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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. Which of the following paths is used to view the size of the paging file in Windows XP?






2. Which of the following should a technician perform to check a hard disk for corruption?






3. In a 64-bitWindows operating system - which of the following directories is created twice - once for 32-bit applications and once for 64-bit applications?






4. After replacing a processor - which of the following would be the NEXT step in reassembly?






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






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






7. 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?






8. A user is having printing issues and receives an error message that the print spooler is not running. Which of the following methods can be used to start the print spooler?






9. A user emails a remote assistance invitation to a technician. The technician receives and responds to the invitation but cannot connect to the users PC. Which of the following is the BEST reason for the failure?






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






11. 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?






12. 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?






13. A user asked to have a second hard drive installed on a single IDE channel in a computer. Which of the following must be taken into account?






14. Which of the following will cause a ghost image on a printout?






15. A user states their laptop will not stay on unless they hold the AC adapter plug in a certain position. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






16. A client is having problems with creating file shares on the network. Which of the following groups MUST the client be a member of to create shares?






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






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






19. 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?






20. A clients PC is having problems connecting to a certain website. Which of the following tools would be used to evaluate the hops taken from the clients PC to the website?






21. A technician needs to access the files stored on the primary partition of a networked computer named ALPHA. The user of that computer has not setup any shared files or folders. Which of the following is an administrative share?






22. A technician is installing a wireless small office home office (SOHO) network and wants to hide the network visibility for security purposes. Which of the following should the technician configure to accomplish this task?






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






24. A customer needs help as the application log is full. They want to leave it the same size but maintain existing entries for future reference. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?






25. 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?






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






27. A user notices that the workstations mouse pointer is moving by itself and is executing files. Which of the following is the BEST solution for the user to do?






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






29. A users laptop PC fails to boot and gives a message of invalid boot device on the screen. Each successive reboot gives the same message. The technician finds that the user has no floppy drive connected to the PC; however - they have a USB flash drive






30. 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?






31. A technician replaced an internal wireless card in a laptop. The card appears to be installed correctly in Device Manager - but is not able to view available wireless networks. Which of the following is MOST likely the problem?






32. In Windows Vista - which of the following commands would be used to verify that the previous system shutdown routine was completely successful?






33. A technician has configured all computers on the LAN - and the computers can communicate with each other - but they cannot access the Internet. Which of the following needs to be configured?






34. 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?






35. To scan for corrupted system files - which of the following command-line applications would a technician use?






36. A technician installed an internal modem on a PC.Which of the following connector types will plug into the phone jack?






37. A user has a toolbar installed that appears to be connected to Spyware. Which of the following is the BEST way to remove it?






38. A technician is setting up VoIP service for a SOHO customer. Which of the following should the technician enable on the customers home router?






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






40. A technician manually configured a device - which of the following icons in device manager would represent this?






41. Which of the following profiles are automatically created by Windows XP during installation?






42. Which of the following tools could be used to test the voltage coming from a laptops AC adapter?






43. Which of the following commands would be used to invoke the Disk Manager utility?






44. 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?






45. If the BIOS password has been lost or forgotten the technician should:






46. How many hard drives are necessary to create a RAID 5 array?






47. 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






48. A customer reports that their newly purchased Windows Vista Home Premium notebook is unable to see other computers in their home office. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






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






50. Which of the following commands will fix the master boot record?