CompTIA A+ Practice Questions Part 3
This is part 3 of my comptia practice questions quiz. There will be 60 questions. Part 4 will be coming soon. ***Updates***5/26/09 9:52 A. M--------->Questions Added. 5/26/09 8:40 A. M. ------->Questions Added5/22/09 9:33 A. M. -------> Questions added. 5/22/09 8:51 A. M. ------>Questions Added.
- 1.What type of video ram technology is used on video cards that are used in laptop computers?
- A.
DDR SDRAM
- B.
RAMBUS
- C.
SIMM
- D.
DIMM
- 2.Which of the following is used as the primary connection method for an internal harddrive in a laptop? (Choose 2)
- A.
USB connector
- B.
PATA connector
- C.
IEEE 1394/Firewire connector
- D.
SCSI hard drive
- E.
SATA
- 3.What is usually used as the primary input device in a typical PDA?
- A.
Stylus
- B.
Keyboard and mouse
- C.
Voice activated software
- D.
Scroll mouse
- 4.Which provides the longest running time for laptop computers?
- A.
Lithium ion (Li-ion)
- B.
Nickel-cadmium (NiCd)
- C.
Alkaline
- D.
Nickel metal-hydride (NiMH)
- 5.Whats is the commonly fournd hard drive size of laptop computers?
- A.
1.8 inch (4.5cm)
- B.
2.5 inch (6.25cm)
- C.
3.5 inch (8,.75cm)
- D.
5.25 inch5 (13.12cm)
- 6.What should be done to obtain the maximum battery life in a PDA?
- A.
Adjust the touch screen sensitivity
- B.
Adjust the screen backlight settings
- C.
Adjust the IrDA transfer rate
- D.
Adjust the SD card bus speed
- 7.What is a main difference between the CPU on a Laptop and on a Desktop?
- A.
Power Consumption and Heat production
- B.
Mobility and Clock speed
- C.
L2 Cache and clock speed
- D.
Power consumption and FSB speed.
- E.
L2 Cache and FSB speed.
- 8.Which of the following different types of power sources can be used to power a laptop or notebook computer? (Select all that apply)
- A.
Standard AA batteries
- B.
AC Power
- C.
Docking Station
- D.
Batteries
- 9.Which of the following laptop or notebook pointing devices looks like an opto-mechanical mouse turned upside down?
- A.
Mouse
- B.
TrackBall
- C.
Touch Screen
- D.
Drawing Tablet
- 10.What type of wireles technology can be used to connect a laptop to several peripheral devices such as printers, keyboads, and mouse?
- A.
IrDA
- B.
Bluetooth
- C.
General Packet Radio System
- D.
Global System for mobile communication
- 11.Which of the following technologies is a plug-and-play technology in laptops?
- A.
EIDE
- B.
USB
- C.
SATA
- D.
RAID
- E.
PCI
- 12.In which mode should you power down if you want the laptop to copy system data to the hard drive before completely turning off
- A.
Suspend
- B.
Standby
- C.
Log off
- D.
Hibernate.
- 13.What is the most logical explanation why a laptop continues to fail every time you want it to go into Hibernate Mode.
- A.
Not enough RAM
- B.
WinXP not activated
- C.
Not enough battery power
- D.
No hardware or device driver support.
- 14.What is the FIRST troubleshooting step that should be implemented when an external monitor is attached to a laptop and does not work?
- A.
The monitor must be activated with the Function Key
- B.
The laptop covershould be closed and re-opened
- C.
The laptop should be rebooted
- D.
The correct drivers for the keyboard should be installed.
- 15.What is the recommended packaging option when a laptop must be shipped?
- A.
Pack the laptop in a heavy cardboard box with loads of crumpled newspaper.
- B.
Pack the laptop in a laptop carry case
- C.
Pack the laptop in a hard case that is lined with internal padding.
- D.
Pack the laptop amongst large pieces of styrofoam.
- 16.You have completed a hardware upgrade of a Win95 computer, and now you have to upgrade the operating system. What operating system would you recommend (select all that appy)
- A.
Windows NT workstation
- B.
Windows 98
- C.
Windows ME
- D.
Windows 2000 professional
- 17.What is the process called when you are assigning part or all of the drive for use by the computer?
- A.
Formatting
- B.
Modification
- C.
Partitioning
- D.
None of the above
- 18.You need to make a startup disk from a Windows 95/98 system. What should you do?
- A.
At the dos prompt, copy the system files to a floppy disk.
- B.
In the Add/Remove programs icon is a tab called startup disk, click the tab.
- C.
In the Add/Remove programs icon is a tab called Windows Setup, click the tab.
- D.
None of the above.
- 19.You are asked to remove the system ATTRIBUTE from files and folders in C:\data, including all subfolders. Which of the following commands will accomplish this when run in C:\data.
- A.
Copy.exe *.* -system
- B.
Command.com *-remove
- C.
Attrib.exe -s/s
- D.
Msconfig.exe -system C:\data\*
- 20.How will you go about finding the MAC address?
- A.
Run the WINCFG WinXP command
- B.
Run the Winipcfg windows xp command
- C.
Run the IPCONFIG Windows XP command.
- D.
Run the IPCONFIG /all windows XP command.
- 21.What are the files required that will enable a Windows 2000 Workstation to boot?
- A.
The Autoexec.bat, NTDETECT.com, Boot.ini
- B.
NTLDR, NTDETECT.com, Boot.ini
- C.
NTLDR, Config.sys, boot.ini
- D.
NTLDR, System.ini, Boot.ini
- 22.What is the smallest capacity processor that will accommodate the installation for Windows XP?
- A.
133MHZ
- B.
233MHz
- C.
333Mhz
- D.
650MHz
- 23.How many FD's are required to create installation floppy disks for Windows2000
- A.
5
- B.
4
- C.
3
- D.
2
- 24.What is the recommended amount of memory to run an installation of WindowsXP?
- A.
128
- B.
64
- C.
256
- D.
512
- 25.Which registry key contains file extension associations?
- A.
Hkey_current_user
- B.
Hkey_users
- C.
Hkey_local_machine
- D.
Hkey_classes_root
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