IT FUNDAMENTALS REVISION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔11. Which two types of expansion slots would be used by a wireless NIC in a
computer today? (Choose two.) - ✔✔PCIe*
PCI*
✔✔12. When a PC is being assembled, what component is connected to the
motherboard with a SATA cable? - ✔✔the optical drive*
✔✔13. A technician is troubleshooting a computer that is experiencing hardware failure
detected by the BIOS. What is one way this failure is indicated? - ✔✔The computer
emits a pattern of beeps indicating the failing device.*
✔✔14. Which three features can be configured in the BIOS settings to secure a
computer? (Choose three.) - ✔✔drive encryption*
TPM*
passwords*
✔✔15. What is the most important reason for a company to ensure that computer
preventive maintenance is done? - ✔✔Preventive maintenance helps to protect the
computer equipment against future problems.*
✔✔16. A technician opens up a PC to work on it, and finds that it is very dusty inside.
What should the technician do? - ✔✔Use a can of compressed air to remove excess
dust.*
✔✔17. Which built-in tool is available on a Mac OS X machine to perform disk backups?
- ✔✔Time Machine*
✔✔18. A computer technician performed a number of actions to correct a problem.
Some actions did not solve the problem, but eventually a solution was found. What
should be documented? - ✔✔everything that was done to try to solve the problem*
✔✔19. After a computer is powered on, Windows 7 fails to start. What initial procedure
would a technician use to deal with this failure? - ✔✔Boot from a Windows 7 installation
media and access the System Restore utility.*
✔✔20. What are two advantages of the NTFS file system compared with FAT32?
(Choose two.) - ✔✔NTFS supports larger files.*
, NTFS provides more security features.*
✔✔21. What type of hard drive contains flash memory for caching frequently used data
but stores the most of the data on a magnetic hard disk drive? - ✔✔solid-state drive*
✔✔22. What does %USERPROFILE% represent in the path
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp? - ✔✔an environment variable that
is set by the operating system*
✔✔23. A technician notices that an application is not responding to commands and that
the computer seems to respond slowly when applications are opened. What is the best
administrative tool to force the release of system resources from the unresponsive
application? - ✔✔Task Manager*
✔✔24. A technician has installed a new sound card in a PC but it is not operating
correctly. Where should the technician look to investigate driver problems? - ✔✔Device
Manager*
✔✔25. Which technology provides a solution for PC virtualization? - ✔✔Hypervisor*
✔✔26. What are two consequences of setting an incorrect boot order in the system
BIOS? (Choose two.) - ✔✔The computer displays a "BOOTMGR is missing" error after
POST.*
The computer displays an "Invalid Boot Disk" error after POST.*
✔✔27. A network administrator has finished migrating from a peer-to-peer network to a
new client-server network configuration. What are two advantages of the new
configuration? (Choose two.) - ✔✔Data is more secure in the event of hardware
failures.*
Data resources and access are centrally controlled.*
✔✔28. Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for physical addressing and the
procedures used to access media? - ✔✔data link*
✔✔29. The current IP configuration of a medium size company with several subnets is
done manually and is time-consuming. Because of increased network growth, a
technician needs a simpler way for IP configuration of workstations. Which service or
protocol would simplify the workstation IP configuration task? - ✔✔DHCP*
✔✔30. Several messages sent to the network administrator are reporting that access to
a secure server using HTTPS is failing. After checking recent updates to the company
SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
✔✔11. Which two types of expansion slots would be used by a wireless NIC in a
computer today? (Choose two.) - ✔✔PCIe*
PCI*
✔✔12. When a PC is being assembled, what component is connected to the
motherboard with a SATA cable? - ✔✔the optical drive*
✔✔13. A technician is troubleshooting a computer that is experiencing hardware failure
detected by the BIOS. What is one way this failure is indicated? - ✔✔The computer
emits a pattern of beeps indicating the failing device.*
✔✔14. Which three features can be configured in the BIOS settings to secure a
computer? (Choose three.) - ✔✔drive encryption*
TPM*
passwords*
✔✔15. What is the most important reason for a company to ensure that computer
preventive maintenance is done? - ✔✔Preventive maintenance helps to protect the
computer equipment against future problems.*
✔✔16. A technician opens up a PC to work on it, and finds that it is very dusty inside.
What should the technician do? - ✔✔Use a can of compressed air to remove excess
dust.*
✔✔17. Which built-in tool is available on a Mac OS X machine to perform disk backups?
- ✔✔Time Machine*
✔✔18. A computer technician performed a number of actions to correct a problem.
Some actions did not solve the problem, but eventually a solution was found. What
should be documented? - ✔✔everything that was done to try to solve the problem*
✔✔19. After a computer is powered on, Windows 7 fails to start. What initial procedure
would a technician use to deal with this failure? - ✔✔Boot from a Windows 7 installation
media and access the System Restore utility.*
✔✔20. What are two advantages of the NTFS file system compared with FAT32?
(Choose two.) - ✔✔NTFS supports larger files.*
, NTFS provides more security features.*
✔✔21. What type of hard drive contains flash memory for caching frequently used data
but stores the most of the data on a magnetic hard disk drive? - ✔✔solid-state drive*
✔✔22. What does %USERPROFILE% represent in the path
C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp? - ✔✔an environment variable that
is set by the operating system*
✔✔23. A technician notices that an application is not responding to commands and that
the computer seems to respond slowly when applications are opened. What is the best
administrative tool to force the release of system resources from the unresponsive
application? - ✔✔Task Manager*
✔✔24. A technician has installed a new sound card in a PC but it is not operating
correctly. Where should the technician look to investigate driver problems? - ✔✔Device
Manager*
✔✔25. Which technology provides a solution for PC virtualization? - ✔✔Hypervisor*
✔✔26. What are two consequences of setting an incorrect boot order in the system
BIOS? (Choose two.) - ✔✔The computer displays a "BOOTMGR is missing" error after
POST.*
The computer displays an "Invalid Boot Disk" error after POST.*
✔✔27. A network administrator has finished migrating from a peer-to-peer network to a
new client-server network configuration. What are two advantages of the new
configuration? (Choose two.) - ✔✔Data is more secure in the event of hardware
failures.*
Data resources and access are centrally controlled.*
✔✔28. Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for physical addressing and the
procedures used to access media? - ✔✔data link*
✔✔29. The current IP configuration of a medium size company with several subnets is
done manually and is time-consuming. Because of increased network growth, a
technician needs a simpler way for IP configuration of workstations. Which service or
protocol would simplify the workstation IP configuration task? - ✔✔DHCP*
✔✔30. Several messages sent to the network administrator are reporting that access to
a secure server using HTTPS is failing. After checking recent updates to the company
