B.4 CompTIA IT Fundamentals FC0-U61
Certification Practice Exam
Which connector is used with an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable? - ✔✔RJ-45
A business is requesting confidential information from a customer to compl
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B.4 CompTIA IT Fundamentals FC0-U61
Certification Practice Exam
Which connector is used with an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable? - ✔✔RJ-45
A business is requesting confidential information from a customer to complete an online
transaction. Which of the following is the MOST important action the business should take as
part of their information request? - ✔✔Obtain permission from the customer to process and store
the confidential information.
Brandon is a member of an online gaming community that makes files available to each other
from their local hard drives. Which of the following BEST describes this file system feature? -
✔✔P2P (peer-to-peer) sharing
What do you call the software that can communicate with a computer's hardware, provides a user
interface to accept commands, maintains a filing system, and has built-in security features? -
✔✔Operating system
Which of the following terms describes the set of SQL commands that change the structure or
schema of a database, such as the DROP command? - ✔✔Data Definition Language (DDL)
Martin just purchased a new computer and wants to surf the web. He is afraid his new computer
may get infected by automatically installing viruses. What should he do to protect his computer?
- ✔✔Change browser settings to notify before downloading.
A consumer wants to add a hard drive to their computer to store video from their camera. Which
of the following is the storage capacity of a modern hard disk drive (HDD) purchased from a
computer store? - ✔✔3 terabytes
Ben wants to format his flash drive so it can be read on many types of devices, such as game
consoles and different desktop computers running different operating systems. Which file system
should he format his flash drive to so it can be used this way? - ✔✔FAT32
Which of the following colored jacks on an audio card would you connect a microphone to? -
✔✔Pink
Abby wants a high-end computer system for her home office that can be upgraded. Which of the
following should she choose? - ✔✔Desktop
Hans is programming a device driver that will interact directly with hardware. The language he's
using is considered the most difficult human-readable language. Which of the following
languages is he utilizing? - ✔✔Assembly
Gloria is concerned that her online banking transactions could be intercepted if she uses public
WiFi. Which of the following could she use to prevent access to her online transactions? -
✔✔VPN
Which of the following authentication types include security questions as a factor for providing
security? - ✔✔Type 1 authentication
Gary has finished installing a wireless router for his neighbor's small business. Which wireless
standard should Gary use to support up to 150 Mbps on the 5 GHz band? - ✔✔802.11n
Firewalls, data encryption, backups, and passwords are designed to protect computing devices.
These technologies are all examples of what? - ✔✔Security controls
Which of the following connectors are used to terminate a Cat 5e and Cat 6a network cable? -
✔✔RJ-45
Greg is a network administrator for a medical supply company and has identified a problem with
an access control list (ACL) failing to filter out data packets that have been restricted.
What is the next step Greg should take to troubleshoot the ACL problem? - ✔✔Research
knowledge bases and the internet for information related to the problem.
Modern smartphones are amazing devices. They have more computing power than the computers
that put a man on the moon in 1969. Which type of operating system do they run? - ✔✔Mobile
OS
A system administrator has completed the entire troubleshooting process. Some employees at the
office were plugging their Ethernet cable into the wrong port and not getting access to network
resources.
Although the administrator tested the solution, a couple weeks later other employees begin help
tickets for the same issue.
Which of the following BEST describe what the administrator might have missed doing during
the troubleshooting process? - ✔✔Taking preventative actions.
What group of database commands is used to define and modify metadata? - ✔✔Data definition
A programmer is developing an application that will store names and addresses (street, city,
state, and zip code). The zip code must be able to accommodate alphanumeric characters to
accommodate international zip codes, such as Canada. Which data type should be used for the
variable that will hold the zip code? - ✔✔String
Which of the following provides the ability to control which websites can run client-side
scripting in your web browser? - ✔✔Script blocker add-on
When Jacob first starts his computer, he hears several warning beeps and nothing else happens.
Which of the following is sending out the beeps? - ✔✔Power-On Self-Test (POST)
A programmer is developing a program that will list the order history for a customer. Which of
the following data structures is the BEST one to use? - ✔✔Array
Which option should you use to respond to every single person included on an email? -
✔✔Reply All
In the decimal number system, you can think of each digit representing a place (or column) in the
number. For example, in the decimal number 652, the two, the five, and the six are all in
different places and each place can be expressed as 10 to a specific power.
Which power of 10 does 6 in the above example represent? - ✔✔10 to the second power
Which of the following CPU types does Nvidia's Tegra fall under? - ✔✔ARM
Which of the following is an advantage of using a relational database over a key/value pair
database? - ✔✔Relational databases use SQL to retrieve data from the database.
You need a storage device that has very large storage capacity, is fast, and is relatively
inexpensive. Which storage device will best suit your needs? - ✔✔Hard disk
Justin has purchased a new laptop but is having problems connecting to his home Wi-Fi network.
Which of the following is the MOST likely issue that is preventing the laptop from connecting to
the Wi-Fi network? - ✔✔The external Wi-Fi button or switch on the laptop case needs to be
turned on.
Which of the following is a common form of social engineering attack? - ✔✔Hoax virus
information emails.
Diana, a developer, needs to program a logic component that will allow the user to enter a series
of values. Which of the following would BEST provide that functionality? - ✔✔Looping
Which of the following disaster recovery concepts applies when a server needs to be online and
accessible at all times? - ✔✔Redundancy
Which of the following BEST describes what a kilobyte is a measurement of? - ✔✔Storage
space
Gina is a database user and her supervisor has asked her to generate a report from the structured
database. Gina does not know how to write SQL commands and no forms have been created.
Which of the following would be her BEST option to generate the report? - ✔✔Query builder
Katy has uninstalled a photo editing application, but an icon still appears on her web browser for
the application. Which of the following is the BEST solution for getting rid of the icon? -
✔✔Remove the application add-on in the web browser.
Which of the following is the basic difference between a password and a passphrase? -
✔✔Passphrases are longer than passwords and can include spaces.
You are working on a program that needs to keep track of many values at the same time. Which
of the following would you use? - ✔✔An array
You sign up for an online class at the local community college. The course is all web based. You
open your favorite browser to enter the class portal, and you get a message "Use one of these
browsers."
What is the problem? - ✔✔Browser compatibility.
Which of the following should be done to protect your identity when creating a social media
profile? - ✔✔Always review and set privacy settings.
Dana is an IT administrator who is working on a company-wide initiative to address
confidentiality concerns about secure information being revealed to unauthorized individuals.
Which of the following would be topics on the team agenda? (Select two.) - ✔✔Snooping,
Social engineering
The legal protection of rights to ideas and discoveries is called a copyright. What are the other
ways that intellectual property can be legally protected? (Select two.) - ✔✔Trademarks, Patents
Which option should you use to respond to the sender of an email but not all the recipients? -
✔✔Reply
Lynda, a programmer, is developing a Linux device driver in assembly language. Many device
drivers are written in the C language. Which of the following is the BEST reason for using
assembly language instead of C? - ✔✔Code written in assembly is more efficient and allows
direct access to hardware.
Linda has just purchased a Tesla electric car with online navigation software and the ability to
automatically drive itself.
Which of the following BEST describes this type of technology? - ✔✔IoT (Internet of Things)
A software developer is working on a website and has been tasked with adding interactive
elements to it. Which of the following programming languages would work BEST for this task? -
✔✔JavaScript
As a system administrator, you are modifying access control lists to make sure that company
employees are only given access to company resources that they need to do specific tasks.
Which of the following BEST describes this process of limiting access rights? - ✔✔Principle of
least privilege
What is the name of the large background area of the Windows environment that holds icons for
files, folders, and applications? - ✔✔Desktop
Adam is a marketing manager for a financial advisory firm and is sitting in an airport terminal
waiting for a connecting flight. Adam is connected from his laptop to the free Wi-Fi service
available in the terminal, has just finished a client's financial statement, and wants to upload it to
a cloud-based company document storage server.
Which of the following is the BEST solution for Adam to securely upload the file? - ✔✔Wait
until he has access to a secured network service before uploading the financial statement.
A user has entered a search string into an application and clicked on the search icon. Which of
the following is the NEXT step in the computing process? - ✔✔Processing
Your organization has 20 employees who need an accounting software update installed. Due to a
miscommunication, the purchaser only paid to update 10 licenses. The software company issued
a paper license and a single key for updating 10 users. This is an enterprise paper license and
there is no mechanism that enforces a limit to the number of times the key can be used. You
decide to update all 20 users.
Which of the following are possible consequences of this decision? (Select two.) - ✔✔You risk
losing your job.
The basic (and smallest) unit of computer information is the bit (binary digit). Memory and file
sizes are commonly measured in multiples of bits.
What is the first multiple of a bit called? - ✔✔Byte
Which of the following do cybercriminals frequently use to alter or compromise data integrity? -
✔✔Malware attack
Which of the following are wired components that allow a computer to connect to an internal
company network? (Select two.) - ✔✔RJ-45 cable, Network interface port
A developer is creating a program that will store a customer's latest order number. The value will
change each time a customer creates a new order. Which of the following would MOST likely be
used to store the value? - ✔✔Variable
Pam is working with a database that contains all the product and customer orders for her
company. Pam is using SQL to access the database to retrieve a customer's order. Which of the
following BEST describes SQL? - ✔✔Query language
A business wants to set up a database to store customer and order information. They have
decided to use a relational database. Which of the following is the main benefit of using a
relational database? - ✔✔The data can be organized into separate tables that are related to each
other.
Patricia, a database system manager for a large hotel chain, is setting up a relational database to
track customer hotel registrations for each hotel. The table in the database currently includes
fields (columns) for First Name, Last Name, Phone, Email, License Plate #, and Check-in Date.
What can Patricia do to make sure that each record (row) in the database is unique? - ✔✔Create
an additional Check-in ID field.
Which of the following is a firewall function? - ✔✔Packet filtering
Emily is using Search on her web browser to try and find a recipe for pecan pie. However, she
wants to make sure it's a recipe from her home state of Mississippi.
Which of the following search phrases will help her find exactly what she needs? -
✔✔"Mississippi pecan pie"
A pop-up blocker is a web browser feature that _________________. - ✔✔prevents unwanted
advertisements
Which of the following stores data using microscopic light and dark spots? - ✔✔Compact disc
A medical supply company is using a spreadsheet to keep track of inventory. The company is
rapidly expanding, and several employees now need to access the spreadsheet securely at the
same time (concurrent use). However, each time one employee opens the spreadsheet, it's locked
for use by any other employees.
Which of the following provides the BEST solution to resolve this issue? - ✔✔Switch to a
database that allows for concurrent users and can support thousands of users accessing the data at
the same time.
A user was working on a spreadsheet when the application became unresponsive. After waiting
several minutes, the application is still unresponsive. Which of the following is the BEST action
for the user to take? - ✔✔Use Task Manager to end task
Which of the following is a significant difference between a patent and a trademark? -
✔✔Patents exist to protect creators, while trademarks exist to protect consumers.
Which of the following statements BEST describes a firewall? - ✔✔A firewall restricts the flow
of data between hosts and networks by checking data packets to make sure they are safe.
In a networking environment, which of the following describes a 32-bit binary number in four
octets with each octet separated by a period? - ✔✔IP address
Which of the following BEST describes the use of a database by the application? - ✔✔Data
persistence
A systems engineer wants to encrypt a hard drive that contains critical data. Which type of data
encryption can be used to protect the data on the hard drive? - ✔✔Whole disk encryption
You have recently issued new mobile phones to the sales team in your company. Each phone has
the ability to store and transmit encrypted information for such things as making payments at a
checkout counter.
Which of the following is the technology being used in these phones? - ✔✔NFC chips
Your company is having issues with employees who write down their passwords on sticky notes,
paper notepads, and other types of paper. Even though they're often hidden in drawers or behind
computer equipment, it is still a high security risk for the company.
As the managing IT administrator for your company, what is the BEST solution to reduce or
eliminate this issue? - ✔✔Work with Human Resources to provide security training.
You are using your new scanner to scan a text document so you can edit it on the computer.
Which type of software would you use to do this? - ✔✔OCR
Personnel management policies provided by Human Resources contribute significantly to
security in a company. Which of the following is the personnel management policy type that
communicates the importance of security to employees? - ✔✔Operation
Stewart's friend gave him an old server. He decides to install a second NIC card and some extra
hard drives. He puts the computer on his network and shares all the storage space for clients to
use. What did Stewart just create? - ✔✔A file server
What is the term for software that is exclusively controlled by a company and cannot be used or
modified without permission? - ✔✔Proprietary Software
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