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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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






2. A customer wants to ensure that their new drive has the fastest transfer speed. Which of the following technologies should be recommended?






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






4. By default - which of the following are needed to edit the boot.ini file directly if Show hidden files and folders is enabled in folder options?






5. After a new system board is installed on a laptop - the system fails to POST. Which of the following should be done FIRST?






6. 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






7. New software has been installed on a workstation and now the workstation is not functioning properly. The user tried to uninstall the software to return the system back to normal but that did not work. Which of the following would be the BEST method






8. 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?






9. 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?






10. A technician needs to add a second processor to a computers motherboard. In which of the following sockets must the processor be installed?






11. Which of the following are the steps for setting up a PC to enable Remote Desktop connection in Windows XP Professional?






12. A technician is troubleshooting a PC that lost connectivity to a network. Which of the following tools would the technician use to view the network card configuration?






13. 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?






14. A user reports that their computer is unexpectedly shutting down. After several minutes - the computer can be powered on as normal. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






15. A user has downloaded a game from the Internet. Afterwards they notice that links from search sites get redirected to unusual pages. After the problem is corrected - the user asks how the problem can be prevented in the future. The technician should






16. 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






17. Each time a user tries to print a document; the user receives a out of memory error message. Which of the following would BEST solve the issue?






18. A home user reports that they can access the Internet but they are having issues connecting to the game server through their home wireless router. Which of the following settings should the technician adjust?






19. A technician is updating a computer for a customer by removing their IDE drives and replacing them with SATA drives. The technician notes that these drives have a SATA power connection and a Molex connection. Which of the following is the BEST way to






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






21. 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?






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






23. A desktop computer will POST and boot to the operating system. After a few minutes the system will suddenly turn itself off. It is unable to power on again for a few minutes. The problem repeats itself. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause






24. An end user in a company is trying to research a new product - but whenever they go to a particular website - they receive a message that they do not have access to this site. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for this problem?






25. A technician is sent out to troubleshoot a Windows XP Media Center PC being used in acustomers enclosed home theatre. The customer describes symptoms of random system shutdowns - especially when the PC is being used to record media or watch lengthy h






26. A user states that their Windows XP computer is running extremely slowly. It has a P4 3.2GHz processor and 256MB of RAM. A technician opens Task Manager and sees that CPU usage is at 25% and PF Usage is at 314MB. Which of the following is MOST likely






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






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






29. Which of the following are possible solutions to the error message 'NTLDR not found'?






30. A user reports that VoIP telephone calls have static and a noticeable delay whenever other users are using the home network. Which of the following routing features should be used on the home network to resolve this issue?






31. 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?






32. 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






33. 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?


34. The Accounting Department reports that their new program runs on all computers except two. Which of the following logs will have the MOST information about this problem?






35. 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?






36. 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?






37. When removing a malware infection from a machine - which of the following modes should be used?






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






39. 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?






40. A user is unable to receive FTP antivirus updates from the vendor but has network connectivity. Which of the following settings should be checked?






41. A user has recently reported that a PC is having a problem sending emails using an email client in the Windows XP system. However - the PC can receive emails. Which of the following could be responsible for this problem?






42. A technician is performing a DSL and telephone installation at the same time. In order to use the DSL connection and the phones at the same time - without interference - which of the following does the technician need to install?






43. A user wants to prevent certain individuals from using the Internet throughout the day in Windows Vista. Which of the following tools can be used to perform this action?






44. When turning on a PC a series of beeps is heard but no display is seen.Which of the following could be the issue?






45. 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






46. 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?






47. Which of the following allows IP addresses to be assigned automatically?






48. When installing an external USB hard drive - which of the following is the maximum speed that can be expected when connecting to a USB 2.0 port?






49. A power outage caused a computer to shut off while the operating system was running. Which of the following would a technician run to make sure the operating system was not damaged?






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