CompTIA A+ Essentials Practice Test (100 Questions)
CompTIA A+ is an extremely important qualifying credential for roles in technical support and Information Technology operation. Some look at it as the first step in a successful career in computing. Do you have what it takes to acquire this credential? Take this quiz to find out!
- 1.On a computer that is running Windows XP, which is the local user which has the MOST authority?
- A.
BCM User
- B.
Network Configuration Operator
- C.
Power User
- D.
Administrator
- 2.If your power supply’s fan no longer works, what is the best course of action?
- A.
Replace the Fan
- B.
Oil the Fan
- C.
Replace the Entire Power Supply
- D.
Open Up the Power Supply
- 3.Which of the following is the best way to change which drive the computer first seeks when booting, so that the computer does not seek the A: drive as the first to boot from?
- A.
Disconnect the floppy drive’s cable
- B.
Change to SDRAM from RAM
- C.
Change the Boot Order in CMOS
- D.
Pull the Battery
- 4.How many pins does a SCSI-2 cable have?
- A.
24
- B.
40
- C.
50
- D.
72
- 5.If when trying to burn to a CD-ROM, a user continues to get buffer underrun errors, which of the following suggestions may be helpful?
- A.
Try burning at a slower speed.
- B.
Replace a broken CD burner.
- C.
Shut down all open applications.
- D.
Make sure that there are no scratches or dirt on the CD-ROM surface.
- 6.Which type of computer component is supposed to be inserted into an AGP slot?
- A.
RAID Card
- B.
NIC Card
- C.
Sound Card
- D.
Video Card
- 7.Regarding USB devices, which of the following statements is true?
- A.
Adding a USB device requires you to turn your computer off.
- B.
Your computer does not need to be restarted in order to add a USB device.
- C.
USB is a disappearing technology.
- D.
USB devices can only be connected in large networks.
- 8.Which of the following arrows is pointing at a PCI slot?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 9.What term is used for running your processor at a speed that is higher than the rated clock speed for that processor?
- A.
Hyperdrive
- B.
Turbo
- C.
Overdrive
- D.
Overclocking
- 10.Which type of connector is being shown in the image?
- A.
SATA
- B.
P1
- C.
Molex
- D.
Berg
- 11.The track location which cuts across all platters within a hard drive is known as a:
- A.
Cylinder
- B.
Sector
- C.
Track
- D.
Head
- 12.If you have a system with 2 IDE controllers, how many hard drives can you have?
- A.
4
- B.
2
- 13.If you receive a parity error every time that you turn your computer on, what is the most likely cause?
- A.
Your RAM is bad
- B.
Your motherboard needs replacing
- C.
Your hard drive needs reformatting
- D.
Your CMOS battery is low
- 14.Where do you connect the red edge of a 40-pin ribbon cable to an IDE hard drive?
- A.
IDE hard drive
- B.
RAM
- 15.Which of the following problems may occur if your CPU's fan fails?
- A.
Overheat
- B.
Destroy
- 16.What two types of partitions can be found on basic disks?
- A.
Primary and Extended
- B.
Primary and Expanded
- C.
First and Second
- D.
Primary and Secondary
- 17.If you install an ATA/66 hard drive on a computer that is ATA/100 capable, what will happen?
- A.
The computer will crash!
- B.
The hard drive will function at the ATA/100 speed
- C.
The hard drive will function at the ATA/66 speed
- D.
The hard drive will not be recognized by the computer system.
- 18.Which of the following will allow you to access your CompactFlash card directly from your PC?
- A.
USB Port
- B.
Thumb Drive
- C.
Scanner
- D.
Card Reader
- 19.When a computer with an Award BIOS is booting, it outputs a single long beep. Of the causes listed, which is the most likely to have resulted in this response?
- A.
Processor
- B.
Video Adapter
- C.
CMOS battery
- D.
Memory
- 20.What do you have when two processors are combined into a single CPU together?
- A.
A Dual Core Processor
- B.
A 2-processor supporting motherboard
- C.
A processor which can use 2 L2 caches
- D.
A processor which can use 2 L1 caches
- 21.When cooling a CPU, which is the most effective method?
- A.
Liquid Cooling System
- B.
CPU Fan
- C.
Case Fan
- D.
Leaving the Case Open
- 22.What does PCMCIA stand for?
- A.
Personal Card Memory Computing Internet Association
- B.
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- C.
Private Computing Memory Card International America
- D.
People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
- 23.Which of the following is the range for blue tooth headsets?
- A.
20 meters
- B.
50 meters
- C.
100 meters
- D.
10 meters
- 24.Which of the following types of PCMCIA cards is used when working with expansion devices like network interface cards?
- A.
II PCMCIA
- B.
I PCMCIA
- 25.Which of these modes requires the least amount of time to boot up in order to retrieve a previous computing session?
- A.
Shutdown
- B.
Hibernate
- C.
Standby
- D.
Restart
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