CompTIA exam questions
A technician is tasked with upgrading the hard drives of a high-end workstation to SSD. The drives must be configured in a RAID array, but the RAID card does not support SSD. Which of the following would the technician verify in order to use the new drives?
A. Controller firmware
B. Power requirements
C. File system type
D. System BIOS
Which of the following devices is MOST likely to outperform a 15,000 rpm SAS hard drive in read speed?
A. Compact flash
B. SSD
C. Tape
D. SD
When a technician is planning to replace a laptop hard drive, the technician will need to:
A. select a drive that is the correct form factor.
B. choose the correct drive cache size for the laptop.
C. also upgrade the memory.
D. verify voltage requirements.
A technician has a desktop with two hard drives. The technician would like to configure a RAID array such that one drive can fail, but data can still be accessed. Which of the following RAID types should the technician install?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 6
Before installing a new expansion card, which of the following should a technician consider? (Select TWO).
A. CPU type
B. Free hard drive space
C. Power supply wattage
D. Amount of RAM
E. Bus type
A customer reports that when they try to boot their desktop computer and have their MP3 player attached, it fails to boot. When the MP3 player is not attached, the computer boots properly. Which of the following will correct this issue and allow the computer to boot with or without the MP3 player attached?
A. Disable USB hard drives in the boot options
B. Move Optical drives up in the boot order
C. Disable legacy USB support
D. Enable Network in the boot options
A client, Emily, is having issues with a PC shutting down. There are no error messages displayed before the system powers off. Emily reports that this started after she installed and began using CAD software. The hard drive, video card, and RAM all meet the software requirements and have passed diagnostics. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?
A. The video card has 3D acceleration disabled.
B. The hard drive is IDE instead of SATA.
C. The hard drive needs to be repartitioned.
D. The PSU is underpowered for the system.
A new security flaw and fix has been published about a laptop’s OS. Which of the following can be implemented to prevent exploitation?
A. Enable screen lock
B. Patching policy
C. User training
D. Enable hard drive encryption
A technician upgrades an older computer to Windows 8. The computer is running unusually slow, but the hardware has no problems and is adequate for the OS. Which of the following is the MOST likely solution?
A. Change the boot sequence
B. Switch the BIOS to UEFI
C. Defragment the hard drive
D. Enable virtualization
A user has installed video editing software and hardware on a Windows PC. The PC met the minimum requirements of the hardware. The editing program loads very slowly and takes a very long time to render large files. Which of the following will MOST likely resolve this issue?
A. More memory and a reformatting of the hard disk are needed.
B. A second hard drive must be added and the Page file should be lowered.
C. More memory is not needed; the Windows Page file should be increased.
D. More memory and available hard disk space are needed.