CompTIA A+ Question F-58

A technician receives a report from a client that is having issues with colors on a monitor. The technician notices that the monitor does not appear to have any red hues. The technician sees that the monitor has two types of inputs, VGA is currently in use, and the HDMI cable is not. The technician powers down the system and switches from using the VGA cable to the HDMI cable and the issue is resolved. Which of the following was MOST likely the issue?

A. One of the pins on the VGA cable was damaged.
B. The monitor did not natively support VGA input.
C. The PC was originally configured to output to HDMI.
D. The video card drivers were out of date.

Correct Answer: A

CompTIA A+ Question F-8

For a home theater PC, which of the following parts would be considered the MOST useful for its purpose?

A. RAID card with 4 SATA channels
B. Video card with dual HDMI outputs
C. Video card with dual VGA outputs
D. AC ’97 onboard integrated 2 channel sound

Correct Answer: B

CompTIA A+ Question E-91

The technician is installing a new video card. Which of the following actions should the technician perform prior to installation?

A. Disconnect power supply from motherboard.
B. Disconnect UPS from the wall’s electrical outlet.
C. Disconnect Power over Ethernet (PoE) cable.
D. Disconnect power from the workstation’s power supply.

Correct Answer: D

CompTIA A+ Question E-85

A home user’s PC has an over-clocked CPU with a relatively small heat sync, small fans on the 800W power supply, and a high-end video card. Which of the following is the recommended solution that will manage heat more effectively?

A. Replace the CPU heat sync with a high RPM fan
B. Purchase an energy efficient power supply
C. Not over-clocking the CPU
D. Liquid cooling system

CompTIA A+ Question E-74

A technician is planning a hardware upgrade of a workstation. The technician would like to upgrade the video card, sound card, and NIC and add a USB 3.0 card. The technician is concerned about power consumption by the expansion cards. Which of the following upgrades would MOST likely require also upgrading the power supply?

A. Video card
B. USB 3.0 card
C. Sound card
D. Network card

Correct Answer: A

CompTIA A+ Question E-56

A user is asking for recommendations on building a PC that will primarily be used for gaming. Which of the following should the technician recommend? (Select TWO).

A. 7.1 sound card
B. CAD video card
C. Virtualization support
D. Thunderbolt expansion cards
E. RAID controller
F. High-end video card

Correct Answer: AF

CompTIA A+ Question E-44

A technician is building a gaming PC for a user. The user wants to dual boot between Windows XP 32-bit and a 64-bit version of Windows 7 as some of the games require XP. The user requests the following specifications: 64-bit i7 processor (consisting of 6 cores @ 3.0GHz),16 GB of RAM (consisting of two 8 GB modules), One 200 GB SSD, RAID 1 (consisting of two 1TB SATA Drives), Two 2 GB SLI Video Cards. Which of the following components should the technician warn the user will be reported differently depending on the operating system that is currently booted?

A. RAID
B. RAM
C. Processor
D. SSD Drive
E. Video Card

CompTIA A+ Question D-92

A user would like to buy a new computer and will eventually add several more hard drives and possibly a second video card. Which of the following form factors should be recommended?

A. ITX
B. Micro-ATX
C. Mini-ITX
D. ATX

Correct Answer: D