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CompTIA 220-1101 - CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 1

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Total 854 questions

A technician is installing a power supply in a workstation that contains a high-end graphics card, a 3GHz processor, and two cooling fans. Which of the following specifications should the technician verify before installing the new power supply?

A.

The wattage

B.

The chassis ventilation

C.

The motherboard's firmware

D.

The cables' color coding

Which of the following is most likely used to control door access?

A.

DMCA

B.

DRM

C.

RFID

D.

VPN

Which of the following services allows a remote user to access network resources?

A.

WLAN

B.

SAN

C.

DHCP

D.

VPN

A regularly used laser printer is printing vertical lines on each page_ Which of the following should the technician do first?

A.

Lower the printing contrast.

B.

Change the paper type

C.

Install a new fuser.

D.

Replace the toner cartridge

A technician is working with a vendor to resolve an issue that a user reported. The vendor indicates that the technician's next step is to update the firmware. Which of the following is the most important step the technician should take before proceeding?

A.

Verify the device is fully charged and connected to a power supply.

B.

Ensure the device has adequate storage space for the update.

C.

Verify administrative access on the device.

D.

Export the users settings so they can be imported after the upgrade

A technician is creating a new RAID array for a customer After interviewing the customer, the technician decides to implement a RAID array of striping without parity. Which of the following reasons would lead the technician to choose striping without parity instead of striping with parity?

A.

Uptime is the customer's biggest concern

B.

Speed is the most important consideration.

C.

Redundancy and speed are equally important

D.

Available storage space needs to be maximized

Which of the following display types is available for laptops?

A.

OLED

B.

CRT

C.

DLP

D.

Plasma

A technician is troubleshooting a burning smell on a desktop computer. The technician determines that the odor is coming from inside the device.

Which of the following should the technician do first?

A.

Unplug the computer.

B.

Locate a fire extinguisher.

C.

Call the fire department.

D.

Remove the desktop cover.

After a new network printer is installed and added to the print server, users are unable to install the printer. However, the technician is able to install the printer when logged in to a

user's computer as an administrator. Which of the following is the best option to allow all users to print to the new printer?

A.

Install all applicable print drivers on the print server.

B.

Map the users to a print share for driver installation.

C.

Give all users temporary administrator rights to install the new printer.

D.

Remotely log in to all users' computers and install the printer.

A technician needs to upgrade the power supply of a workstation that contains a high-end graphics card, 16 hyperthreaded cores, and multiple hard drives. Which of the following should the technician use to determine the appropriate power supply for the workstation?

A.

The manufacturer's specifications for the components

B.

The wattage of the current power supply

C.

The wattage of the motherboard

D.

The capacity of the hard drives

E.

The number of hyperthreaded cores

A user's brand new phone froze while information was being transferred from the old phone. When a technician reset the new phone, it functioned properly when a data transfer was not being attempted. When the technician tested the old phone, it did not appear to have any functionality issues and passed all forms of device testing. Which of the following is the most likely reason the data transfer failed?

A.

The older phone had a different OS version.

B.

The older phone had a corrupted OS.

C.

The older phone had different hardware.

D.

The older phone utilized different wireless protocols.

A user would like a removable storage device that is secure. portable, and does not contain moving parts. Which of the following devices would be the most suitable?

A.

HDD

B.

NAS

C.

SSD

D.

SAN

A user attempts to connect a laptop to a projector but receives the following message from the projector: Out of Range. Which of the following needs to be addressed first?

A.

Change the resolution settings.

B.

Check the video cable and replace it if necessary.

C.

Set the computer's display settings to extend/duplicate.

D.

Verify that the laptop video card driver is the most up-to-date version.

During an OS migration, a technician is unable to find compatible current software for a specialized hardware device. Which of the following actions

should the technician take to complete the migration?

A.

Restrict user access.

B.

Virtualize the application.

C.

Replace the PC.

D.

Upgrade the BIOS to UEFI.

A technician needs to fix a computer that received a non-specific error after a scheduled computer restart. Which of the following is the best way to start troubleshooting?

A.

Update all of the firmware.

B.

Roll back all of the recent updates.

C.

Review the system event log.

D.

Search for the error on the internet.

A cloud engineer, who is designing a cloud architecture, needs to ensure the solution is able to immediately fail over to another region in case of an outage and also scale up in the event of high utilization. Which of the following should the engineer Implement? (Select two).

A.

High availability

B.

Elasticity

C.

Cold storage

D.

Machine learning

E.

Metered utilization

F.

Virtualization

A technician is configuring a new CAD workstation that has four large hard drives. The workstation will be used to edit large, critical files, so the storage configuration should be both fast and redundant. Which of the following RAID levels BEST meets these requirements?

A.

0

B.

1

C.

5

D.

10

Which of the following is the PRIMARY security concern with virtual machine escape?

A.

Cross-site scripting

B.

Compromising the hypervisor

C.

Overutilization of resources

D.

Rogue virtual machines installed on the hypervisor

The owner of a restaurant reports that wireless network connections are lost intermittently throughout the day. Which of the following steps should a technician take to troubleshoot the issue? (Select TWO).

A.

Identify the location of devices that utilize 2.4GHz.

B.

Check to see if the phones are IJTP or STP lines.

C.

Test to see if the copper electrical Wires are causing interference.

D.

Map all of the wireless signals in the restaurant.

E.

Verify T568B is being used in the wiring closet patch panel.

F.

Schedule timed router reboots throughout the day.

A technician is installing new power supplies for the application engineering team's workstations. The management team has not yet made a decision about installing dual graphics cards, but they want to proceed with the project anyway. Which of the following power supplies would provide the BEST solution?

A.

1000W 24-pin modular power supply

B.

220VAC 9000J surge protector

C.

500W redundant power supply

D.

2000VA uninterruptible power supply