CompTIA exam questions
Emily, an employee, stepped away from her workstation to deliver a report to her boss. When she came back, confidential material was displayed on the screen that was not opened prior to her leaving. Which of the following could have mitigated this from occurring?
A. Intrusion detection system
B. Screensaver password
C. Privacy filters
D. RFID badges
A technician is setting up automatic login to desktop for a non-domain Windows XP system. Which of the following administrative tools would accomplish this?
A. User Accounts
B. Network and Sharing Center
C. Task Manager
D. System Configuration
Peter, a technician, built a new computer for a customer. The computer has been setup with the appropriate operating system, but when Peter boots the PC after configuration, he receives an invalid boot disk message. Which of the following tools should he use to fix the issue?
A. Safe Mode with command prompt
B. Restore from a prior recovery point
C. MSCONFIG to disable startup programs
D. BIOS and change the boot order
Which of the following are encrypted protocols? (Select TWO).
A. TELNET
B. SSH
C. POP3
D. FTP
E. HTTPS
A company’s security guard found Jane, an unauthorized person, searching through the recycling dumpster behind the building. When Jane was questioned she responded with, “I work for the company and have lost a report”. Which of the following is occurring?
A. Social engineering
B. Malware
C. Phishing
D. Shoulder surfing
In which of the following locations is the fonts folder stored in the Windows OS?
A. System32
B. Temp
C. Documents and settings
D. Windows
A technician just finished replacing the system board of a users laptop. Now, every time the unit attempts to boot into Windows 7, the laptop goes through an automatic restart midway through the OS boot screen process. Which of the following MOST likely needs to be fixed?
A. The optical drive needs to be moved lower in the boot process, below the hard disk.
B. The BIOS version on the motherboard is stock, and needs to be updated to the latest release.
C. The technician forgot to enable the SATA controller in the BIOS.
D. The hard drive operation setting in BIOS needs to be changed from AHCI to IDE.
A technician notices a computer is overheating after 30 minutes of use. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
A. Clogged temporary file folders
B. Internal dust buildup
C. Incorrect input voltage setting
D. ACPI is disabled
The Aero feature is found in which of the following operating systems? (Select TWO).
A. Windows 7 Home Premium
B. Windows 7 Starter
C. Windows Vista Enterprise
D. Windows XP Media Center
E. Windows XP 64-bit Professional
Which of the following functions describes Patch management?
A. Determining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of operating system and application updates.
B. Determining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of incremental system backups.
C. Determining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of router table updates.
D. Determining appropriateness, platform destination, and scheduling of permission propagations.