Information Technology
15 free questions with worked answers, and 190 more in the full bank.
Free questions
A user submits a ticket stating their screen is completely black, but the computer fan is spinning. What is the FIRST troubleshooting step?
1 mark · Easy
A help desk technician receives a "Blue Screen of Death" (BSOD) error indicating "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA". What is the most likely hardware culprit?
3 marks · Medium
An employee reports that a local network printer is printing garbled text instead of the actual document. What is the most probable cause?
3 marks · Medium
A user’s laptop connects to the Wi-Fi but shows "No Internet Access". The IP address assigned is 169.254.x.x. What does this indicate?
4 marks · Hard
A tier-1 agent cannot resolve a complex database connectivity issue after 30 minutes of troubleshooting. What is the proper ITIL procedure?
1 mark · Easy
A user complains of application crashes immediately after installing a new Windows update. What is the fastest way to restore functionality?
3 marks · Medium
A remote user needs software installed, requiring administrative privileges. What Windows tool allows the IT agent to take control of their screen and input credentials?
1 mark · Easy
A user can log into their Windows PC but cannot access a department shared folder. Permissions are granted via AD groups. What is the most likely reason?
3 marks · Medium
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are applied in a specific order. According to the LSDOU model, which policy is applied LAST and has the highest precedence?
4 marks · Hard
A technician is setting up a new PC and joins it to the company domain. What primary advantage does a Domain have over a Workgroup?
1 mark · Easy
An admin deletes a user account by mistake. After recreating the exact same username, the user still cannot access their previous files. Why?
3 marks · Medium
Which AD component acts as a container to organize users, groups, and computers, and allows for GPO delegation?
1 mark · Easy
A user is locked out of their workstation. Which AD snap-in tool is primarily used by help desk to unlock accounts and reset passwords?
3 marks · Medium
An administrator forces a Group Policy update on a client PC by running `gpupdate /force`. Which command verifies what policies are actually applied to the user and PC?
4 marks · Hard
Multiple users need to send and receive email from a generic address (e.g., support@company.com) without consuming an extra license. What Exchange Online feature should be used?
3 marks · Medium
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- Storage conversion IT4-M1 contains 8 MiB. How many bytes is that using binary units? · 1 mark
- Capacity record IT4-G1 lists 2 GiB. What is the equivalent number of MiB? · 1 mark
- Transfer estimate IT4-T1 sends 1 GB of decimal data over an ideal 80 Mbps path. Ignoring overhead, how long should it take? · 1 mark
- Service report IT4-A1 covers 720 hours with 0.5 hours of downtime. What availability percentage was achieved? · 1 mark
- For a 30-day month, SLA case IT4-D1 targets 99% availability. Approximately how many downtime minutes does that permit? · 1 mark
- Storage design IT4-R1-1 mirrors 2 equal 1 TB drives as independent RAID 1 pairs. What total usable capacity results? · 1 mark
- Array IT4-R5-1 uses 3 equal 2 TB drives in RAID 5. What approximate usable capacity is available before formatting? · 1 mark
- Backup cycle IT4-B1 stores one 100 GB full backup plus 6 daily incrementals of 5 GB each. How much raw capacity is required? · 1 mark
- CPU samples IT4-C1 are 20%, 50%, and 80% at equal intervals. What is their arithmetic mean? · 1 mark
- Logging estimate IT4-L1 receives 50 events/s averaging 300 bytes each. Approximately how many decimal GB arrive per day? · 1 mark