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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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1. Which of the following is the BEST utility to use when mounting a hard disk as a folder in a Windows XP Professional machine?






2. 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






3. The performance tab of Task Manager shows two CPUs. The system only has one physical CPU. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






4. Which of the following will allow a technician to secure a wireless access point?






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






6. A virus has been detected on a workstation. When the technician tries to manually delete the virus it is reported as in use by another application. Which of the following should be done FIRST to be able to delete the virus?






7. 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?






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






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






10. Which of the following commands will make a new directory?






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






12. Which of the following is the BEST solution for repairing a hard drive that results in the NTLDR is missing display upon booting?






13. A technician is determining the baseline system requirements for new computers that their company is going to purchase. Which of the following system utilities should the technician run on the users existing PCs to help anticipate future system resou






14. Which of the following Windows XP commands can be used to repair the BOOT.INI file?






15. A computer has the below network configuration: IP Address: 192.168.1.5 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0. Which of the following is the default gateway for the computer?






16. A client explains their system is running slow - has trouble accessing the Internet and multiple windows are popping up on their own. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?






17. A computer will not complete POST and a series of beeps is heard.Which of the following is the BEST material for the technician to consult?






18. Which of the following will allow and deny Internet traffic?






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






20. 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?






21. 1/2 Which of the following actions should a technician take when the Service Control Manager reports - one or more services failed to start?






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






23. Most laptops have two PCMCIA slots that are stacked on top of each other with no separator in between. Which of the following does this accommodate?






24. Which of the following commands will allow a technician to change a FAT32 file system to an NTFS file system?






25. 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






26. Which of the following commands would be used to display hidden files?






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






28. A remote user is attempting to install a new external storage device on their computer. The user reports they only have one port open on the back of the device and the port is similar to the USB port their mouse is connected to. The port has a bevel






29. 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?






30. A user wants to track websites that certain individuals are going to throughout the day on Windows Vista. Which of the following tools can be used to perform this action?






31. Which of the following commands should be used to change a FAT volume into a NTFS volume?






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






33. 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?






34. A technician is replacing a hard drive with a new 30GB drive formatted with FAT32. While transferring a 5GB file an error appears indicating that the new drive has insufficient space for the transfer. Which of the following is the cause of the proble






35. Which of the following BEST describes the general meaning of a warning in one of the Event Viewer logs?






36. A technician has received a BIOS update and wants to install it on a clients computer. Which of the following should be done before the BIOS update is installed?






37. Which of the following will provide the GREATEST security for a WiFi network on a Windows XP workstation?






38. A client is having wireless network connection problems. The technician has determined that the location has a dead spot due to a concrete wall. Which of the following can the technician do to resolve the issue?






39. A users system is locking up after the Windows logo screen on boot-up. Which of the following is the BEST reason for this?






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






41. 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?






42. A users laptop is constantly accessing the hard drive. Which of the following is the BEST solution?






43. A user cannot access the Internet via a proxy server. Which of the following ports needs to be set on the web browser proxy to allow HTTP traffic?






44. 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






45. A customer wants to purchase a new motherboard that supports SLI. Which of the following will the new motherboard need to be able to do?






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






47. When using Device Manager - a red X indicates which of the following?






48. 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?






49. Which of the following BEST describes why a technician should avoid touching the copper piping on heat sinks?






50. A technician has installed a maintenance kit on a laser printer and replaced all consumables. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?