I came a crossed my old A+ practice question that I had put on 4×6 cards to help ready me for my CompTIA A+ exam. The A+ exam was broken down into two exams that you took one right after the other. One was based on hardware and the other was based on software. They also had question on customer relations but I don’t remember which exam they were place in.

I’ll post some of them here from time to time to give you an idea of what you can expect on the exam.

Here are the first 5 in the series. (answers are at the bottom of the post)

1. Which of the following is least likely to be affected by a virus?
a. floppy disk
b. hard driver
c. BIOS in ROM
d. a file in RAM

2. A customer calls with a question about how to make a change in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. What do you do?
a. Explain that this procedure will void the warrantee
b. Explain that this should be attempted only by a qualifies service technician
c. Refer the customer to the MS-DOS manual
d. Politely answer the question

3. What voltage should you measure on the yellow wires coming from the power supply in a personal computer?
a. +5 Volts
b. -5 Volts
c. + 12 Volts
d. -12 Volts

4. Which of the following devices will NOT reduce the risk of ESD damage?
a. A humidifier
b. An ion generator
c. A grounded wrist strap
d. A line analyzer

5. Which of the following best describes a standby power supply?
a. It uses an isolation transformer to remove AC line noise
b. It uses metal oxide varistors (MOVs) to protect against AC line spikes
c. It consists of a battery connected between the AC line and the computer. The AC line charges the battery, and        the battery supplies power to the computer
d. It consists of a battery connected between the AC line and the computer. The AC line simultaneously charges the battery and supplies power to the computer. When the AC line voltage is lost, the battery quickly switched so it, instead of the AC line, powers the computer

Answers
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. D