| 1. | Which OS uses WINIPCFG to display TCP/IP options? |
| a. | | Windows NT/2000 |
| b. | | Windows 3.x |
| c. | | Windows 9x |
| d. | | All of the above
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| 2. | The first physical sector in any bootable hard disk contains which of the following? |
| a. | | File structure |
| b. | | Data structure |
| c. | | MBR |
| d. | | LBR
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| 3. | What is the command syntax for assigning the "Hidden" attribute to file c:\myfile? |
| a. | | ATTRIB +R C:\MYFILE |
| b. | | ATTRIB +H C:\MYFILE |
| c. | | ATTRIB -H C:\MYFILE |
| d. | | ATTRIB H C:\MYFILE
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| 4. | You have loaded Windows 3.1 into the primary partition on your computer, and made it the default Operating System. You have formatted one of the logical drives in the Extended partition. Which file system would have been installed? |
| a. | | FAT16 |
| b. | | FAT32 |
| c. | | VFAT |
| d. | | NTFS
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| 5. | Which are the two files that the Windows 95 Registry is composed of? |
| a. | | SYSTEM.COM |
| b. | | SYSTEM.DAT |
| c. | | USER.DAT |
| d. | | IOSYS.COM
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| 6. | You recently installed a new hard drive into your computer and removed the old hard drive. What is the first activity that you need to perform before starting to use the hard disk? |
| a. | | Format the hard disk |
| b. | | Scan the hard disk |
| c. | | Run NDD |
| d. | | Partition the hard disk
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| 7. | Which of the following Registry keys stores the entire system settings? |
| a. | | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| b. | | HKEY_PC_SETTINGS |
| c. | | HKEY_LOCAL_COMPUTER |
| d. | | HKEY_LOCAL_USER
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| 8. | Which DOS device driver manages the extended memory? |
| a. | | EMM.EXE |
| b. | | EMM386.EXE |
| c. | | HIMEM.SYS |
| d. | | COMMAND.COM
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| 9. | Which level of security provides better control over resources? |
| a. | | Share level |
| b. | | User level |
| c. | | Resource level |
| d. | | Read-only
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| 10. | In Windows 9X, which of the following keys must be pressed to view the start menu? |
| a. | | <CTRL> <ALT> |
| b. | | <CTRL> <ESC> |
| c. | | <ALT> <ESC> |
| d. | | <ALT><SHIFT>
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| 11. | How do you install a printer in a Windows 95 computer? |
| a. | | Start ->Program Files -> Printer |
| b. | | Start -> Printers |
| c. | | Start -> Program Files -> Control Panel |
| d. | | Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Double click on Printers
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| 12. | Alice, a user in the Sales department, started her computer running on Windows XP, but it failed to start. She had informed that she temporarily installed a new application a week back and uninstalled it a couple of days later and everything was working fine till now. You try to boot using the Last Known Good Configuration but Windows XP still fails to start. You want to bring this computer back to a working state as quickly as possible. Which of the following should you try next? |
| a. | | Boot in Safe Mode and revert to a previous System Restore Point |
| b. | | Use the Recovery Console and revert to a previous Recovery Point |
| c. | | Use Windows Backup to restore the System State Data |
| d. | | Use Automated System Recovery (ASR)
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| 13. | You want to boot Windows 98 with Windows 2000, each OS on a 3 GB partition. You also want to access both volumes from either OS. Which file system should you use? |
| a. | | FAT16 |
| b. | | FAT32 |
| c. | | NTFS |
| d. | | CDFS
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| 14. | Which utility allows you to view the Application, Security and System log on a Windows NT 4 Workstation? |
| a. | | Computer Manager |
| b. | | Event Viewer |
| c. | | SYSEDIT |
| d. | | Dr. Watson
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| 15. | Which command prompt utility allows you to display the versions of the current OS running? |
| a. | | SYS |
| b. | | VER |
| c. | | SETVER |
| d. | | COMMAND.COM
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| 16. | Your Windows 2000 Professional computer is not booting correctly. You want to use the Recovery Console to troubleshoot, but you did not install it using the winnt32.exe /cmdcons command. How can you access the Recovery Console? |
| a. | | Use the Windows 2000 Advanced Options Menu at system startup |
| b. | | Press the F8 key at system startup |
| c. | | Use the Repair option when starting Setup |
| d. | | Add the /cmdcons switch to the Windows 2000 ARC path in the boot.ini file
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| 17. | Which of the following utilities on Windows NT, 2000, and XP starts automatically, detects information about system and program failures, and records the information in a log file? |
| a. | | CrashDump |
| b. | | Event Viewer |
| c. | | Task Manager |
| d. | | Dr. Watson
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| 18. | Which of the following is true concerning the Recycle Bin and deleting files? |
| a. | | Items deleted from a floppy disk are also sent to the Recycle Bin |
| b. | | The Recycle Bin can be bypassed by holding down the SHIFT key while deleting |
| c. | | Emptying the Recycle Bin permanently deletes all items in it |
| d. | | Items deleted from a network drive are also sent to the Recycle Bin
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| 19. | What is the name for the first 64 KB of Extended Memory? |
| a. | | Expanded Memory |
| b. | | Conventional Memory |
| c. | | High Memory Area |
| d. | | Shadow RAM
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| 20. | You wish to make a backup of all the files on a Windows 2000 Professional computer but you do not want the files marked as backed up. Which backup type should you use? |
| a. | | Normal |
| b. | | Copy |
| c. | | Daily |
| d. | | Incremental |
| e. | | Differential
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| 21. | You recently installed a new hard drive into your computer and removed the old hard drive. What is the first activity that you need to perform before starting to use the hard disk? |
| a. | | Format the hard disk |
| b. | | Scan the hard disk |
| c. | | Run NDD |
| d. | | Partition the hard disk
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What others think about CompTIA A+ OS Technological Test |
| By: Nate Lindberg on Jul 21, 2010 |
| | Seriously? A question on Windows 3.1? |
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| By: Bill on Jul 21, 2010 |
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| By: Christopher Dixon on Jul 15, 2010 |
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| By: Micheal on Jul 14, 2010 |
| | Fun and challenging quiz. |
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| By: hereitgoesagn on Jul 10, 2010 |
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| By: tom on Jul 6, 2010 |
| | is this the 2009 questions? do they really still focus on xp and below? |
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| By: mike on Jun 20, 2010 |
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| By: Jordan on Jun 19, 2010 |
| | Great quiz. Just outdated with concern to the A+ cert which is currently at the 2009 level. Still very useful to know as much as you can about outdated OS's though. |
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| By: Dee on May 12, 2010 |
| | Good quiz no complaints here. |
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| By: Ricky on Feb 24, 2010 |
| | Pretty good practice quiz. I liked :) |
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| By: Corey on Dec 9, 2009 |
| | Seems like one of the most accurate free practice tests out there, just wish there were more questions! |
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| By: Richard on Oct 28, 2009 |
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| By: phil on Oct 27, 2009 |
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| By: gems on Oct 12, 2009 |
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| By: Ron on Sep 9, 2009 |
| | Are these questions on the latest exam? Seems dated... |
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| By: Bob Dole on Aug 20, 2009 |
| | I don't think I will ever use half the things I get asked about on the A+. |
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| By: Ryan on Aug 8, 2009 |
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| By: Alejandro on Jun 29, 2009 |
| | Godd to try. You can have an ideea. But you still need to learn even though your score is very good. |
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| By: Brett on May 8, 2009 |
| | pretty good test definitely a brain teaser |
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