CompTIA exam questions
A technician needs to install a new optical drive into a computer for use as a home entertainment system. The user wants to be able to watch movies with the highest definition possible by inserting the media into the newly installed drive. Which of the following optical drives should the technician install?
A. CD-RW
B. BD-ROM
C. CD-ROM
D. DVD-ROM
Legacy software needs to be installed on a netbook. Which of the following is MOST likely needed in order to install the software?
A. Lightning port
B. Bluetooth adapter
C. USB optical drive
D. NFC chip
A technician is installing a new IDE optical drive. Which of the following power connectors is needed for the new drive to function?
A. SATA
B. 8-pin ATX
C. Molex
D. Berg
A computer technician wants to boot up a computer using a USB flash drive. After inserting the USB drive and powering on the computer, it does not boot to the flash drive and instead boots to the OS on the hard drive. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?
A. The boot order in the BIOS is incorrect
B. The hard drive is not formatted
C. There is a disc in the optical drive
D. There is insufficient memory
Which of the following should be removed prior to replacing or upgrading memory in a laptop?
A. Hard drive
B. Optical drive
C. Wireless card
D. Battery
A user would like to install an external optical drive that allows for the largest capacity burning capability with the ability to re-write discs. Which of the following technologies should the technician recommend to the customer?
A. CD-RW
B. JAZ
C. DVD-RW DL
D. BD-RE
A customer wants to transfer data from the DVR to a DVD. Which of the following should be used on a workstation in order to extract the data for archiving?
A. Optical drive
B. Capture card
C. Thunderbolt
D. External storage
Which of the following devices can technically be replaced via hot swap on a Windows 7 laptop?
A. Optical drive
B. Mini PCIe wireless card
C. Memory chip
D. Keyboard
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 user has a virtual machine that is running slowly and needs to increase performance. Which of the following components, when upgraded, would have the MOST significant impact?
A. RAM
B. Video card
C. Optical drive
D. Cooling