Exam 2: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 2

A network administrator has given a technician documentation detailing the switchports the technician will need to patch in for a network upgrade. Which of the following documents did the network administrator MOST likely give to the technician?

A technician is troubleshooting a computer that may have some corrupt operating system files. Which of the following command line tools should the technician use to check these files?

A SOHO technician needs to upgrade two computers quickly and is not concerned about retaining user settings. The users currently have Windows 8 and want to upgrade to Windows 10. Which of the following installation methods would the technician MOST likely use to accomplish this quickly?

An administrator is loading a new Linux server. Which of the following filesystems will the administrator MOST likely select for the primary partition?

Ann, a user, is setting up a new mobile phone, and the phone is asking for an authentication method to enroll the device. Ann is not sure which method is acceptable. Which of the following methods would a technician MOST likely tell Ann to use?

A technician is installing Windows 7 64-bit OS on a VM but keeps getting errors. The specifications for the machine are: Two 1GHz CPUs 2GB of memory 15GB hard drive 800 × 600 screen resolution Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the problem?

A recent outbreak of a virus has uncovered that a company must put a security template in place to mitigate future virus outbreaks. Which of the following best practices would a technician MOST likely implement as part of the security template? (Choose two.)

A technician is recycling PCs to be reused by a middle school. Which of the following methods is MOST appropriate for ensuring data has been removed from the PCs?

A technician has set up a new computer for a customer and needs to add a login with administrative privileges. Which of the following tools should the technician use?

In which of the following operating systems has the publisher removed the ability to turn off automatic updates with the Control Panel applet?

Which of the following provide the MOST security for PCs and mobile devices? (Choose two.)

A user calls a technician regarding an iOS mobile device that is having problems with standby time after a new update was applied. The technician verifies no new applications were installed since the update, but the device still has poor standby time even after the update is removed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

A manager with a restricted user account receives the following error message: Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. The manager contacts the help desk to report the error. A technician remotely connects to the user's computer and identifies the problem. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

What a user is allowed to do on a computer network would be addressed in:

A technician is working on an infected computer that is currently turned off. The technician is concerned the boot sector is affected. Which of the following is the BEST method for the technician to use to scan the boot sector?

A technology team is creating limits and guidelines for the use of company-provided software, equipment, and Internet access. Which of the following policies is needed?

Joe, a technician, receives notification that a share for production data files on the network is encrypted. Joe suspects a crypto virus is active. He checks the rights of the network share to see which departments have access. He then searches the user directories of those departmental users who are looking for encrypted files. He narrows his search to a single user's computer. Once the suspected source of the virus is discovered and removed from the network, which of the following should Joe do NEXT?

A technician needs to make changes to a production system. Before doing so, which of the following should be completed in case the changes have unintended consequences beyond their original scope?

A department in an organization set up a proxy server to manage its Internet stage. A technician is configuring the Windows workstations to use the new proxy server. Which of the following Control Panel utilities should the technician use to configure the setting?

A network administrator has noticed unusual activity with a user's login credentials on the network. The user is attempting multiple simultaneous login across the network, some of which are attempting to access workstations and servers to which the user does not have access. Which of the following should the network administrator do NEXT?