NIC. The operating system is Windows Vista. Windows refuses to accept the driver. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem?






9. Which of the following commands would provide a list of all local active TCP/IP connections?






10. 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






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






12. Which of the following can be accomplished from the System Configuration utility?






13. In a defaultWindows Vista installation - which of the following directory paths would a file on the desktop of user1 be placed?






14. A user reports that after configuring the BIOS to boot to the hard drive first - the system still tries to boot from the optical drive. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






15. When replacing a laptops hard drive - which of the following may need to be updated?






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






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






18. 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?






19. Which of the following is a reason why case fans should be installed in the front of a case?






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






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






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






23. A user needs to use the IP address to connect to a remote device. Which of the following command line tools will determine the IP address using the hostname of a remote device?






24. 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?






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






26. A user works daily with video production and needs portable storage which will allow them to transport their work back and forth from home. Taking the users storage and bandwidth requirements into consideration - which of the following would BEST sui






27. A notebook user states that lately the keyboard beeps when certain character keys are pressed.The user wants their input to be silent. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this situation?






28. A user states that they have an invalid boot disk message on the computer after a reboot. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?






29. 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?






30. 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?






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






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






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






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






35. A customer states that they can access all LAN resources but cannot access the Internet.Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






36. A client states that they are unable to install a new program. Which of the following can the technician use to connect by means of a terminal services session?






37. A technician replaces two 1GB DIMMs with two 2GB DIMMs. When the installed RAM amount is verified in Windows Vista - only 3GB appears. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






38. Which of the following should be the FINAL step a technician should take once they have cleaned a system of a malware infection?






39. An automotive testing application requires a serial device to be added to a Windows XP Professional PC. The application requires the communications settings to be configured in the OS. In which of the following are these settings located?






40. During the disinfection process - to eliminate a virus from inserting itself into the system restore point which of the following is the BEST solution?






41. Which of the following methods will restrict wireless access to specific devices?






42. A technician is troubleshooting a WLAN card in a laptop. The wireless infrastructure is 802.11g. The WLAN card is showing connected at 11Mbps. Which of the following would be the BEST reason why the WLAN card is performing at that speed?






43. A user would like secure file encryption on their new Windows Vista Enterprise PC. The user informs the technician that they do not wish to spend extra money on a solution. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation for the technician to make






44. When booting a Windows XP computer - two screens pop-up that offer a choice between two operating systems to boot to. Dual boot configuration is not installed on this computer. Which of the following files needs to be changed?






45. A technician has installed new hardware and is experiencing blue screens on a Windows Vista workstation. Which of the following tools can be used to narrow down the issue?






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






47. On laptops - the internal wireless adapter is known by which of the following form factors?






48. A technician installs a SATA controller card and moves the hard drive cable from the system board o the SATA controller. The system POSTs and the controller BIOS recognizes the hard drive but oes not boot to the hard drive and start Windows. Which of






49. Which of the following computer management tools would be used to restart the print spooler in Windows XP?






50. A technician is installing a high performance graphics card in a PCI express slot. Which of the following should be done FIRST after inserting the card into the slot?






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