A+ Practice Quiz: 220-1002 Quiz 16

1. You have a workstation running Windows Vista Business edition that you would like to upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise edition. You want to perform the upgrade with the least amount of effort and cost.

Which of the following would BEST meet your needs?

• Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 10 and perform a custom installation.
• Purchase a full version of Windows 10 and perform a custom installation.
• Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 10 and perform an in-place upgrade.
• Purchase a full version of Windows 10 and perform an in-place upgrade.

2. You are working at the command line and want to add the Read-only attribute to a file and remove the Hidden attribute. Which command would you use?

• attrib +r -h
• attrib +ro -h
• attrib add r remove h
• attrib /add r /remove /h

3. Which tool can you use to display hardware utilization statistics that tell you about the operation of your computer?

• Event Viewer
• Resource Monitor
• Advanced System Settings
• Computer Management

4. Your computer has a quad-core processor that supports multithreading installed. Given that the system is running Windows, how can you verify whether multithreading has been enabled?

• Task Manager can report CPU utilization values up to 800%.
• Task Manager will show a single process running on multiple processors simultaneously.
• Task Manager will show each application running with two processes.
• Task Manager can display CPU utilization graphs for eight processors.

5. You're using a Linux distribution that uses RPM for package management. Which command would you use to display a list of all packages available for installation within the internet repositories configured on this system?

• apt-get list available
• yum list available
• yum show available
• ps -e

6. Which command would you use to display a simple list of all processes running on a Linux distribution that uses either RPM or dpkg for package management?

• ps -e
• ps -ef
• apt-get -e
• yum -ef

7. Maria, a smartphone user, has recently installed a new app. She now experiences a weak signal and sometimes a complete signal loss at locations where she had a good cell signal in the past. Her phone battery is fully charged.

Which of the following actions would BEST address this issue?

• Uninstall the new app and scan for malware.
• Force stop the new app.
• Use a cell tower analyzer to determine normal signal strength.
• Reset to factory defaults.

8. A technician is installing a network-enabled smart home control system in a SOHO. To access the system from the internet, which of the following configurations is MOST likely required on the SOHO router?

• QoS
• Port forwarding
• NAT
• DHCP

9. You want to perform a Windows update on your Windows 10 computer. Before doing so, you want to make sure you can easily go back to the state it was in prior to the update.

Which of the following Control Panel utilities is BEST to enable and use prior to the update?

• Performance
• System protection
• View hidden files
• Program and Features

10. Your U.S.-based company has recently purchased an old office building where employees are being assigned to work. As you are setting up the employees' desktop computers, you come to one location where the nearest wall outlet has only two prongs

All of the metal-enclosed desktop computers have three-prong cords. Which of the following is the BEST way to proceed with that particular desktop computer?

• Find a different outlet that uses three prongs.
• Use the existing cord, but remove the grounding prong, as it is not required.
• Get a new power cord with two prongs to match the wall outlet.
• Purchase an adapter that converts the three-prong cable to two prongs.