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First thing you should do when replacing PC components?

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Turn off and unplug the PC

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What system will help against brown/black outs?

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Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)

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What PC component is volatile and will lose all data when the PC shuts off?

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Random Access Memory (RAM)

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Where are antennas primarily found in a Laptop?

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Display Bezel

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What type of PC relies heavily on a server?

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Thin Client

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What 2 types of PC requires high powered Processing and Video Power?

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Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

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SO-DIMM is mainly used in?

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Laptops

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A test that a PC will run any time it is turned on?

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Power On Self Test (POST)

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If a PC will be exposed to extreme environmental dust or moisture you should?

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Place it in an enclosure with air filters

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First Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Identify the Problem

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Second Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Establish a Theory

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Third Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Test your Theory

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Fourth Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Establish a Plan

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Fifth Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Implement or Escalate

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Sixth Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Verify Functionality

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Seventh Step of the CompTIA Troubleshooting method?

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Document

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17
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Technology that calculates instructions simultaneously simulating CPU cores?

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Hyper-Threading

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RAM version that has a curved contact edge?

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DDR4

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I can run DDR3 memory on a motherboard that supports DDR4. (True/False)

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False

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A test ran during PC startup that checks hard drives?

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Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART test)

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First step when dealing with a power issue?

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Check the wall outlet

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What is the likely cause if a laptop only turns on when the charger is attached?

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The laptop’s battery is bad

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AMD processors are classified as?

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Pin Grid Array (PGA)

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Intel processors are classified as?

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Land Grid Array (LGA)

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PCIe x16 is primarily used for what?
Graphics Card (GPU)
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Two types of system firmware?
UEFI and BIOS
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Five possible functions a server can have?
File / Print / Web / E-mail / Domain Controller
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Software that tells an OS how to communicate with a piece of hardware?
Driver
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A VGA cable is only capable of analog video transmission. (True/False)
True
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HDMI is capable of transmitting?
Audio and Video
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Device used to expand the capabilities of a laptop?
Docking Station
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Process of connecting up to 127 USB devices?
Daisy Chaining
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A device that allows communication with servers. (typically built into the rack itself)
Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM)
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Coaxial Cable that is typically used for homes?
RG-6 (Thicknet)
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Connector used for RG-6 (Thicknet)
F connector
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Two types of Fiber Optics?
Single Mode Fiber (SMF) and Multi-Mode Fiber (MMF)
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Three types of connectors used for Fiber Optic Cables?
Straight Tip (ST) / Local Connector (LC) / Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack (MT-RJ)
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The maximum segment length for Twisted Pair Cables (Category Cables)
100m / 328ft
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Connector used for CAT-5e or CAT-6A?
RJ-45 Connector
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What is 1000Base-T also known as?
CAT-5e
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what is 10GBase-T also known as?
CAT-6
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What is the color order of T-568B?
White-Orange / Orange / White-green / Blue / White-Blue / Green / White-Brown / Brown
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File system primarily used for Microsoft based Operating Systems?
NTFS
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File system that can't support files bigger than 4 Gb?
FAT32
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What RAID uses stripe volume - needs a minimum of 2x hard drives - and has no fault tolerance?
RAID 0
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What RAID uses mirror volume - needs a minimum of 2x hard drives - and has fault tolerance?
RAID 1
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What RAID uses stripe volume with distributed parity - needs a minimum of 3x hard drives - and has fault tolerance?
RAID 5
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What type of printer uses a daisy wheel and tractor feed?
Impact printer
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Controls network traffic according to specified rules
Firewall
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Command that shows the contents of the directory/folder?
dir
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Command that changes directory
cd
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Command that moves you up one directory
cd..
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Command that moves you directly to the root of your directory
cd\
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Command to make a directory
md
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Command to rename the directory
ren
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Command that allows you to move directory/folders and files
move
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Command to remove a directory or folder
rd
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Command that copies a file
copy
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Command that deletes a file
del
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Command that shows a list of all commands and what they do
help
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Command that displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and refresh DHCP
ipconfig
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Command that is used to test the ability of the source computer to reach a specified destination computer
ping
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Command used to help troubleshoot network performance by measuring the amount of traffic on the network
netstat
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Command to get the MAC address of your local machine
getmac
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Command to get your current username
whoami
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Command to trace the path that an IP packet takes to it's destination
tracert

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