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CompTIA Questions are critical thinking questions. You have to actually read the question

Question 1

Two drives in a RAID 5 have failed. Which of the following will the technician need to implement?

A. Replace the failed drives and restore the data from backup to the RAID.
B. Replace one of the failed drives and run the RAID repair.
C. Replace the failed drives and format the RAID using the quick option.
D. Replace one of the failed drives and repair the RAID using system utilities.

Question 2

A technician is notified that a laptop is not booting. It is discovered that there are no system lights, sounds, or display when the power button is pressed. Which of the following should the technician attempt FIRST in the troubleshooting process?

A. Connect an external monitor into the laptop to determine if the LCD has failed.
B. Boot the system from either a boot CD or other removable media type.
C. Disconnect the AC and battery power and hold the power button for several seconds.
D. Remove any hard drives or optical drives, RAM, and any wireless cards or USB devices from the laptop.

Question 3

A technician receives a call that a client's PC is not booting after a recent test of the building's backup generators. When the technician arrives, it is discovered that once powered on, there is no output display or POST beep codes. Furthermore, after 15 seconds, the system's fans begin running much louder and faster. Which of the following is the MOST likely issue?

A. The motherboard was damaged by the power test.
B. The PC's RAM was affected by ESD.
C. The power supply was damaged and is nonfunctional.
D. The hard drive was erased due to the power test.

Question 4

A brownout has occurred within a building. A technician is repairing a workstation that has a power light, but is not displaying anything on the screen and is not making any sounds during boot up. Which of the following should be used to further troubleshoot the workstation?

A. Loop back plug
B. POST card
C. Power supply tester
D. Multimeter

Question 5

Which of the following devices is primarily intended to provide 24/7 diagnostic and biometric data regarding the user?

A. Fitness monitor
B. e-Reader
C. Smartwatch
D. Smartphone

Question 6

Which of the following types of cables are MOST likely to be used to connect to an external hard drive? (Select TWO).

A. Molex
B. SPDIF
C. eSATA
D. HDMI
E. USB 3.0
F. CAT6e

Question 7

A technician needs to run a cable for a new computer and the requirement is CAT6. Which of the following wiring connectors should the technician use when terminating the cable?

A. BNC
B. RJ-12
C. RJ-45
D. ST
E. F-connector

Question 8

Select the right descriptions for RAID 1 level. (Choose two.)

A. Highest performance
B. Disk mirroring
C. Combination of data striping and parity
D. Data striping without redundancy
E. Ability of data to be rebuilt with information from other drives
F. High performance and high protection because all data is duplicate

Question 9

A user is experiencing email problems and explains to a technician that all emails with graphics or images do not display the graphics. Which of the following configurations would correct this behavior?

A. Change the email settings in antivirus
B. Change the security settings of the email client.
C. Change the firewall security settings.
D. Data striping without redundancy
E. Ability of data to be rebuilt with information from other drives
F. High performance and high protection because all data is duplicate

Question 10

A technician was called to check an unexpected clicking noise on a desktop that has become more frequent every time a video editing application is loaded. The system fans have been replaced, but the clicking noise remains. Diagnostics have been run on the video card. Which of the following should the technicians do FIRST?

A. Replace the hard drive.
B. Replace the video card.
C. Do a system restore.
D. Perform a full data backup
E. Scan the system for viruses.

Question 11

An employee's mobile device no longer charges, and the employee believes that the battery is bad. A tech tests the mobile device and finds it will charge on a wireless charging pad but not when it is connected to a charging cable. Other devices charge without issue when the cable is used. Which of the following should the tech performs FIRST to resolve the issue?

A. Clean out the charging port on the device
B. Replace the mobile device's battery
C. Issue a new charging cable to the employee
D. Send the device for service and give the employee a loaner

Question 12

A SOHO customer has recently experienced a major hurricane. The customer has no backups and has lost all data and hardware associated with the company. The customer calls a contractor to assist in the rebuilding process and needs suggestions on the best way to prevent this from happening again. Which of the following recommendations should the contractor give to the customer? (Select two)

A. Backup testing
B. Cloud storage
C. Local storage backups
D. Data recovery
E. Hot site
F. Waterproof device