Comptia Pt 2
You are troubleshooting a workstation and want to check if any S.M.A.R.T. errors are being reported. Which of the following tools should you use to troubleshoot this workstation?
disk management
Which of the following must be enabled to allow a video game console or VoIP handset to configure your firewall automatically by opening the IP addresses and ports needed for the device to function?
mobile device management (mdm)
A user contacts the help desk and complains they are getting an error when they attempt to open a 4 GB .dmg file on their Windows 10 workstation. Which of the following should you tell them?
"you need to use the macOS to open the DMG files"
A coworker is creating a file containing a script. You look over their shoulder and see "net use s:\\fileserver\videos" in the file. Based on this, what type of file extension should this script use?
.bat
Which of the following file types are commonly used to create simple scripts in the Windows command-line environment?
.bat
Which of the following file types are commonly used by management and administrative tasks in Windows using the Integrated Scripting Environment?
.ps1
A coworker is creating a file containing a script. You look over their shoulder and see "#!/bin/bash" as the first line in the file. Based on this, what type of file extension should this script use?
.sh
A cybersecurity analyst is auditing your company's network logs and identifies that a USB mass storage device was previously inserted into many of the company's servers. The logs also showed dozens of failed login attempts before a successful login occurred on the servers. Which TWO of the following actions are recommended to eliminate the vulnerabilities identified by the cybersecurity analyst?
1. lockout the account after 3 failed login attempts 2. modify the autorun settings
What is the minimum amount of hard drive space needed to install Windows 10 on a 64-bit system?
20 GB
Your company has just installed a brand new email server, but you determined that the server cannot send emails to another server during your initial testing. You decide to check the firewall's ACL to see if the server's outgoing email is being blocked. Which of the following ports should you ensure is open and not blocked by the firewall?
25
What is the minimum amount of RAM needed to install Windows 8.1 on a 64-bit system?
2GB (ram = memory)
The server administrators have asked you to open the default port on the firewall for a new DNS server. Which of the following ports should you set to ALLOW in the ACL?
53
Users connecting to an SSID appear to be unable to authenticate to the captive portal. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?
RADIUS
A user attempted to go to their favorite social media website this morning from their laptop. When they typed in Facebook.com, their browser redirected them to MalwareInfect.com instead. You asked the user to clear their cache, history, and cookies, but the problem remains. What should you do NEXT to solve this problem?
check the host.ini file
Your Android device's battery is advertised to last 12 hours, but it drains almost completely within 90 minutes. What should you do FIRST to try and solve this problem?
check which apps are using the most battery life
You just rebooted your Windows 10 workstation, and the desktop's background picture looks strange. Upon closer examination, you notice that only a few hundred unique colors are being shown in the image. Which of the following settings should you reconfigure?
color depth
Which of the following devices should you NEVER disassemble during troubleshooting due to the risk of electrocution?
crt display and power supply
Your company works as a contractor to the military and has just finished replacing about 500 workstations across its secure network. You have been asked to properly dispose of the workstations and destroy the data on their hard disk drives. Which of the following methods would be the MOST effective?
degauss each of the hard drives
An attacker is using a word list that contains 1 million possible passwords as they attempt to crack your Windows password. What type of password attack is this?
dictionary
A cybersecurity analyst is applying for a new job with a penetration testing firm. He received the job application as a secured Adobe PDF file, but unfortunately, the firm locked the file with a password so the potential employee could not fill in the application. Instead of asking for an unlocked copy of the document, the analyst decides to write a script in Python to attempt to unlock the PDF file by using passwords from a list of commonly used passwords until he can find the correct password or attempts every password in his list. Based on this description, what kind of cryptographic attack did the analyst perform?
dictionary attack
Which TWO of the following would provide the BEST security for both computers and smartphones?
enabling multifactor authentication
You are formatting a 4 TB external hard drive on your MacBook. The drive will be used to share files large video files between your MacBook and your friend's Windows 10 desktop. Which file format should you use?
exFAT
You are currently building a Linux server. Which of the following file system formats should you use for the server?
ext4
A technician is trying to locate a protected .dll file to edit, but they cannot see it in the System32 folder. Which Control Panel utility should the technician use to find the file?
file explorer options
Which of the following data types would be used to store the number 3.14?
floating point
Which of the following allows users to save their current session to disk and before powering down their Windows 10 laptop?
hibernate
You are working at the Dion Training headquarters in Puerto Rico. The island just suffered a power outage due to a hurricane. The server room in the headquarters has power, but the rest of the office does not. You verify that the diesel generator is running at full electrical load capacity. Which of the following solutions should you recommend to Dion Training to allow them to continue working during a long-term power outage?
increase the capacity of their backup generator to support a larger load
A user is complaining about slow data speeds when they are at home in a large apartment building. The user uses Wi-Fi when they get home, and the device works fine on other wireless networks they connect to. Which of the following actions should the user take to increase their data speeds?
increase the wi-fi signal being transmitted by their WAP
A corporate workstation was recently infected with malware. The malware was able to access the workstation's credential store and steal all the usernames and passwords from the machine. Then, the malware began to infect other workstations on the network using the usernames and passwords it stole from the first workstation. The IT Director has directed its IT staff to develop a plan to prevent this issue from occurring again. Which of the following would BEST prevent this from reoccurring?
install an anti-virus or anti-malware solution that utilizes heuristics
A new corporate policy dictates that all access to network resources will be controlled based on the user's job functions and tasks within the organization. For example, only people working in Human Resources can access employee records, and only the people working in finance can access customer payment histories. Which of the following security concepts is BEST described by this new policy?
least privilege
What does the command "shutdown /l" do on a Windows workstation?
log off the workstation
You are cleaning out the closet in your office and find several bottles of cleaner that need to be disposed of. Which of the following should you consult to determine the proper method of disposal?
material safety data sheet (msds)
Which file system type is used to mount remote storage devices on a Linux system?
network file system (nfs)
Which type of antivirus scan provides the best protection for a typical home user?
on-access scans
Your company is concerned about the possibility of power fluctuations that may occur and cause a small increase in the input power to their server room. What condition is this known as?
power surge
Which type of authentication method is commonly used with physical access control systems and relies upon RFID devices embedded into a token?
proximity cards
Which of the following remote access protocols should you use to connect to a Windows 2019 server and control it with your mouse and keyboard from your workstation?
rdp
Regardless of what website Michelle types into her browser, she is being redirected to "malwarescammers.com." What should Michelle do to fix this problem?
reset the web browser's proxy setting
A system administrator is assigned an approved change request with a change window of 120 minutes. After 90 minutes, the change is stuck on step five of a five-step change. The server manager decides to initiate a rollback. Which describes what the system administrator should do next?
return the system ti the original state before the change
A web server has a planned firmware upgrade for Saturday evening. During the upgrade, the power to the building is lost, and the firmware upgrade fails. Which of the following plans should be implemented to revert to the most recent working version of the firmware on the webserver?
rollback plan
You are working as a desktop repair technician for a large corporation. The company uses the exact same desktop hardware for all of its user's workstations. Today, you have received multiple calls from users complaining that their screen becomes filled with static when moving their mouse. You noticed that the systems all received a security patch and other updates from the Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Management (MECM) server last night. Which of the following actions should you take to resolve this issue?
rollback the video card driver and wait for a new driver to be released
An administrator arrives at work and is told that network users are unable to access the shared drive on a Windows server. The administrator logs into the server and sees that some Windows Updates were automatically installed last night successfully, but now the network connection shows "limited" with no availability. What rollback action should the technician perform?
service nic drivers
Which of the following Linux command-line options would shut down a Linux server 11 minutes from now?
shutdown +11
Which of the following network configurations is used to identify your computer's individual host identifier and your computer's network identifier?
subnet mask
Edward has just returned to his office after a two-week vacation. When he logs into his email client to access his company email, he notices that he cannot see the shared Customer Service inbox folder in his email client. He contacts the help desk, and they verify that his account is still connected to the domain controller and that it can still send and receive emails successfully. What is the MOST likely happened during Edward's vacation that caused the missing inbox folders in the email client?
the network shares permissions were modified
A smartphone user notices that their phone gets very hot, and their battery is draining quickly. Even when the phone is in their pocket, the phone gets hot to the touch. What is likely the problem?
the smartphone is infected with malware and is using a lot of processing power
Which of the following macOS features is used to backup and restore files to an external hard disk?
time machine
Which of the following types of installations would require the use of an XML text file containing the instructions that the Windows Setup program would need to complete the installation?
unattended installation
A customer's Android smartphone is only 6 months old but is becoming excessively slow. When questioned, the customer states it was acting fine until they recently installed a new stock market tracking app. What action should you take to troubleshoot the slow performance on this phone?
uninstall the app, reboot the phone, and reinstall the app
A home user contacts the help desk and states that their desktop applications are running very slowly. The user also says that they have not received any emails all morning, but they normally get at least 5-10 emails each day. The help desk technician gets permission from the home user to remotely access their computer and runs some diagnostic scripts. The technician determines that the CPU performance is normal, the system can ping the local router/gateway, and the system can load websites slowly, or they fail to load completely. During the diagnosis, the technician also observes the remote connection dropping and reconnecting intermittently. Which of the following should the technician attempt to perform NEXT to resolve the user's issue?
update the antivirus software, run a full scan of the system, and verify the web browser's and email client's settings
Upon booting up a Windows 10 machine, you see an error message stating, "One or more services failed to start." Which of the following actions should you take?
verify that the disabling service has not affected others
Nicole's smartphone works fine when she is at work or the mall, but she has limited bandwidth on the device when she is in her apartment building. Nicole has asked you to help her. What is the FIRST step you should take in troubleshooting this issue?
verify the smartphone has adequate signal strength
