CSS NCII POSSIBLE QUESTION AND ANSWER

INSTALL AND CONFIGURE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND NETWORK

1. Yoou want to set up a dual-boot scenario between windows 7/10 and windows server 2016 .
how would you do this?
Answer: step 1. partition hard drive
step 2. install windows 7/10 first
step 3. then install windows server 2016 in the second partition

2. What do you call the computer software which you configured before installing the OS?
Answer: BIOS

3.What would you advise to a client who wants to improve the computer’s built-in video card?
Answer: Buy an internal video card having higher memory capacity

4. What type of screw driver will you use for smal screws usually found in Compaq and apple
computers?
Answer: Torx screwdriver

5. How will you check and what instrument will you use to determine whether the power
supply is providing enough voltage output or not?
Answer: Voltmeter, measure the ooutput voltage of the power supply usinf appropriate setting
on the voltmeter.

6. 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/flash drive
7. 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 flsdh drive. configure the
BIOS to boot on the flsdh drive.

8. What will you do if after installing both the IDE hard drive and optical drive you have noticed
that only one drive is working?
Answer: Check the Jumper Setting\

9. If after assembling a brand new computer the monitor does not display any image or
character, what may be the possible causes?
Answer: Check power on switch, check monitor cable

10. What you should do after installing peripheral devices such as sound card?
Answer: Install Driver

11. What should you configure in the BIOS when you are going to install an operating system
usinf optical media?
Answer. Boot Sequence

12. What should you do if suddenly there is lightning storm that occurs while assembling a
computer?
Answer: Power off the computer and unplug it from the outlet.

13. What should you do if accidentally , water spilled on the computer which you are currently
using?
Answer: Power off the unit immediately, wipe with dry cloth the external parts and blow dry to
ensure the internal portions are completely dry befors turning the power on.
SET UP COMPUTER NETWORKS

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. What kind of cable are youngoing to use if you want to network two computer units only?
Answer: Crossover cable

4. Based on rules, what type of network would you suggest to your client who wants to network
more than 300 computers?
Answer: Client/server typr of network

5. What type of network would you recommend if your client has only few computer units?
Answer: Peer to peer network

6. What type of network would you do if the devices thst you are going to network are far from
each other?
Answer: Use an Extender or repeater

7. 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 cable or working cable in place with
the suspected cable.
8. After replacing a good cable, still the computers cannot connect to each other. what are the
possible causes if the network is using static addresses?
Answer: Wrong IP adersse – maybe some computer don’t belong to the workgroup – wrong
subnet mask

9. After configuring the network interface card, how will you going to test the connectivity of
your network?
Answer: Ping each other- using net view

10. in order for computers to network, what are the things you are going to set or configure?
Answer: Workgroup name should be the same, ip addresses should have the same network
address and host address should be different; for subnet mask, computers in the same network
or subnet should be the same.

SET-UP COMPUTER SERVER

1. What should you do if you want to transfer file/files into another computer? how do you
share a folder TESDA in Drive:C?
Answer: Create a folder using windows explorer, right click the folder and click sharing and
security.

2. Name the two kinds of LINUX boot loader

Answer: GRUB and LILO

3. What is the term used for software which is one part of the OS?
Answer: Third party software/installer

4. What allows businesses to define, manage, access and secure the resources including files,
printer, people, and application
Answer: Directory Services
5. What Windows server 2008 is special installation option that creates a minimal environment
for running only specific server roles?
Answer: Server core

6. What is the minimum amount of storage space required for the Active Directory Installation
Files
Answer: 200mb

7. You set up a network where each computers act as a client and server and in which each user
shares other’s resources, including printer, what do you call this set-up?
Answer: Peer to peer networking

8. What special identity grooup contains al authenticated users and domain guest?
Answer: Everyone

9. What may be the problem 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 work group

10. Aside from installing anti-virus software, how can you protect our server from viruses?
Answer: Install firewall, install updates

11. If one of the user 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/this pc,
and then click manage. click LOCAL USERS and GROUPS doouble click user folder, select and
right click the username, select set password
12. 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

13. What may be the reason why you cannot access and connect to other computers
remotely? how would youresolved the problem?
Answer: Maybe the computer has no password, assign a password to that computer to that
computer.

14. After installing an anti virus to ypur 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.

15. After logging, you noticed that you cannot change the IP address of other users, what could
be the possible cause?
Answer: The Password of account is not administrator account

MAINTAIN AND REMAIR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND NETWORKS

1. What may be the cause why the computer displays black screen and produces no beeps
when power is turned on? What should you do to correct the situation?
Answer: The probable cause must be the ram. Turn off the computer, unplug it, remove the
cover, and removed 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 the other cause and what should yoou do to solve the
problem?
Answer: The Probable cause maybe the video card. Again, turn off thec 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. How would you avoid overheating of devices such as CPU, or any other devices that produce
more heat?
Answer: Provide the computer proper ventilation or just cleaning or removing the dust from
the fan, dust can slow down the moving rotaion of fans

4, The computer power supply fan is creating noise. if after the inspection you found out thet it
is rotating slowly, what would you do?
Answer: Replace the power supply

5. After transferring the computer unit, 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 problem.
Answer: Cable, ATX Power Supply in the motherboard, Graphic card
Steps: Check thew cable, check the on board power supply, check graphics card and then test
the unit.

6. How would you avoid power supply overloading?

Answer: Be sure to buy power supply that has its proper wattage rating. for computers having
plenty of peripherals, it is recommended to have higher wattage rating power supply (e.g 1000
watts}

7. What are the possible cause if the printer is not responding?

Answer: Printer cable is defective or not connected – printer driver not installed correctly or
corrupted – no power supply

8. 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
9. In the absence of an internal/external optical drive, what option can you use to install an OS?
Answer: Flash drive