CompTIA exam questions
Which of the following utilities would a technician use on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 machine to configure what applications are allowed to send/receive data over the LAN connection?
A. Users and Groups
B. Windows Firewall
C. Registry Editor
D. Task Scheduler
An alert needs to be sent to the administrator when the CPU stays above 90% for a period of time. Which of the following tools would BEST be used to accomplish this?
A. Performance Monitor
B. Task Scheduler
C. Task Manager
D. System Configuration
A user reports that their computer restarts at 3:00 PM every day. Which of the following tools would BEST help a technician troubleshoot this issue?
A. Event Viewer
B. Task Scheduler
C. Performance Monitor
D. System Restore
Peter, an end user, has reported that his computer is extremely slow for several minutes after logging in. He has noticed that many unnecessary programs automatically start when he logs into his computer. Which of the following tools could the technician use to prevent the unnecessary programs from starting automatically when Peter logs into his computer?
A. Performance Monitor
B. Task Scheduler
C. MSCONFIG
D. Windows Firewall
Which of the following utilities can a technician use to find out what programs are running at startup?
A. SERVICES
B. Task Scheduler
C. NTLDR
D. MSINFO32
A PC is running slower than usual. Which of the following tools would BEST diagnose the possible bottleneck?
A. CHKDSK
B. Device Manager
C. Task Scheduler
D. Task Manager
The customer reports their PC freezes up everyday around the same time. Which of the following utilities would be BEST to check for any error codes?
A. Windows Updates
B. Task Scheduler
C. Event Viewer
D. Performance Monitor