COMPTIA A+ REVIEW TEST 1
A business owner wants to provide security to laptop users with the ability to charge their devices, access corporate LAN resources, and allow for a variety of other removable hardware. Which of the following devices would BEST meet the owner's needs? A. Dockingstation B. Port replicator C. ThunderboltD. USB hub
A
A company has very strict rules regarding proprietary information leaving the premises. All computers host proprietary information. A technician is called to repair a computer on-site at the company's corporate office. The technician identifies the problem and goes through the troubleshooting steps to create a plan of action. The technician determines the computer needs to be taken off-site for repair.Which of the following should the technician do NEXT? A. Checkcorporatepoliciesforguidance.B. Get authorization from the manager.C. Delete proprietary data before leaving the building. D. Remove the HDD and send the device for repair.
A
A customer wants to upgrade a PC's internal storage to have more room to store backups, photos, and videos. The new storage should be large enough to avoid expanding again next year. Which of the following BEST meets these needs? A. 3TBHDD B. 50GB NAS C. 500TB SAN D. 512GB SSD
A
A projector's image begins to flicker during a presentation. The laptop display does not produce this issue.When a technician changes the resolution on the laptop, the issue persists. Which of the following is the NEXT step the technician should take? A. ChecktheconnectivityoftheVGAcable. B. Checktheconnectivityofthepowercable. C. Change the aspect ratio on the laptop.D. Change the settings of the projector.
A
A systems administrator is configuring a server to host several virtual machines. The administrator configures the server and is ready to begin provisioning the virtual machines. Which of the following features should the administrator utilize to complete the task? A. HypervisorB. Diskmanagement C. Terminal services D. Device Manager E. Virtual LAN
A
A technician is setting up a Windows mobile device for a user who had trouble reading text on a previous device, especially at night. Which of the following adjustments would be MOST appropriate? A. Usethemagnifier.B. Increasetheresolution. C. Use haptic feedback. D. Utilize text-to-speech.
A
A technician is setting up a new wireless network at a branch office that previously had only wired connectivity with statically assigned IP addresses. After setting up the network, the technician configures a server to provide IP addresses to wireless clients. During testing, the technician is unable to access the Internet or named network resources. The technician receives a valid IP address from the DHCP server and can ping the default gateway.Which of the following should be technician check NEXT to resolve this issue? A. EnsuretheoptionsareconfiguredtoprovideaDNSserver. B. VerifytheWindowsFirewallisturnedoff.C. Configure the wireless network's SSID to be hidden.D. Enable file and printer sharing in the OS.
A
A user reports that a laptop is not connecting to the corporate wireless network. A technician confirms a with a smartphone that the corporate wireless network is available and can be accessed. the technician observes that the Ethernet connection to the corporate network is working. The technician disconnects the Ethernet cable.Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to troubleshoot this problem? A. Confirmthatthelaptopwirelesscardisturnedon.B. Confirmthatthelaptopisinrangefortheaccesspoint. C. Confirm that the correct wireless network is selected. D. Confirm the user's network login ID and password.
A
A user reports that printing on heavy cardstock paper results in the image smearing if touched. When printing on plain paper, the problem does not occur. Which of the following would be the NEXT troubleshooting step to perform? A. Increasethefusertemperature. B. Changethepaperfeedrate.C. Clean the transfer roller.D. Replace the toner cartridge
A
During an inspection, it was found that data racks were not properly grounded. To pass the inspection and address a growing concern to protect data cabling and equipment, a technician must make sure all racks are properly grounded. Which of the following tools should the technician use to verify this has been completed? A. MultimeterB. CabletesterC. Tone generator D. Voltmeter
A
In a virtual environment, which of the following allows all the VMs to have RAM allocated for use? A. ResourcepoolingB. MeasuredserviceC. Virtual application streaming D. Synchronization
A
Several company users are frequently forgetting passwords for their mobile devices and applications.Which of the following should the systems administrator do to reduce the number of help desk tickets submitted? A. Implementsinglesign-on.B. Enablemultifactorauthentication.C. Configure biometric authentication.D. Remove complex password requirements.
A
A client has three locations within city limits that need to be networked. Vendor network requirements for all three locations are a minimum of 1GB. Which of the following are the types of networks that will MOST likely be used for internal office and office-to-office networking? (Choose two.) A. MAN B. LAN C. WAN D. PAN E. SAN F. WLAN
AB
A customer asks a technician to help set up a specialized computing system for video editing.Which of the following should the technician install on the workstation to BEST meet the customer's specifications? (Choose two.) A. SSDB. Dual monitors C. Gigabit NICD. HypervisorE. Dockingstation F. NAS
AB
A customer's laptop display has suddenly become very dim. The image of the display can only be seen with a bright, external light, as adjusting the brightness/contrast controls does not cause much change. Which of the following components MOST likely needs to be replaced? A. LCDpanel B. InverterC. Video card D. Digitizer
B
A user is experiencing email problems and explains to a technician that all emails with graphics or images do not display the graphics. Which of the following configurations would correct this behavior? A. Changetheemailsettingsinantivirus.B. Changethesecuritysettingsoftheemailclient. C. Change the firewall security settings.D. Change the email proxy settings.E. Changethetrustedsitesinthebrowsersettings.
B
A user is having a problem with printing a specific document type.The network printer OCP shows that the printer is online with no errors. Other users are not having the same issue. The user sends the document to another printer and the document prints. Which of the following should a technician do FIRST in troubleshooting the problem? A. StopandrestartthePCprintspoolerservice.B. Verifytheuserissendingthedocumenttothecorrectprinterqueue.C. Have each user send the same document to the correct printer queue.D. Stop and restart the print server queues, and then have the user resend the document.
B
A user is no longer able to browse the Internet after returning from vacation. The user is able to log in and navigate to the local intranet, but not to any outside sites. A technician pings a well-known website by name but gets no reply. The technician then pings its IP address and gets a reply.Which of the following commands will MOST likely resolve the issue? A. ipconfig/allB. ipconfig/flushdns C. ipconfig /release D. ipconfig /setclassid
B
An end user has signed up to use a web-based calendar application. Which of the following solutions has the user purchased? A. DaaS B. SaaS C. PaaS D. laaS
B
An end user reports a printer error that states "Replace filament". With which of the following types of printer is the end user MOST likely having problems? A. inkjet B. LaserC. 3-DD. Thermal
C
A customer wants to purchase a new home computer. The machine will mainly be used for internet browsing and streaming video, except on weekends when the customers' son will use it to play games with friends. Which of the following should the technician focus on to meet these requirements? A. 80mm case fansB. Four-coreprocessor C. RAID 5 arrayD. 16GB DDR2 memory E. Dual monitorsF. Encryptedharddrive
BD
A technician is troubleshooting a laptop/projector combination that is displaying artifacts on the screen. When a different laptop is connected to the projector, the image appears to be correct but is very dim. Which of the following steps should the technician take to address these issues? (Choose two.) A. Updatethevideodriversonthelaptop. B. Increasetheprojectorcontrast.C. Replace the original laptop.D. Change the aspect ratio on the projector. E. Replacethebulbintheprojector. F. Modifythelaptop'sdisplayresolution.
BD
A customer accidentally drops a laptop while it is charging. The next day, the customer notices the laptop will not turn on and calls a technician to investigate. The technician confirms the laptop will not turn on even though it is connected to the power adapter. Which of the following components is the MOST likely cause of this behavior? A. Poweradapter B. BatteryC. DC jackD. Hard drive
C
An end user wants to have a second monitor installed on a laptop. Which of the following would allow a technician to configure the laptop to show both screens once the cable is connected? A. PluganexternalmonitorintotheUSBport. B. UsetheFnandfunctionkeycombination C. Adjust the monitor display settings.D. Enable DisplayPort.
C
Which of the following terminates a coaxial cable? A. DB9B. RJ45 C. RG-59 D. RS-232
C
A technician is ordering a new motherboard and processors for a company email server. When reviewing the vendor licensing agreement, the technician sees that there is a flat per-socket licensing fee. Which of the following motherboard/processor combinations should the technician order get the BEST performance while minimizing licensing fees? A. Adual-processormotherboardwithsixhyperthreadedcoreseach. B. Asingle-processormotherboardwitheighthyperthreadedcores. C. A dual-processor motherboard with eight overclocked cores each. D. A single-processor motherboard with ten overclocked cores.
D
A user purchases a wireless printer and sets it up in an office. The user installs all necessary software for the printer on the computer and connects the printer to the guest wireless network. However, when the user attempts to print to the printer, nothing happens.Which of the following will resolve the issue? A. Setuptheuser'scomputertoactasaprintserver.B. ConfiguretheprintertousetheInternetprintingprotocol. C. Ensure the user's computer is set to DHCP.D. Connect the printer to the company wireless network.
D
Multiple users report that the network printer, which is connected through the print server, is not printing. Which of the following should a technician do FIRST to remedy this situation? A. ReplacetheUSBcable.B. Reinstallthedriversonusers'PCs. C. have users restart their PCs.D. Clear the print queue.
D
Which of the following channels would commonly be used on an 802.11 wireless network? A. 6B. 17 C. 802 D. 8080
A
A network administrator must install a device that will proactively stop outside attacks from reaching the LAN. Which of the following devices would BEST meet the organization's needs? A. IPSB. IDS.C. Proxy serverD. Authentication server
A
A printer stops working in the billing department and cannot be repaired. A new printer has been ordered and a technician is tasked with allowing other users to print to the billing manager's printer until the new printer arrives. The manager's printer is currently used via USB connection, and there are no network jacks available for use.Which of the following is the BEST way for the technician to allow access to the printer? A. Createashareonthemanager'scomputerandgivetheusersrightstotheshare.B. Installtheprinterontheusers'desktopsandpointittotheIPaddressofthemanager'scomputer. C. Purchase a wireless printer so the users can access the printer via the network.D. Provide flash drives to the users so they can transfer data to the manager's computer for printing
A
A technician has noticed that when at company headquarters the laptop connection to the Internet is more responsive than when using the company-provided phone as a hotspot. The technician updated the drivers on the WiFi NIC without resolution and then verified the configuration on the WiFi was correct.Which of the following configurations could cause the decreased performance? A. The connection if throttled. B. ThereisalowRFIDsignal. C. SSID is not found.D. It is out of range.
A
A technician is determining the specifications for a desktop computer that will be used at trade shows all over the world. The computer will have the maximum amount of RAM. The CPU, GPU, and storage will be typical of a business workstation.Which of the following system parameters is the MOST important for the technician to consider when choosing a power supply? A. input voltageB. Efficiency ratingC. 12V rail amperageD. Number of SATA connectors
A
A technician is replacing a broken screen on a new company laptop but does not have repair information from the vendor. Which of the following is the BEST way to proceed? A. Documentandlabelthecableandscrewlocations.B. Replacethescreenwithanon-OEM.C. Update the firmware on the device before repairing it. D. Wait for the vendor to provide more information.
A
A technician wants to block remote logins to a server. Which of the following ports should be blocked? A. 21 B. 53 C. 80 D. 443
A
A user brings in a smartphone for repair. The device is unable to send/receive calls or connect to WiFi. All applications on the device are working unless they require connectivity. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the problem? A. Airplanemode B. TetheringC. Disabled hotspot D. VPN
A
An associate is seeking advice on which device to purchase for a friend who is a business owner. The friend needs the ability to chart activity while keeping in contact with the home office. Which of the following would be the BEST recommendation? A. Smart watchB. FitnessmonitorC. Global positioning sensor D. Portable hotspot
A
Ann, a user, needs to attend several day-long conferences and wants to ensure her mobile device will have enough power for these events. She is concerned about wall outlet availability at the conferences and needs to continuously use her device for important updates.Which of the following should a technician recommend to BEST accommodate Ann's needs? A. Wirelesschargingpad B. Built-inbatterycase C. Extra charging cords D. Airplane mode
A
Joe, a user, has purchased a new mobile device that uses a different OS than his previous one. Joe wants to copy his contacts and appointments from his corporate account without entering them manually. Which of the following would be the BEST way for a technician to assist Joe? A. Logintothesameemailprovideronthenewdevice,andrestorethecontactsanddates. B. CreateaBluetoothconnectionbetweenJoe'sdevices,andcopyhiscontactsandcalendar. C. Back up the old mobile device to a PC, and import the contacts and schedule from the PC. D. Use NFC to transfer all compatible data from one device to the other.
A
The feature that allows users to store files in cloud-based storage when necessary, but can be removed when space is freed up, is known as: A. on-demandB. resourcepoolC. synchronization application D. shared resources
A
Which of the following devices can be used to connect multiple devices within a network without broadcasting to every network port? A. Unmanagedswitch B. HubC. FirewallD. Cable modem
A
Which of the following devices is used to implement network security policies for an environment? A. FirewallB. managedswitch C. RepeaterD. Gateway
A
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for a network PC to have an APIPA address? A. DHCPfailure B. DNSresolutionC. Duplicate IP address D. Cleared ARP cache
A
Which of the following technologies can be used for wireless payments? A. NFCB. Bluetooth C. IRD. LTE
A
A user accidentally spills liquid on a laptop. The user wants the device to be fixed and would like to know how much it will cost. Which of the following steps should the technician take NEXT to verify if the device is repairable before committing to a price? (Choose two.) A. Remove the case and organize the parts. B. Document the screw locations. C. Search the Internet for repair tutorials. D. Consult colleagues for advice. E. Place the device in rice for a few days.
AB
A technician is setting up a WiFi-enabled thermostat for a customer, but the customer is concerned about IoT devices getting hacked. Which of the following BEST address the customer's concerns? (Choose two.) A. Usethelatestencryptionstandardonthewirelessnetworkandsetastrongpassword. B. Enabletwo-factorauthenticationfortheIoTdevice'scloudaccount,ifitisavailable. C. Separate the IoT thermostat by segregating it in a DMZ network.D. Disable wireless access on the thermostat to make it unshakable.E. Upgradethecustomer'sroutertothelatestversiontoimprovenetworksecurity. F. Upgradethecustomer'swirelessnetworkencryptiontoWPA.
AC
Which of the following peripherals would a company use to take inventory quickly and update price tags for products? (Choose two.) A. Barcodescanner B. Label printerC. Magnetic reader D. KVM switch E. NFC deviceF. Flatbedscanner
AC
A technician replaced a broken LED screen on a mobile computer. The operating system can be seen perfectly on screen, but the touch screen is non-responsive. Which of the following are the MOST probable root causes for the given failure? (Choose three.) A. Thehardwarereplacementusedisanon-touch-screenversion. B. Thetouchscreenmustbecalibratedafterareplacement.C. The digitizer cable is not seated properly on the motherboard. D. The new touch-screen drivers must be installed. E. Thereplacementpartisdead-on-arrival.F. TheLCDpanelfirmwaremustbeupdated.G. The grounding screws are not securely attached.
ACD
echnician perform in troubleshooting this issue? (Choose two.) A. Document findings, actions, and outcomes.. Rebootthedevicetoverifythefix.C. Reconnect the device to the network.D. Verify the settings in IPConfig.E. Researchtheproblembasedonsymptoms. F. Runavirusscan.
AF
A server needs a RAM upgrade, and a technician has been tasked with retrieving the RAM from storage and then installing it. Which of the following is the BEST RAM type for the technician to retrieve? A. SoDIMMB. DDR4C. Single channel D. ECC
B
A technician has been informed that multiple users are receiving duplicate IP address warnings on their workstations, and they are unable to browse the Internet. Which of the following server types should the technician log in to in order to resolve the problem? A. DNS serverB. DHCP server. C. Proxy serverD. RADIUS server
B
A user logs on a PC and receives a message stating there is a duplicate IP address on the network. After a system restart, the user notices the same error. Which of the following is the MOST probable cause of the error? A. Theuserisstillloggedintoanotherdevice. B. TheuserhassetastaticIPaddress.C. The user has moved to a different office.D. The user has wireless and wired connections.
B
An analyst asks a technician to recommend a solution for a customer in the software development industry, where the customer can test a variety of OS's running the various applications that the customer produces. The customer wants to minimize the investment in hardware.Which of the following solutions should the technician recommend to BEST meet the customer's requirement? A. Purchaseanumberoflow-costdevices,installingtherequiredOssandapplicationsoneachone.Useseparatemachinesforeachtestingenvironment. B. Purchaseahigh-endsystemmeetingthehardwarerequirementsforalloftheindividualOssandapplications.ConfigureaVMforeachtestingenvironment. C. Purchase one computer and create images for each computer configuration and OS. Re-image the machine for each testing environment.D. Purchase a number of computers, installing a VM on each one. Configure each VM with an OS for the testing environment.
B
Which of the following peripheral types is MOST likely to be used to input actions into a PC? A. WebcamB. MouseC. MonitorD. Optical drive
B
Which of the following resources is the MOST critical when using cloud file-storage synchronization applications? A. DiskspeedB. I/O bandwidth C. RAM utilization D. CPU utilization
B
Which of the following should the technician perform FIRST to troubleshoot the problem? A. Replacethewritecachebattery. B. Checktheeventlogforanycacheissues.C. Clear the RAID configuration file and restart the PC. D. Replace the RAID controller write cache module.
B
same message. The technician checks the account and sees a comment that Ann requires a special network setup to connect to the banking software. Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the issue? A. RemovethestaticIPconfigurationfromthedesktop.B. SetthelaptopconfigurationtoDHCPtopreventconflicts.C. Replace the network card in the laptop, as it may be defective. D. Bridge the LAN connection between the laptop and the desktop.
B
A technician is setting up a VM for use in testing software deployments. The VM is offline, but the hypervisor is not. Which of the following settings should the technician change to resolve this issue? A. Virtual security B. Virtual storage C. Virtual CPUD. Virtual switch E. Virtual RAM
C
A technician is troubleshooting what appears to be a RAM issue on a PC. Which of the following symptoms would indicate if this is a RAM issue? A. POST code beeps B. Distendedcapacitors C. Continuousreboots D. Wrong BIOS time
C
A user wants to print a large job on both the front and back sides of the paper.Which of the following settings should the technician advise the user to change in the printer settings? A. CollateB. Orientation C. DuplexD. Transparency
C
Whenever a user's machine is turned on, a black screen appears prompting the user for an administrative password. The technician has no such password on file for this machine. Which of the following steps should the technician take to resolve this issue? A. PressandholdtheCPUpowerbuttonforfiveseconds,andthenpowerbackon. B. Disconnect and reconnect the internal hard drive.C. Remove the CMOS battery and reinsert it after ten seconds.D. Remove the motherboard and place it back into the machine after ten minutes.
C
Which of the following Ethernet cables would BEST support an application that requires a 600 Mbps throughput at the lowest price point? A. Cat3 B. Cat5 C. Cat 5e D. Cat 6
C
Which of the following cloud computing concepts allows scalable services to be provided to the client? A. On-demandB. MeteredC. Rapid elasticity D. Resource pooling
C
A technician is talking to end users about the specifications for an upgraded application server. The users of the application report that there cannot be any unscheduled downtime or data loss. Additionally, they would like the performance of the application to improve over the previous server in any way possible. The previous server was running RAID 5.Which of the following RAID solutions should be implemented in this scenario? A. RAID0 B. RAID1 C. RAID 6 D. RAID 10
D
A technician upgraded the memory on a server from two 8GB sticks to eight 32GB stciks. The server memory is now at full capacity per the user guide. When the technician powers on the system, only 128 GB of memory is recognized by the OS and the BIOS. The technician decides to upgrade to the latest version of the firmware on the system, which does not help. Next, the technician installs the memory in sets of 64GB at a time. Each individual set of 64GB is fully recognized by the server.Which of the following will not allow the server to recognize all of the memory installed at the same time? A. Thepowersupplyisnotsupplyingenoughpowerforthememory. B. ThememoryhastoomanyECCerrorsandisshuttingdownC. The server is overheating when all of the memory is installed.D. The server needs DDR4 memory, and DDR3 is installed.
D
A technician was called to check an unexpected clicking noise on a desktop that has become more frequent every time a video editing application is loaded. The system fans have been replaced, but the clicking noise remains. Diagnostics have been run on the video card.Which of the following should the technician do FIRST? A. Replacetheharddrive.B. Replacethevideocard.C. Do a System Restore.D. Perform a full data backup. E. Scanthesystemforviruses.
D
A user's laptop is shutting down unexpectedly. The technician discovers the shutdowns only happen when the laptop is moved from one room to another. The technician reseated the hard drive, memory, battery, and LCD cable, but the laptop continues to shut down.Which of the following is the MOST probable cause of the issue? A. Residual energy on the motherboard B. System overheatingC. Distended capacitorsD. Loose battery connection E. CMOS battery failure
D
Several computers are having network connectivity issues. Two of the computers are wired and are not having any issues. The technician verifies that none of the computers having issues have been assigned a static IP. Which of the following should the technician check NEXT? A. ChecktheclosestAPforthearea. B. Checkeachwirelessadapterswitch C. Check the group's network switch. D. Check the DHCP server.
D
The touch-screen feature on a Windows device has stopped working. Which of the following should the technician check FIRST? A. DeviceManagerB. PerformanceMonitor C. System configuration D. Digitizer settings
D
Which of the following cable types should be used to connect a cable modem to a SOHO router? A. Thunderbolt B. CoaxialC. USBD. Ethernet
D
Which of the following charging and data ports has a non-directional connector? A. Micro-USB B. Mini-USB C. USB-AD. USB-C
D
Which of the following features will save the battery life of a laptop significantly if they are disabled? (Choose two.) A. TouchpadB. VolumeC. Screen orientation D. CellularE. BluetoothF. Fingerprintreader
DE
A server administrator set up a VM to be used in a lab setting. A technician is setting up thin-client computers to access this VM. Which of the following tasks are required to complete the project? (Choose three.) A. Connectthedevicetoaprinter.B. Installtheoperatingsystem.C. Install a USB keyboard and mouse. D. Connect the device to the network. E. Install the latest system updates.F. Installthelatestdevicedrivers.G. Connect the device to a monitor. H. Install the necessary applications.
DEH
A technician needs to routinely run scripting commands in Linux but does not want to walk over to the server room every time to perform the task. The technician also travels between buildings and has a Windows 10 laptop with 4GB of memory and a fully partitioned 500GB hard drive.Which of the following steps should the technician take to resolve this issue? (Choose two.) A. Increasethememoryto8GB. B. Install a Linux guest VM.C. Add another 500GB hard drive. D. Create a Linux LiveBoot CD. E. Repartitiontheharddrive. F. InstallLinuxonanewext3partition.
EF
