A+ (220-301) test questions

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1. You are in a position where that you need to check the IP configuration of a Win 95/98 workstation. Which of the following TCP/IP utilities will allow this?
Winipcfg
Netstat
Ping
Ipconfig
2. The PC has just completed a POST check after successfully installing a second IDE device on IDE 1 with Windows 98 installed on IDE 0. Which of the following would be the most accurate in regards to the location of the first set of startup instructions?
Since the PC has completed POST, the first set of instructions would be found at the root of drive C, which in turn will start Windows98.
The floppy disk will hold the first set of instructions, and if it is unavailable then the root of drive C:\> will be sought.
Once POST has been completed the CPU seeks the MBR (master boot record).
Once POST is complete, ROM BIOS is assigned the responsibility of seeking the MBR which holds the first set of startup instructions.
3. What is indicated by a ‘Missing Operating System’ error message when Windows 98 is the operating sys-tem?
MBR is corrupt or missing.
NTDEDECT has failed to load.
COMMAND.COM is corrupt.
The NTLDR file has failed to load.
4.A customer complains that Windows 9x frequently reports KERNEL32.DLL errors. To solve this you could delete the_________ and reboot, since this file will recreate itself?
KERNEL32.DLL.
Windows directory.
System folder.
Win386.swp file.
5. A client called and told you that after installing Windows 98 on a 13GB hard drive only 8GB can be seen from My Computer. Which of the following two items may be used to resolve this problem?
Install Windows 98 SE with large hard drive support.  
Reformat the hard drive overlay that comes with the drive.  
Contact the motherboard manufacturer for a BIOS upgrade.  
Reinstall Windows 98 from the OEM CD.  
Use fdisk inside of Windows 98 from DOS prompt.  

6. If a client requests that a Windows 98 system be upgraded to Windows XP Home, what is the first action that the technician should take?
Just insert the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD and perform the installation.  
Install more memory in preparation of the upgrade.  
Check for a Windows 98 CD to prove upgrade eligibility. 
Use the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor to verify that the hardware and software are compatible with Windows XP.
7. Which of the following TCP/utilities would yield an output similar to the one below? Reply from 128.34.23.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 128.34.23.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 128.34.23.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 128.34.23.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Winipcfg
Ipconfig
Ping
Tracert
8. Six machines were added to your network over the weekend. It is now Monday morning and it seems that one of them can't communicate on the network. You have made a failed attempt to resolve this remotely and now it is time to go and service this host. Which of the following would be the one of the first steps that you would take once at the failed machine?
From a command prompt use the Ping localhost command. 
From a command prompt use the Ping local host command. 
From a command prompt Ping the default gateway. 
From a command prompt Ping the far side of the router.  
9. Fred wants to upgrade his Windows 95 computer to Windows 2000 and also wants to keep all his in-stalled applications and settings. What must he do?
Boot from a DOS floppy. Run Winnt32.exe /u to do the upgrade, and When prompted, choose to convert the existing file system to NTFS.
Boot into the existing Windows 95 installation, and run Winnt32.exe from the windows 2000 Professional CD to do the upgrade.
Boot into the existing Windows 95 installation, and run Winnt.exe /u to do the upgrade. When prompted, choose to leave the existing file system as Windows 95 will only upgrade if the file system remains as FAT. You can convert to NTFS later by running the convert.exe command.
The upgrade is not possible because Windows 2000 does not support upgrades of Windows 95 ma-chines.
10. All client computers on your network receive IP configuration from the DHCP server that is located in subnet 3, and as such, the router is RFC 1542 compliant. All servers in the network utilize static IP ad-dresses. The junior administrator has been tasked by you to perform a few hardware upgrades on the DHCP server and does so. Inadvertently the DHCP database was deleted during the upgrade, and there is not a backup of this data-base. Once the DHCP server is reconfigured with the correct scopes which of the following steps could be taken so that there is no interruption in client connectivity?
Configure the DHCP server to delete address conflicts.
Add a scope option to enable dynamic DNS on client computers.
Run the ipconfig /release command and then the ipconfig/renew command on each client computer.
Add IP address reservation for the servers.

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