CompTIA A+ Question L-35

A technician is troubleshooting performance issues with a desktop PC and hears clicking noises coming from inside the case. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

A. Low voltage power supply
B. Failing magnetic hard drive
C. Corrupted Solid State Drive
D. Overheated RAM

Correct Answer: B

CompTIA A+ Question K-93

Which of the following is the BEST way to explain RAID to a non-technical user?

A. “RAID is a dynamic logical disk management system.”
B. “RAID uses multiple hard disks to increase performance and/or provide protection against data loss.”
C. “RAID uses data striping to reduce hard drive write time and parity bits to reconstruct the data from a failed hard drive.”
D. “RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks”.

CompTIA A+ Question K-73

Which of the following should be considered when building a standard PC?

A. Capacity of the hard drive
B. RAID level that will be used
C. Requirements for applications
D. Amount of RAM

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:
If you are building a PC, you need to determine what kind of computing power is needed. If you want gaming, CAD or 3D animation, you need powerful processor and lots of RAM. If you need a standard PC, take into account the requirements for applications that you plan to use on the new PC. Then build the PC according to the requirements.

CompTIA A+ Question K-44

A technician is troubleshooting a workstation’s hard drive with multiple read/write failures. Which of the following can be used to repair the hard drive?

A. format
B. diskpart
C. defrag
D. chkdsk

Correct Answer: D

CompTIA A+ Question K-14

RAID 5 requires a minimum of how many hard drives?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Correct Answer: C

CompTIA A+ Question J-87

A technician is troubleshooting a desktop system that is shutting down randomly after short time periods. After accessing the system BIOS, the technician checks various data from the motherboard sensors. Which of the following would indicate an issue with the system?

A. The hard drive temperature is 30?Celsius
B. Power supply is providing +12v and +5v
C. CPU fan RPM value is 0
D. The number of physical processors value is 1

Correct Answer: C