CompTIA ITF + Test Prep

Dolly received a brand new PC from her parents and it was just delivered, it is 40 degrees Fahrenheit outside with rain. She is excited to set up the PC, what is first thing should she do?

• Plug all the peripherals in and turn on the PC.

•   Allow at least 30–60 minutes for the components to adjust to room temperature.

• Thank her parents.

• Ensure there is adequate air flow around the monitor, system unit, and larger peripherals, such as a printer or scanner.

Your co-worker is trying to type in some numbers with the number keypad located on the right side of the keyboard and nothing is happening, what can you tell your co-worker?

• Use another computer.                                                                                

• a.     Hover the mouse over the word document then try again.

• Turn the NUM LOCK key back on.

• Hold Shift and Tab keys then type the numbers.

What is the difference between CPU and RAM?

• Pictures used in an operating system to represent folders.

• Shortcuts to all your programs are located in the Start Menu.

• Data files.

• Processing data vs temporary storing data.

A computer requires hardware and software to handle basic system functions. What is Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac considered?  

• Shell

• Application

• Graphical User Interface (GUI)

• Operating System (OS)

___________ is a set of programs that follows the concepts of the operating system (OS). It is a fundamental part of a modem computer's operating system and used to initialize and manages critical resources like CPU, Memory, I/O devices, clocks ets and provides a platform to be able to run other programs and utilize all these resources in a better way.

• Kernel

• Firmware

• Software

• All of the above

You have a refrigerator with computer screen that controls the functions of temperature, ice, water and display; you want to add a weather app to the screen and you called the manufacturing company and they told you it cannot be done. What could be the reason?

• The refrigerator does not have a USB port

• It has an embedded operating system

• The operating system is not an Android

• The shell does not have a Graphical User Interface (GUI)

BIOS and UEFI are examples of:

• Virtualization

• Real Time Operating System (RTOS)

• Operating System (OS)

• Firmware

Tommy has a Windows PC and he want to have a macOS to run applications. What can Tommy do?

• Use file explorer to share the applications

• Run Hypervisor

• Delete Windows OS and install macOS

• All of the above

Where do you type in a URL?

• Search in the Windows task bar

• In a search engine

• Address bar of a web browser

• All of the above

Type 1 hypervisor is a three-layer platform from hardware/ hypervisor/ guest OS. True or False?

• True

• False