Exam 2: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 2

A technician needs to view hidden files. Which of the following Control Panel utilities would be used for this purpose?

A technician is setting up a SOHO wireless router and needs to adhere to the following requirements: • The router should not assign network addresses to any device. • All devices in the office must be able to access network resources and the Internet. Which of the following should the technician perform to meet these requirements?

A technician logs on to a Linux computer and runs the following command: ps -aux | grep vi Which of the following MOST accurately describes the effect of the command?

Which of the following security methods BEST describes when a user enters a username and password once for multiple applications?

A technician is installing the latest OS on a user's system. The user wants all of the settings and files to remain intact during the installation. Which of the following upgrade methods should the technician use?

A technician is able to connect to a website; however, the technician receives the following error when attempting to access a different website: Page cannot be displayed . Which of the following command line tools would be BEST to identify the root cause of the connection problem?

A new company policy states that all end-user access to network resources will be controlled based on the users' roles and responsibilities within the organization. Which of the following security concepts has the company just enabled?

A technician is troubleshooting a printer issue on a Windows computer and wants to disable the printer to test a theory. Which of the following should the technician use to accomplish this?

A desktop technician is responsible for the OS migration of 300 end users. As part of the migration, the technician must save the end users' data to a temporary shared drive. The data must include any hidden files to ensure 100% of the data is retained. Which of the following commands will achieve this result by default?

Many of the files in a user's network folder have a new file extension and are inaccessible. After some troubleshooting, a technician discovers a text document that states the files were intentionally encrypted, and a large sum of money is required to decrypt them. Which of the following should the technician do to recover the files?

A corporate fileshare holds files for multiple departments. Individual users in each department create reports that are meant to be read by the rest of the company. Recently, a user ran a malicious executable that encrypted all of the documents on the fileshare. The software asked for money to be transferred via cryptocurrency in order to decrypt the files; however, the files were not decrypted after the company paid the ransom. Which of the following would MOST likely minimize the damage to a fileshare in this type of situation?

A network support technician takes a call from an office manager who wants to change the wireless security key on the access point in that particular office. The office manager explains that a label on the access point indicates it has an IP address of 10.0.100.2. Which of the following should the technician use to connect securely to the access point to make the change?

A technician encounters a previously unidentified issue. The technician conducts some research, finds a solution, and resolves the issue. According to best practices, which of the following should the technician do so the issue can be addressed if it is encountered again?

A network administrator audited applications on a user's desktop and noticed a program used to sync a mobile device to the desktop's calendar. To ensure corporate data is not exchanged to cloud servers, which of the following mobile security methods should be implemented?

Which of the following technologies can be utilized in a wireless network environment to provide secure SSO access for WiFi and network resources?

Ann, a user, calls the help desk regarding an issue on her laptop. While working remotely, she appears to be connecting to WiFi but is unable to retrieve her corporate email. The wireless name is listed as "ConnectMe" and appears as unsecure. Which of the following should the help desk perform to fix the issue?

Corporate management is concerned about the security of the company's mobile phones, in the event they are lost or stolen. Management instructs the IT staff to ensure the data on the devices is not accessible by unauthorized users. Which of the following would provide the BEST level of protection in this scenario? (Choose two.)

A small office's wireless network was compromised recently by an attacker who brute forced a PIN to gain access. The attacker then modified the DNS settings on the router and spread malware to the entire network. Which of the following configurations MOST likely allowed the attack to take place? (Select two.)

A technician is restoring files, which were deleted more than one month ago, from a backup on Mac OS X. Using the available GUI utility, which of the following utilities should the technician launch to accomplish this task?

Which of the following is MOST likely to be specified as a system requirement for the installation of a photo editing application in Microsoft Windows?