A large magnet is placed too close to a CRT monitor. Which of the following will MOST likely occur?
A. Dead pixels
B. Flickering image
C. No image on screen
D. Distorted image
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question F-2
A user is reporting that their screen is flickering at a rapid rate. Which of the following Control Panel paths should a technician use in order to remedy this issue?
A. Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> General -> DPI
B. Display -> Settings -> Resolution
C. Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> Adapter -> Refresh
D. Display -> Appearance -> Effects -> Transition
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question F-1
After installing a new printer software package which came with print drivers, a user is experiencing problems launching other applications. Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the users printing problem?
A. Run a backup of the current state.
B. Defragment the system.
C. Run the system restore.
D. Update the antivirus definition.
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-100
A user has recently purchased and installed a new top of the line video card for playing games on Windows 7. However, during game play the images are blurred and artifacts appear. Once the user returns to the Windows desktop, everything returns to normal. Which of the following could be the problem? (Select TWO).
A. The video card requires an adapter to output to the monitor
B. User Access Control is preventing the game from functioning
C. The video card requires a driver update
D. The game is not compatible with Windows 7
E. The graphics card is faulty and should be replaced
F. The IRQ channel must be appropriately set for the video card
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-99
Which of the following is the command that installs Recovery Console on the Boot menu from the Windows 2000 CD?
A. DRIVE LETTER:TOOLSRCINSTALL.EXE
B. DRIVE LETTER:i386WINNT32.EXE /RECCONS
C. DRIVE LETTER:i386CMDCONS.EXE
D. DRIVE LETTER:i386WINNT32.EXE /CMDCONS
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-98
A technician is tasked with repairing a Windows 7 system including the removal of recently installed files and software. Which of the following system restoration methods would be the LEAST destructive way to achieve this?
A. System Restore
B. System Image Recovery
C. CHKDSK
D. Windows Memory Diagnostic
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-97
A user is advised by the software vendor that the user must have elevated privileges in order to run a program. The user should do which of the following to BEST accomplish this?
A. Run in Windows XP compatibility mode
B. Run the program in a virtual PC environment
C. Log out of the system and login under another users name
D. Right click select “run as” and select administrator
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-96
A new application is installed which adds three new services to a customers PC. The customer asks for help, because the new application will not start. A technician investigates and finds that one of the services has failed to start. They attempt to manually start the service but it fails. Where should the technician look NEXT for more information? (Select TWO).
A. Task Manager
B. System registry
C. Log files for the new application
D. Event Viewer
E. %SystemDir%System32Drivers
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-95
Which of the following is the correct UNC path to use when mapping a network drive?
A. \sharepassword
B. \shareserver
C. \serverusername
D. \servershare
CompTIA A+ Core 2 Question E-94
A user is installing Windows 7 on a PC with a RAID card. The user has verified all of the cables are connected correctly, but the installation media does not detect any hard drives. Which of the following should the user do to help detect the hard drives?
A. Press F8 when prompted
B. Hit the refresh button to force a re-detect
C. Enable PATA in the BIOS
D. Select load driver