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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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






2. A client mentions the hard drive light is on continuously - and their computer is slow. Which of the following would the technician check to determine the MOST likely cause?






3. A technician is going to flash the BIOS on a laptop.Which of the following would the technician need to complete this task?






4. A technician wants to avoid the possibility of mixing and losing screws when working on a laptop. Which of the following is the BEST solution for the technician?






5. A user is unable to connect a digital video camera up to a PC to transfer photos.Which of the following expansion cards should MOST likely be installed to resolve this?






6. Which of the following commands allows the technician to find where packets are being lost on the network?






7. Which of the following system utilities will run when a technician types mstsc in the command prompt?






8. A client is having trouble connecting to their SOHO network. They use dynamic addresses through their home router. A technician performs an ipconfig /all from the command line and receives this output: Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection Connectio






9. Which of the following commands will allow a technician to disable startup programs?






10. A technician is waiting for a user to power on their PC to begin troubleshooting a problem. The computer name is PC1. Which of the following commands can the technician run that will continuously check if the system is reachable?






11. Which of the following BEST explains the error message Check boot path and disk hardware?






12. Which of the following broadband networking technologies is MOST widely available in isolated areas?






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






14. 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?






15. A user reports that a newly installed external CD-RW is not working. A technician is called and he notes the user has the CD-RW drive - a flash disk - a rarely used external hard drive and a wireless network adapter plugged into an external USB hub.






16. A technician wants domain group policy changes on a Windows XP computer to immediately propagate. Which of the following commands should the technician use?






17. A client reported that the network laser printer was not printing from the third tray. After repairing the issue - which of the following should the technician do NEXT?






18. A customer wants to add an internal IDE drive with the ability to write DVDs. The computer currently has two IDE hard disk drives - one IDE CD writing optical drive and a DVD read-only IDE optical drive. Which of the following should the technician r






19. A technician has a work order to replace a failing hard drive on a PC. The PC is in an environment with constant vibration and dust. Which of the following hard drive types should the technician use as a replacement?






20. 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?






21. A technician is replacing a wireless router on an existing small office home office (SOHO) network. The SSID - WPA and DHCP information has been correctly added. Which of the following must also be addressed?






22. To determine if remote host is reachable a technician would issue which of the following






23. 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?






24. When a SMART error is received on a computer - which of the following devices MOST likely has a problem?






25. When installing a small office home office (SOHO) network - which of the following can a technician configure to hide wireless networks from unauthorized users and attackers?






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






27. A technician needs to configure a PC with two fixed disk drives for optimal performance. The system is built from a standard image and no data is stored locally. Which of the following RAID settings should be used?






28. 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?






29. A technician is resolving a computers IP address to a hostname but cannot remember the correct switch. Which of the following can the technician use to find the correct switch?






30. A user reports that they are unable to print to a shared network printer. Other users are able to print to the same printer with no problems. Which of the following is the MOST likely solution?






31. When replacing a laptop keyboard - the FIRST thing to do is:






32. A customer requires the installation of a 10MB script on 2000 desktops in one building and it is to be completed by twenty technicians. The customer does not want the installation downloaded from their network. Which of the following methods will be






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






34. The office printer continually errors and will not print large documents. Upon inspection the maintenance code indicates an out of memory error. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?






35. A user reports that Drive Manager is showing a newly installed drive as a foreign drive. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this warning message?






36. Which of the following utilities determines how many CPU resources are being used by a service?






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






38. A technician changed the system date and time to display military time on a PC. Which of the following did the technician use to change this feature?






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






40. A technician is installing several PCs in a home that is pre-wired with Ethernet to seven rooms. In the wiring closet all the Ethernet cables are hanging free and are not labeled. Which of the following tools would the technician use to locate the ca






41. A technician needs to edit the default path in Windows XP. In which of the following can they accomplish this task?






42. Which of the following would MOST likely indicate the presence of malware on a PC?






43. A customer is experiencing screen issues on their aging laptop. The technician discovers that the laptop has a tendency to decrease/increase screen brightness without user intervention - and sometimes it completely loses screen brightness. There is h






44. Which of the following commands would be used to verify the integrity of critical system files?






45. After installing a high performance video adapter - the users computer reboots whenever resource intensive applications are run. Which of the following will MOST likely correct the problem?






46. Which of the following commands would create an emergency repair disk for the Windows 2000 Professional operating system?






47. 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?






48. 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






49. Additional RAM has been added to a PC. When the RAM amount is checked within Windows the additional memory is not reflected. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






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