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For some reason, I have had the impression that か at the end of a sentence
marks some kind of question that is being asked. However, in these examples
from 日本語総まとめ 文法:

> うれしい **もんですか** 。困っているんです。
>
> (I'm not at all pleased. I am not in a good situation.)
>
> デジカメが壊れた。なんとか直らないもの **だろうか** 。
>
> (My digital camera is not working. I wish I knew how to fix the problem.)

It appears to not be an adequate or translation of the grammatical forms. The
first example doesn't seem to explain the existence of any question (if one
exists). The second one might be better translated as:

> "My digital camera is broken. I wonder if something cannot be done to fix
> it."

I thought this conveys the idea of something being questionable. How would the
first example be better explained/translated so that whatever is questionable
is not lost?
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Are the grammatical forms ものか and だろうか questions?
The first one is a rhetorical question.

> Would I be pleased at all (in this situation)?  
>  Implication: I am not pleased.

The second one is a question unto oneself.

> Wouldn't there be some way for it to get fixed?
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In the second example, the grammatical form is the ない form of a verb followed
by ものか or だろうか. It indicates a desire for, or hope of, something.

So I think the example translation is more accurate because it shows the
speaker's wish that it can be fixed.

A couple more examples:

> 世界中が平和になる日が来 **ないものだろうか** 。  
>
>
> いつも原田{はらだ}選手に負けている。何とかして勝て **ないものか** 、作戦を考えているところだ。

Source: [耳から覚える日本語能力試験文法トレーニングN2, pg.
11](http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/reader/4757418558/ref=sib_dp_ptu#reader-link)
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