A+ Certification 220-702 Part 1 Of 2
The quiz below is set on the 202 to the 702 series for the A+ certification course. If one is capable of tackling the questions they are sure to pass the coming exams with minimal difficulties. Think you have what it takes? Give this first set of questions a try and find out.
- 1.What is the delay in the RAM’s response to a request from the memory controller called?
- A.
Latency
- B.
Standard deviation
- C.
Fetch interval
- D.
Lag
- 2.In a standard ATX-based computer, how many IDE devices can be installed?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
4
- D.
8
- 3.What is the minimum number of hard drives necessary to implement RAID 5?
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
4
- D.
6
- 4.Which of the following precautions should be taken so that ESD does not cause damage to a computer that is being repaired? Select all that apply.
- A.
Use an antistatic strap.
- B.
Wear shoes with rubber soles.
- C.
Spray antistatic spray on the components.
- D.
Put the computer on an antistatic mat.
- 5.You start a new computer and nothing seems to happen. Upon closer inspection, you can hear the hard drive spinning; however, nothing is coming up on the monitor. Which of the following would not be a reason for this?
- A.
The monitor is not on.
- B.
The PC is not connected to the AC outlet.
- C.
The monitor is not connected to the PC.
- D.
The video card is not properly seated
- 6.What is the easiest way to monitor the battery health of a UPS?
- A.
Use the UPS monitoring software.
- B.
Use a voltmeter.
- C.
Replace the battery every year.
- D.
Use Event Viewer
- 7.A computer you are working on has a lot of dust inside. How should you clean this
- A.
Disassemble the power supply and remove the dust
- B.
Use a vacuum to clean up the dust
- C.
Use a surface dust cleaning solution
- D.
Use compressed air to remove the dust.
- 8.What function is performed by the external power supply of a laptop?
- A.
Increases voltage
- B.
Stores power
- C.
Converts DC power to AC power
- D.
Converts AC power to DC power
- 9.Which one of the following keys is found only on a laptop?
- A.
Ctrl key
- B.
Fn key
- C.
Shift key
- D.
Numlock key
- 10.Which of the following commands creates a new directory in the Windows Command Prompt?
- A.
CD
- B.
RD
- C.
XD
- D.
MD
- 11.To learn more about the PING command, what would you enter at the command line?
- A.
PING HELP
- B.
HELP PING
- C.
PING /?
- D.
PING ?
- 12.Which syntax will enable you to see your computer’s MAC address?
- A.
IPCONFIG /?
- B.
IPCONFIG /everything
- C.
PING /everything
- D.
IPCONFIG /all
- 13.A customer’s computer is using FAT16. What file system can you upgrade it to when using the convert command?
- A.
NTFS
- B.
NFS
- C.
FAT32
- D.
FAT64
- E.
EXT
- 14.How do you change the virtual memory in Windows XP?
- A.
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Virtual Memory.
- B.
It is not possible.
- C.
Go to the System Properties window, click the Advanced tab, select Performance Options. Click Change and enter the new virtual memory.
- D.
Go to the System Properties window and select Performance Options. Click Change and enter the new virtual memory.
- 15.How can you configure Windows XP’s virtual memory to optimal settings?
- A.
Set the virtual memory to No Paging File.
- B.
Set Windows to Automatically Manage Size.
- C.
Manually set the virtual memory settings to 1MB
- D.
Set the virtual memory manually to one-third of RAM.
- 16.Jake’s Windows Vista computer has several programs running in the system tray that take up a lot of memory and processing power. He would like you to turn them off permanently. What tool should you use to do this?
- A.
MSCONFIG.EXE
- B.
SYSEDIT.EXE
- C.
IPCONFIG /RELEASE
- D.
Task Manager
- 17.What is a common risk when installing Windows drivers that are unsigned?
- A.
System stability may be compromised.
- B.
Files might be cross-linked.
- C.
The drive might become fragmented.
- D.
Physical damage to devices might occur.
- 18.Which of the following answers can be used to keep disk drives free of errors and Windows XP running efficiently? Select all that apply.
- A.
A. Disk Management
- B.
B. Disk Defragmenter
- C.
C. Check Disk
- D.
D. System Restore
- E.
E. Scheduled Tasks
- 19.Tom has a 30GB hard disk partition (known as C:). He has 1.5GB free space on the partition. How can he defrag the partition?
- A.
He can run the Disk Defragmenter in Computer Management.
- B.
He can run DEFRAG.EXE –f in the command line.
- C.
He can run DEFRAG.EXE –v in the command line.
- D.
He can run DEFRAG.EXE –R in the command line.
- 20.Buzz gets an error that says “Error log full.” Where should you go to clear his Error log?
- A.
Device Manager
- B.
System Information
- C.
Recovery Console
- D.
Event Viewer
- 21.What is Windows Vista’s recovery environment known as? (Select all that apply.)
- A.
WinRE
- B.
Recovery Console
- C.
Advanced Boot Options
- D.
System Recovery Options
- 22.A user’s time and date keeps resetting to January 1st, 2000. What is the most likely cause?
- A.
The BIOS needs to be updated
- B.
Windows needs to be updated.
- C.
The Windows Date and Time Properties window needs to be modified
- D.
The lithium battery needs to be replaced
- 23.What would you need to access to boot the computer into Safe Mode?
- A.
WinRE
- B.
Recovery Console
- C.
Advanced Boot Options
- D.
System Restore
- 24.What command repairs the bootmgr.exe file in Windows Vista?
- A.
Bootrec /fixboot
- B.
Bootrec /fixmbr
- C.
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
- D.
Boot/bcd
- 25.If you get a Code 1 message about a particular device in the Device Manager, what should you do?
- A.
Close applications and install RAM.
- B.
Disable the device.
- C.
Update the driver.
- D.
Reinstall the driver.
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