[boooooos]

Taking my A+ certification in about 5 days. Some of my fellow students have taken the test already, and said there were some UNIX/Linux questions on the test. Does anyone out there know of any practice test sites that would include UNIX/Linux questions? Or is there anyone that would know what part of these OS's that I should study before the test? Thanks for your help.

[MikeV]

I was always under the impression that A+ was a hardware/tech support cert... but I could be wrong. I'll check it out when I have time (HAH!) and let you know more..

I'd say dont' worry about it though..

-M

[boooooos]

Well, just passed the test...so I guess its on to my Cisco Certification! WOO HOO!!! wish me luck.

P.S. Im pretty sure all the A+ certification will do is show an employer that you are fairly competent in the area of PC/OS repair and troubleshooting. However, once in the door, its up to the individual to prove him or herself.

Thanks all!
L8r, Boooooos

[Rhayne]

So....were there any *nix questions?

[boooooos]

I, myself didn't get any *nix questions, but I'm sure there are one or two out there. Some of my fellow students did get some. Although probably not enough to worry about to fail the test...If you know the Microsoft basics. Here are some of the core (hardware) and OS (Microsoft) questions I did run into:

HARDWARE:

1. How do you differentiate an ATA/33 cable from an ATA/66 cable?

A. Cable color.
B. Cable pin out.
C. Twists in the cable.
D. Number of wires.

2. How many devices can function on a single IDE channel?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

3. Which interrupt is cascaded to provide interrupts 9 through 15?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

4. How should you place terminations on a SCSI bus with one internal hard drive and one external CD-ROM drive?

A. Terminate the hard drive only.
B. Terminate the SCSI interface card.
C. Terminate both the hard drive and CD-ROM drive.
D. Terminate the SCSI card, hard drive and CD-ROM drive.

5. In a plug and play system, when installing a second hard drive what determines the drive letter?

A. End user
B. Position on cable
C. Operating system
D. Drive manufacturer

6. You have purchased three new USB devices and want to add them to your laptop but you only have one IRQ available. How many IRQs will your USB modem, mouse and keyboard use?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

7. You replace your CMOS battery. What must you do next?

A. None FDISK.
B. Flash the BIOS.
C. Set the date and time.
D. Format the hard drive.

8. By default, which address does the primary IDE controller use?

A. 130H
B. 170H
C. 1F0H
D. 300H

9. Where can you find the BIOS version ID?

A. System Properties.
B. BIOS setup screens.
C. Motherboard manual.
D. On the back of the computer.

10. What must you do to attach a new IDE hard drive? (CHOOSE THREE)

A. Select a unique ID.
B. Set the termination jumpers.
C. Set the master/slave jumper.
D. Ensure proper cable orientation.
E. Install drive bay and secure it properly.





OPERATING SYSTEM:


1. What happens to files deleted from the Recycle Bin?

A. Clusters are flushed.
B. The files are moved to C:\Windows\Temp.
C. Sectors of hard drive are blanked/erased.
D. Associated entries in the FAT are removed.

2. Windows 2000 has been installed and no changes have been made to existing files and folders. By default, which of these extensions will be displayed in Windows Explorer? (choose three)

A. INI
B. INF
C. BIN
D. DLL
E. COM
F. REG

3. Which GUI text editors can be used to edit the WIN.INI and AUTOEXEC.BAT? (choose two)

A. SYSPAD
B. NOTEPAD
C. SYSEDIT
D. REGEDIT
E. REGEDT32

4. Scan disk checks and fixes ______. (choose two)

A. Tape dives.
B. Hard drives.
C. Floppy drives.
D. CD ROM drives.
E. DVD ROM drives.
5. Where is the DIR command located?

A. C:/WINDOWS
B. COMMAND.COM
C. C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM
D. C:/WINDOWS/COMMAND

6. Which Windows 2000 tools clean up old temporary Internet files? (choose three)

A. Disk Cleanup Wizard.
B. Temporary File Manager.
C. Internet Connection Wizard.
D. Control Panel, Internet Options.
E. Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options.


7. Which command allows you to view or edit configuration files?

A. SYSEDIT
B. REGEDIT
C. CFGEDIT
D. AUTOEDIT

8. What two utilities are best for editing the Windows registry?

A. Edit
B. Regedit
C. Regedt32
D. Device Manager
E. Control Panel applets

9. Which backup method is quickest and requires the least amount of backup storage space?

A. Daily
B. Normal
C. Differential
D. Incremental

10. How is the disk defragmenter utility started in Windows 9x? (choose two)

A. Start, Programs, Defragmenter.
B. Right click on drive, click Disk Defragmenter.
C. Right click on drive, Properties, Tools, and Disk Defragmenter.
D. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
E. Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager, Disk Defragmenter.


Reply with your answers and I will give you the correct answers. (the actual correct answers for the test)

[MikeV]

Originally posted by boooooos

HARDWARE:

1. How do you differentiate an ATA/33 cable from an ATA/66 cable?

A. Cable color.
B. Cable pin out.
C. Twists in the cable.
D. Number of wires.

D. ATA66 uses a 40 pin, 80 conductor cable.

2. How many devices can function on a single IDE channel?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

B. 2 devices can resideo on a single IDE channel.

3.Which interrupt is cascaded to provide interrupts 9 through 15?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

B, Interrupt 2. If I remember correctly, interrupt 1 makes the first 8, and interrupt 2 makes the second 8.

4. How should you place terminations on a SCSI bus with one internal hard drive and one external CD-ROM drive?

A. Terminate the hard drive only.
B. Terminate the SCSI interface card.
C. Terminate both the hard drive and CD-ROM drive.
D. Terminate the SCSI card, hard drive and CD-ROM drive.

I'm a lil fuzzy on SCSI, but I'll guess C because I dont' think you can daisy chain internal and external SCSI. *shrug*

5. In a plug and play system, when installing a second hard drive what determines the drive letter?

A. End user
B. Position on cable
C. Operating system
D. Drive manufacturer

This is almost a trick question! I'll go with C, the operating system, because the question states that you're installing a 2nd drive, so you must already have one with an OS installed, and jumpered as the master.

6. You have purchased three new USB devices and want to add them to your laptop but you only have one IRQ available. How many IRQs will your USB modem, mouse and keyboard use?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Should only be 1, for the USB controller. *shrug*

7. You replace your CMOS battery. What must you do next?

A. None FDISK.
B. Flash the BIOS.
C. Set the date and time.
D. Format the hard drive.

C, set the date and time

8. By default, which address does the primary IDE controller use?

A. 130H
B. 170H
C. 1F0H
D. 300H

NO CLUE!

9. Where can you find the BIOS version ID?

A. System Properties.
B. BIOS setup screens.
C. Motherboard manual.
D. On the back of the computer.

B.

10. What must you do to attach a new IDE hard drive? (CHOOSE THREE)

A. Select a unique ID.
B. Set the termination jumpers.
C. Set the master/slave jumper.
D. Ensure proper cable orientation.
E. Install drive bay and secure it properly.

C.

OPERATING SYSTEM:


1. What happens to files deleted from the Recycle Bin?

A. Clusters are flushed.
B. The files are moved to C:\Windows\Temp.
C. Sectors of hard drive are blanked/erased.
D. Associated entries in the FAT are removed.

D.. but remember, this is the Linux forum =)

2. Windows 2000 has been installed and no changes have been made to existing files and folders. By default, which of these extensions will be displayed in Windows Explorer? (choose three)

A. INI
B. INF
C. BIN
D. DLL
E. COM
F. REG

Total guess, since I won't touch 2K... A.

3. Which GUI text editors can be used to edit the WIN.INI and AUTOEXEC.BAT? (choose two)

A. SYSPAD
B. NOTEPAD
C. SYSEDIT
D. REGEDIT
E. REGEDT32

B and C

4. Scan disk checks and fixes ______. (choose two)

A. Tape dives.
B. Hard drives.
C. Floppy drives.
D. CD ROM drives.
E. DVD ROM drives.

B and C

5. Where is the DIR command located?

A. C:/WINDOWS
B. COMMAND.COM
C. C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM
D. C:/WINDOWS/COMMAND

I'm going for B on this one... but I'm not completely sure.

6. Which Windows 2000 tools clean up old temporary Internet files? (choose three)

A. Disk Cleanup Wizard.
B. Temporary File Manager.
C. Internet Connection Wizard.
D. Control Panel, Internet Options.
E. Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options.

Who cares, Linux doesn't need it! Oh, wait.. A, D, and E.

7. Which command allows you to view or edit configuration files?

A. SYSEDIT
B. REGEDIT
C. CFGEDIT
D. AUTOEDIT

A.

8. What two utilities are best for editing the Windows registry?

A. Edit
B. Regedit
C. Regedt32
D. Device Manager
E. Control Panel applets

B and C.

9. Which backup method is quickest and requires the least amount of backup storage space?

A. Daily
B. Normal
C. Differential
D. Incremental

Um.. err... C?

10. How is the disk defragmenter utility started in Windows 9x? (choose two)

A. Start, Programs, Defragmenter.
B. Right click on drive, click Disk Defragmenter.
C. Right click on drive, Properties, Tools, and Disk Defragmenter.
D. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
E. Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager, Disk Defragmenter.

C and D.

Reply with your answers and I will give you the correct answers. (the actual correct answers for the test)

Okay, how'd I do?

<edit> Y'know, doin all those seperate quote and replys is kinda tough..

-M

[Edited by MikeV on 05-19-2001 at 09:18 PM]