CompTia A+ 220-1001 Core 1 Certification Practice Exam
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Which of the following is the MOST likely symptom of a dirty drum or roller in a laser printer? -
correct answer ✅Lines or splotches repeated at regular intervals on the print job.
Your company relocated you to their United Kingdom office in London. You brought your
personal computer with you and are in the process of setting it up. Your computer was
previously configured to receive 110 V AC, but the electricity in London uses 230 V AC.
Which of the following would allow your computer to run on 230 V AC? - correct answer
✅Toggle the voltage switch on the power supply to the different voltage.
Which type of network medium is used by an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
adapter? - correct answer ✅Copper telephone wire
Which of the following cloud computing solutions delivers software applications to a client
either over the internet or on a local area network? - correct answer ✅SaaS
A technician is unable to install virtualization software on a host computer. The host has more
free disk space than required.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the cause? - correct answer ✅The motherboard
UEFI/BIOS doesn't support hardware assisted virtualization
You are in a carpeted office lighted by fluorescent bulbs. You are preparing to add memory
modules to a user's computer. The user has already unpacked the memory modules and stacked
them on top of an old, unused CRT monitor.
In this environment, what is the greatest threat to these memory modules? - correct answer
✅ESD
The marketing department has hired a new employee. Prior to the new employee's first day at
work, you have set up and configured a new laptop computer. The computer and all of the
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peripherals were purchased from the same vendor. After the new employee begins work, you
receive a phone call stating that the wireless mouse is not working.
Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the mouse isn't working? - correct answer
✅The USB mouse receiver is not plugged into the computer
Which of the following will ensure optimal system cooling? (Select THREE). - correct answer
✅ ° F.
Bundle cables together and secure unused cables to the case.
Leave space between the case and any walls or obstructions.
The integrated mouse, the small monitor, and the compact nature of the keyboard are impeding
your work when you use a notebook, but you still need a system that is portable if necessary.
What is your best option? - correct answer ✅Buy a docking station for your notebook.
You provide desktop support for a small company. The company has two locations in the same
city, but they are several miles away. You get a call from a user who is having problems
installing a new device. You try to tell the user how to update the driver for the device over the
phone, but he is having a hard time understanding your directions and is becoming frustrated.
What should you do? - correct answer ✅Establish a Remote Desktop connection and update the
driver.
You need to create a virtualization environment on your Windows 10 system using Client Hyper-
V to test potentially rogue applications that end users' downloads from the internet.
Because the applications may be malicious, you need to isolate the virtual machines from your
production network and the host system; however, you need the virtual machines to be able to
communicate with each other.
Which type of virtual network should you implement? - correct answer ✅A private virtual
network
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A technician is replacing a SOHO router and has configured DHCP to assign private IP
addresses to hosts on the local network. These hosts can communicate with each other, but users
can't browse the internet.
Which of the following changes to the SOHO router is MOST likely to restore internet
connectivity? - correct answer ✅Configure the SOHO router for NAT
Which component in a laser printer applies toner to the drum, causing the toner to stick to the
charged areas on the drum? - correct answer ✅Developing roller
Steve, a computer technician, received a helpdesk ticket for a computer that will not start. When
Steve powered the computer on, there was one long and two short beeps. Which of the following
programs is reporting this error condition? - correct answer ✅POST
A technician is replacing a hard drive in a laptop.
Which of the following is the FIRST action the technician should perform before opening the
laptop case? - correct answer ✅Review the laptop manufacturer's documentation.
Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure are some of the most widely used
cloud storage solutions for enterprises. Which of the following factors prompt companies to take
advantage of cloud storage? - correct answer ✅Growing demand for storage
Need to bring costs down
Which connector is used with unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable? - correct answer ✅RJ45
A user generates printouts consisting of several pages of seemingly random characters every
time he prints to a network printer. The printer seems to work fine for all other users. What is the
most likely cause of the problem? - correct answer ✅The user is using an incorrect printer
driver.
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You're responsible for ordering consumables for your organization's printers. Users print from
these printers frequently and demand the utmost in reliability.
Which of the following would be the BEST option when ordering new toner for these printers? -
correct answer ✅Toner cartridges recommended by the printer manufacturer.
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