CompTIA exam questions
Peter, a technician, is tasked to install a new client machine. He notices the machine is not getting any network connectivity. He tests the network cable between the PC and the network jack and confirms it is good. Peter goes to the network closet and finds several network cables not connected to the switch. Which of the following tools would Peter use to determine which cable goes back to the correct network jack?
A. Loopback plug
B. Toner probe
C. WiFi analyzer
D. Punchdown tool
A technician has been asked to install a printer on a Windows 7 machine. Through which of the following Control Panel utilities will the technician install the printer?
A. Printers and Devices
B. Printers
C. Devices and Printers
D. Printers and Faxes
A user wants pages 1-5 separated from 6-8 when they are retrieved from the printer. Which of the following settings would the user change in the print job to ensure the pages are separated?
A. Duplex
B. Collate
C. Orientation
D. Quality
Which of the following is a feature of PCMCIA cards?
A. The drivers are always bundled with Windows
B. They utilize PCI express architecture
C. They contain error correcting memory
D. They are hot swappable
A user has a new laptop with a quad-core processor, and wants to increase the memory of the unit. Which of the following memory types would be the BEST choice?
A. DIMM
B. RIMM
C. SIMM
D. SODIMM
A user calls to report that a notice keeps appearing on their screen whenever they try to pull down video clips from a website. The notice says “This category is being blocked because it is streaming media. Please click continue to use your assigned quota time”. The technician is aware that a new web filtering application was recently implemented which assigns a 120 minute quota on streaming media and a message appears allowing the user to continue. Which of the following is the BEST response for the technician to give the user?
A. “If you read the entire notice screen it clearly states that you should click continue. Did you read the entire notice?”
B. “Since video takes a large amount of bandwidth, management has implemented a policy to limit what each user can download and watch.”
C. “A new application was introduced to help improve and manage the network. The video should appear once you select continue on the message.”
D. “Are these video clips work related? What specific website are you trying to download the videos from?”
Which of the following devices is necessary to provide power to a laptop LCD screen?
A. PCMCIA card
B. Backlight
C. Inverter
D. PCI-E card
A user has a parallel printer and wants to share it on the company network. Which of the following devices would the user need?
A. A port replicator
B. A splitter
C. A wireless router
D. A print server
A manufacturer has instructed a technician to update the software that resides on the flash ROM chip of an integral system add-in component. Which of the following types of software needs to be updated?
A. System BIOS
B. Firmware
C. OS Patch
D. Driver
A user reports that some of the colors are bright in some areas and dull in others when printing to a laser printer. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to resolve the issue?
A. Replace the pickup rollers
B. Print the cleaning page
C. Print a test page
D. Replace the fuser