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

Question 1

A technician is diagnosing a workstation that shuts down unexpectedly during a burn-in test. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for this symptom?

A. Faulty CMOS battery
B. OS update issue
C. Overheating
D. Faulty RAM

Question 2

A user submitted a ticket to report an issue with a new printer that is no longer accepting new print jobs. The technician verifies the printer is on and notices the printer LCD screen has the following error message:

Paper Jam, Jam in fuser.

Which of the following is the MOST efficient next step the technician should complete?

A. Apply a maintenance kit to the printer
B. Check the printer paper path to locate any obstructions.
C. Turn the printer on and off to see if the error clears.
D. Replace the fuser.

Question 3

A technician is installing new power supplies for the application engineering team's workstations. The management team has not yet made a decision about installing dual graphics cards, but they want to proceed with the project anyway. Which of the following power supplies would provide the BEST solution?

A. 1000W 24-pin modular power supply
B. 220VAC 9000J surge protector
C. 500W redundant power supply
D. 2000VA uninterruptible power supply

Question 4

The IT department at an insurance brokerage needs to acquire laptops that have built-in fingerprint readers in order to create a more secure environment. Which of the following would be the MOST secure way to implement the fingerprint readers?

A. Grant all registered employees access to each machine.
B. Restrict device access to only the user to whom the laptop is assigned.
C. Limit device access to departments and guest users.
D. Give each team member a USB drive that bypasses the reader to allow guest users lo log in.

Question 5

An organization maintains various record types, including health and criminal justice records. Which of the following cloud environments is the organization MOST likely to use to limit the attack surface?

A. Public
B. Hybrid
C. Community
D. Private

Question 6

A technician is upgrading a legacy wireless router for a home user. After installing the new router and configuring the SSID to be the same, none of the devices will connect to the network. Which of the following should the technician check NEXT?

A. OHCP pool configuration
B. MAC filtering list
C. Wireless protocol settings
D. ONS servers

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