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COC 1 Title INSTALL AND CONFIGURE COMPUTER SYSTEMS
jer probe the
instruction: Assessor can select from the following questions and furth
answers to check the underpinning knowledge of the candidate.
7. You want to set up a dual-boot scenario between Windows 7 and Windows
Server 2008. How would you do this?
Answer:
Step 1: Partition hard drive
Step 2: Install Windows 7 first
Step 3: Then install Windows Server 2008 in the second partition
2 vet do you call the computer software which you configure before installins
Answer: BIOS
3. How many RID (Relative Identification) Master in one domain?
Answer: Single
4, What would you advise to a client who want:
video card?
Answer: Buy an internal video card having higher memory capacity
®, What may be the problem and what should be done ifthe display does not
match what you expect to view on the monitor?
Answer: Probably, the video driver is not installed. Install the video driver
. What type of screw driver will you use for small screws usually found in Compad
and Apple computers?
Answer: Torx Screwdriver
7, How will you check and what instrument will you use to
power supply is providing enough voltage output or not?
‘Answer: Voltmeter. Measure the output voltage of the power supply using
appropriate setting on the voltmeter
&. What will you do if a customer wants to install an operating system in his PC but
does not have an optical drive?
‘Answer: Create a bootable flash disk
ig the
S10 Improve the computer's built-in
determine whether the
‘9. What may be the problem if a computer does not recognize a bootable flash
drive? What would you do to resolve this?
Answer: Maybe the BIOS is not properly configured to boot on the
flash drive. Configure the BIOS to boot on the flash drive
70.After testing the assembled product, you have noticed that the product is not
working, what are the possible causes?
Answer:
* Cold solder
* wrong component placement,
«wrong polarity
77 What will you do if affer installing both the IDE hard dri ical
have noticed that only one drive is working? ive and optical drive you
Answer: Check the jumper setting
72. after assembling a brand new computer the moni ,
image or character, what may be the possible causeep o> nt GSPIAY any
Answer:
. Power on switch
«monitor cable
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= ‘SET UP COMPUTER NETW: car aniner probe We
Instruction: ‘Assessor can select from the following question®
mnswers to check the underpinning knowledge of the candidate. ——
1. What do you call a bootable disk that contains a full usable OS?
Answer: Live CD/DVD
2. What term is used to define one or more IP subnets that are connected by the fast
links?
Answer: Site
3. When modifying the scheme, Microsoft recommends
what group only for the duration of the task?
Answer: Schema Task
1274. What kind of cable are you going to use if yo
only? Audit: Closspvek CHL
5. Based on rules, what type of network would you suggest to yo!
to network more than 100 computers?
adding administrator, to
Trwant to network two computer units
ur client who wants
Answer: Client/Server type of network
6. What type of network would you recomme!
units?
Answer: Peer to peer network
ad if your client has only few computer
7 What if the computer you have to network is more than 100, and you have noticed
that the network is slowing down, what are you going to do? Give at least one
recommendation?
Answer: Divide the network into groups or subnet the network
3. What would you do ff the devices that you are going to network are far from each
other?
‘Answer: Use an extender or repeater
9 What would you do if you suspect that the cause of the trouble in the network is
the cable?
Answer: Get a LAN tester and check the cable
‘Swap a good or working cable in place with the suspected cable
70. Alter checking the cable with LAN tester and the tester indicates that the output of
the two ends swapped: pin one goes to pin three from the other end, and pin two
goes to pin six on the other end, what does it signify? Is it good or bad?
‘Answer: The cable is good and it is a crossover type cable
71. After replacing a good cable, still he computers cannot connect to each other
penals oe the possible causes if the network is using static IP addresses?
= Wrong IP address
= Maybe some computers don't belon,
= _Wrong subnet mask cae
70.After configuring the network Interface car .
connectivity of your network? rd, how will you going to test the
Answer :
- Ping each other
- Using net view
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23i 7 ‘computer memory cards?
Answer: Anti-static bose? Pe"pheral cards oF computer memory
Sling DS card?
Answer: Insey 20: installing peripheral devices such as a sound
:
16.What should you configure in the BIOS when you are going to install an
in mene System using an optical media?
Nswer: Boot sequence ts
Ee imputer pal
17.Prior to assembling a computer, what should you wear to protect comp\
from ESD? —
Answer: Anti-static wrist strap _ —soaure while
18.What should you do if suddenly there is a lighining storm that occt
assembling a computer? ee
Answer: Power off the computer and unplug it from the uta Garwhich you are
~~ 19. What should you do if accidentally, water spilled on the comp
currently using? dry cloth the external parts and
the unit immediately, wipe with dry cl a
Answer. fom diy to ensure that eral porions ate compotly dry Before tu
+ Sound card driver not j t Oe
14.Where should you k installed
15.What should you do after i hae a sound ca
the power on. a
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COC 3 Title SET UP COMPUTER SERVERS further probe the
Instruction: Assessor can select from the following questions and
answers to check the underpinning knowledge of the candidate. mputer? How
1. What should you do if you want to transfer filefiles into another co
do you share a folder named TESDA in DRIVE C? . folder
Answer: Create a folder using windows explorer. Right olick the
and click Sharing and security
2. Name the two (2) kinds of Linux boot loader.
Answer: GRUB and LILO
8. "Whats the term used for software which is not part of the OS?
Answer: Third party software/installer
, What ° you call a bootable disk that contains a full usable OS?
nswer: Live CD/DVD
5. Why there are different executable programs running in Task Manager when you
start a RemoteApp from a full desktop?
Answer: :
RemoteApp and full desktop use different shells and logon mechanisms. Full
desktop uses EXPLORER.EXE to present the user with the desktop, whereas
th RemoteApp use RDINIT.EXE, the equivalent of USERINIT .EXE used un
full desktop sessions, which in turn both launch RDPSHELL.EXE and updates
the client-side taskbar and handles logoff logic
6. Do you still need to lock down the server when you use RemoteApp programs?
Answer:
Absolutely yes. RemoteApp programs are for display convenience not for
seourity feature. if users can get tothe fle system, they can run any
executable they have access to, so, you need to lock down the server, You
can use AppLocker (or Software Restriction Policies), NTFS Permissions
Group Policy to lock down your servers. and
7. Can you configure a server to permit users only to connect vi
block users from connecting to the desktop? ct via RemoteApp and
Answer: No. This option is not supported
. What contains the rules and definiions that are usea x _
object classes and attributes within the Active Directory Creating and modi iving
Answer: Schema
9, What allows businesses To define, manage aga
resources including files, printer, people ang apple 7. secure network
Answer: Directory Services ations?
40, What Windows Server 2008 feature joa
minimal environment for runnin,
Answer: Server Core
Special
9 only specine a station
vice option
thi
or role” that creates a
: —
; ; op
: ‘SrAGE space requ ed for the Active Directory
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72.You set up a network where each computer acls a8 @ client and server and i
: 1 P call
ecaee user shares other's resources, including printers. What do you
Answer: Peer-to-peer networking
13, What special identity grou; i users and domain guest?
Answer: Everyone ity group contains all authenticate
14. What account name ret
Answer: SAM account
fers to each user's login name?
15.What do you call the
membership?
Answer: Special Identity Group
‘group that you cannot manually modify or view its
16. What can be used to add, delete, or modify objects in Active Directory, in addition
to modifying the schema, if necessary?
Answer: LDIFDE
17. What may be the probiem if the shared folder could not be accessed? What will
you do to resolve the problem?
Answer: Maybe the computer does not belong to the network.
Check the network address portion and the workgroup
18. Aside from installing anti-virus software, how can you protect your server from.
viruses?
Answer: Install firewall, install updates
19. If one of the users forgot his/her password, how are you going to change the
password? Enumerate the steps in resetting a password using GUI.
Answer: Reset the password, Login as administrator. Click Start, right click My
Computer, then click Manage. Click Local Users and groups, double click
Users folder, select and right click the username, select Set password.
20. What are you going to do to access a server located far from the client computer
which you are troubleshooting? :
Answer: Remotely access the server using Remote Desktop connection
21. What may be the reason why you cannot access and connect to other computers
remotely? How would you resolve the problem?
Answer: Maybe the computer has no password. Assign a password to that computer
22. After installing an anti-virus to your network, you cannot connect to other
computers, what could be the possible cause of it?
Answer: Possibly, the anti-virus is blocking the network access. You
have to configure the anti-virus so as to not to block network
access
23.Affer logging, you noticed that you cannot change the IP address of other users,
what could be the possible cause?
Answer: The password or account is not an administrator account
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24. What policies are you going to suggest to secure your server?
Answer: Use anti-virus software, Prohibit downloading unless authorized
By the Administrator, Restrict administrative access
25, What would you suggest in order to come up with a
‘Answer: Apply Kerberos, use password that has combi
and numbers, upper and lower case letters an,
characters
26.As an Administrator and security precaution, wh;
performing ordinary tasks?
Answer: Power user accou!
trong admin password?
ination of letters
id special
at type of account will you use In
mit the use of admi istrator account
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Qualification Title_| COMPUTER SYSTEMS SERVICING NC II
CoC. Title MAINTAIN AND REPAIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
Instruction: Assessor can select from the following questions and further probe the
answers to check the underpinning knowledge of the candidate.
1. What may be the causes why the computer displays a black screen and produces
no beeps when power is tured on? What should you do to correct the situation?
Answer: The probable cause must be the RAM. Turn off the computer,
unplug it, Femove the cover, and remove the card. Then take a
plain old pencil eraser and rub it over the contacts on the part of
the card that fits into the slot,
2. If RAM is not the cause, what may be another cause and what should you do to
solve the problem?
Answer: The other probable cause maybe the video card. Again, turn off
the computer, unplug it, remove the cover, and remove the card.
Then take a plain old pencil eraser and rub it over the contacts
on the part of the card that fits into the slot.
3. If one of the users forgot his/her password, how are you going to change the
password? Enumerate the steps in resetting a password using GUI.
Answer: Reset the password. Login as administrator. Click Start, right
click My Computer, then manage, properties. Click Local users
and groups, double click Users folder, right click its username,
select Set password.
4. How would you avoid overheating of devices such as CPU, or any other devices
that produces more heat?
Answer: Provide the computer proper ventilation or just cleaning or
removing the dust from the fans. Dust can slow down the moving
fotation of fans.
5. The computer power supply fan is creating noise. If after inspection you found out
that it is rotating slowly, what would you do?
Answer: Replace the power supply
%. After transferring the computer unif, the monitor has no more display but the power
indicator is on. What are the steps that you must do? Name two causes of the
roblem.
Anewer: Cable, ATX Power Supply on the mother board, Graphic Card
Steps: Check the cable, check the on board power supply, check graphic
card and then test the unit.
7, would you avoid power supply overloading?
gee Se sure to buy a power supply that has its proper wattage rating,
For computers having plenty of peripherals, it is recommended to
have a higher wattage rating power supply (e.9.1000 watts)
3 How wauld you avoid overheating of devices such as CPU, or any other devices
that produces more heat? oe
Answer: Provide the computer proper ventilation or just cleaning or
removing the dust from the fans. Dust can slow down the moving
rotation of fans.
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9, What are the possible causes if the printer is not responding?
~The printer cable is defective or not connected
- Printer driver is not installed correctly or corrupted.
- No power ‘supply
10. What are the possible causes if the computer system does not boot?
Answer:
~ Cables are defective or not properly connected
~ Defective or No power supply
-_No OS installed
11.What do you call a pool of open source applications?
Answer: Software Repository/Repositories
12. In the absence of an intemal/external optical drive, what option can you use to
install an OS?
Answer: Pin drive/USB/Flash drive — :
13.What command line tool is used for monitoring Active Directory and provides
functionality such as performing connectivity and replication tests?
Answer: dedia
44 What defines a chain of sie Inks by which domain controller from different sites can
communicate?
Answer: Site Link Bridge
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