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Comptia A + Computer Repair Practicals

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






2. A customer wants to install a new writable optical drive. They have a very large collection of files and want the new drive to be able to archive. Which of the following drive technologies would allow them to archive their collection using the fewest






3. Good examples of malware prevention in Windows XP?






4. A customer reports they are unable to connect to any computers outside of the office and they are unable to connect to the Internet. When the technician runs ipconfig - the customer gets the following output: IP address169.254.2.4 Subnet Mask.255.255






5. A technician logs into a users computer and downloads a file from a central server to a users local document directory. After logging in - the user reports that they cannot open the file. Which of the following can the technician do to solve the prob






6. Which of the following is the purpose of RAID 0?






7. A user reports that they cannot access network resources. The technician checks the users IP address and notices that the user has an APIPA address instead of a DHCP issued IP address. Which of the following commands will resolve this so that the use






8. In NTFS file permissions - which of the following permissions is an option?






9. A computer has become infected with a piece of malware. The current system software has detected the threat and moved it into a special state. Which of the following terms BEST defines the state?






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






11. Which of the following will reset the BIOS settings?






12. 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






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






14. A customer wants to purchase a FireWire-based external hard disk drive. Which of the following ports is needed on the machine to be able to utilize such a device?






15. A technician is troubleshooting a computer infected by a virus. After the technician is finished cleaning the drive - the technician should educate the customer on preventing further attacks by suggesting:






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






17. Which is of the following is the maximum file size for FAT32?






18. Which of the following GUI utilities would be used to determine the MAC address of a network card?






19. A user reports that a program in Windows XP is not responding. A technician remotes into the user's computer to end the process. Which of the following is used to force the program to shutdown?






20. A technician is repairing a computer that will not start up. The technician notices the power button does not display any lights and the LED on the motherboard is off. Which of the following is the cause of the problem?






21. A user is getting ready to upgrade the graphics card in their computer with a performance PCIe graphics card. The user has verified that they have a 16x PCIe slot on their motherboard. Which of the following may also need to be upgraded?






22. 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?






23. A technician is sent to configure a wireless small office home office (SOHO) network in an urban area. Which of the following utilities can the technician disable to help prevent unauthorized users on the network?






24. 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?






25. 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?






26. Which of the following should be installed prior to attaching a heatsink to a processor?






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






28. A technician receives a call from a laptop user that recently purchased a new wireless router. The user claims the laptop cannot connect to the new wireless router. The technician finds out that the router is an 802.11g model and the customers laptop






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






30. Which of the following utilities can be used to determine the current partition information on an attached storage device?






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






32. A technician is given a computer that is very slow but has a fast processor and plenty of memory. Which of the following commands could be used for troubleshooting start-up services?






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






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






35. A company has had a high number of laptops stolen in the past three months.Which of the following is the BEST solution for the company to implement to protect the data on their laptops?






36. A customer states they cannot connect to a recently installed access point which is located just around the corner from their office. An elevator and a wiring closet are the only things between the customer and the access point. Which of the followin






37. A technician has a PC that does not recognize the USB keyboard immediately after POST. Which of the following could be the cause?






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






39. A technician is trying to use the nslookup command. Which of the following needs to be installed before this command can be used?






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






41. When would be the optimum time to schedule a virus scan?






42. A technician is told to configure all new PCs to support Wake on LAN (WOL). After upgrading the NIC to support WOL - the system still does not respond to a WOL call. Which of the following steps needs to be taken to support WOL?






43. Which of the following does the ping command do?






44. Which of the following cable types should a technician use to support a 1Gbps SOHO LAN?






45. Which of the following can be used to achieve the highest transfer rate for an external hard drive?






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






47. How many volts does a power supplys 4-pin Molex connector carry to internal devices?






48. A technician uses DHCP for all computers on the network and static IP addresses for all printers on the network. Which of the following will enforce this policy?






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






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