CompTia A+ Practice Test 1 (1001)
You connect a VOIP device on a user's desk and need to connect it to a PoE enabled switch
located in a communications closet about 150 feet (approximately 50 meters) away. Which
of the following cables should you select to connect the VOIP device to the switch? -
ANSCAT 6
A user wants to print a spreadsheet horizontally on a piece of paper instead of vertically to fit
more columns on a single page. What setting should the user enable on the printer for this
print job to achieve this result? - ANSOrientation
You are troubleshooting an issue with multiple workstations that are having network
connectivity issues. The network also has two servers connected to the network, but they do
not have any connectivity issues. You look at the network configuration of the two servers
and notice they are using static IP addresses. Based on what you know so far, what is most
likely the cause of the workstation's network connectivity issue? - ANSThe workstations are
most likely configured to use dynamically assigned IP addresses and the DHCP is not
working properly
A military contracting firm is worried about proprietary corporate information being removed
from the company's network. To combat this, they have created strict rules regarding what
types of information can leave their office building. You have been asked to fix a workstation
for the company and have been brought on-site to troubleshoot the issue. You have properly
followed the troubleshooting steps and have created a plan of action to fix the workstation.
Unfortunately, your solution will require that the workstation be taken back to your off-site
repair shop to solve the workstation's problems fully. What is the NEXT thing you should do
to fix this workstation? - ANSVerify the contracting firm's corporate policies regarding
removal of a workstation for repairs
You connected your laptop to a new wireless network and received an IP address
automatically. Which of the following servers allowed this to occur? - ANSDynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server
Your college has several campuses located across the city. Within each campus, the
buildings are interconnected with a campus area network. If you connect each of the
campuses across the city, what type of network would this become? - ANSMetropolitan Area
Network (MAN)
You and your friends are hanging out in a bar downtown and notice that the entire area
around the bar has a great wireless network called "Downtown Metro." This wireless network
was built by the city and currently covers about 5 square blocks of the downtown area. What
type of network best classifies this wireless network? - ANSMunicipal Wireless Network
(MWN)
, You are setting up a new wireless network at the local brand of your community's public
library. Previously, the library only had a small wired network that relied on statically
assigned IP addresses. You just finished installing all of the wireless access points. You
configured a server to automatically provide an IP address to wireless clients when
connecting to one of the wireless access points. To test the new wireless network, you turn
on your wireless adapter on your laptop and connect to the network. Your laptop is
automatically assigned an IP address of 192.168.1.12 from the DHCP server, and you can
ping the default gateway of 192.168.1.1. You open a web browser and attempt to connect to
diontraining.com, but you cannot connect and instead receive an error. You attempt to ping
the IP address for the Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) and are successful. Which of the
following should you attempt to do NEXT to resolve - ANSVerify that the DHCP server is
properly configured to provide the IP address of a DNS server
Which of the following devices could be used to extend transmissions of a signal over longer
distances by receiving and retransmitting a given signal? - ANSRepeater
A user is complaining that every time they enable airplane mode on their laptop, their
external mouse and headphones stop working. Which of the following signals being disabled
by airplane mode is likely causing the issues experienced by this user? - ANSBluetooth
Your firewall is blocking outbound email traffic that is attempting to be sent. Which port
should you verify is set to ALLOW in the firewall to ensure your emails are being sent? -
ANS25-EMail out
What type of connector is used to terminate a coaxial cable? - ANSRG-59
A user wants to print 2 copies of a 3-page report at once. The user would like the pages to
come out of the printer in the order of pages 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 instead of pages 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.
What printer setting should the user enable for this print job to achieve this result? -
ANSCollate
Which cloud computing concept is BEST described as focusing on replacing the hardware
and software required when creating and testing new applications and programs from a
customer's environment with cloud-based resources? - ANSPlatform as a Service (PaaS)
You are installing Windows 2016 on a rack-mounted server and hosting multiple virtual
machines within the physical server. You just finished the installation and now want to begin
creating and provisioning the virtual machines. Which of the following should you utilize to
allow you to create and provision the virtual machines? - ANSHypervisor
Natalie just bought a new mobile Android phone, but her current phone is an iPhone. She
needs to move all of her phone's existing contacts and appointments from her calendar from
her current phone to her new phone. Natalie's iPhone was configured to use her Dion
Training corporate account to save all her contacts and appointments to their cloud-based
service, as well. Which of the following is the BEST way for Natalie to migrate her data from
her old iPhone to her new Android device? - ANSNatalie should log into her corporate email
account on the new Android phone and restore her contacts and appointments to the new
device
You connect a VOIP device on a user's desk and need to connect it to a PoE enabled switch
located in a communications closet about 150 feet (approximately 50 meters) away. Which
of the following cables should you select to connect the VOIP device to the switch? -
ANSCAT 6
A user wants to print a spreadsheet horizontally on a piece of paper instead of vertically to fit
more columns on a single page. What setting should the user enable on the printer for this
print job to achieve this result? - ANSOrientation
You are troubleshooting an issue with multiple workstations that are having network
connectivity issues. The network also has two servers connected to the network, but they do
not have any connectivity issues. You look at the network configuration of the two servers
and notice they are using static IP addresses. Based on what you know so far, what is most
likely the cause of the workstation's network connectivity issue? - ANSThe workstations are
most likely configured to use dynamically assigned IP addresses and the DHCP is not
working properly
A military contracting firm is worried about proprietary corporate information being removed
from the company's network. To combat this, they have created strict rules regarding what
types of information can leave their office building. You have been asked to fix a workstation
for the company and have been brought on-site to troubleshoot the issue. You have properly
followed the troubleshooting steps and have created a plan of action to fix the workstation.
Unfortunately, your solution will require that the workstation be taken back to your off-site
repair shop to solve the workstation's problems fully. What is the NEXT thing you should do
to fix this workstation? - ANSVerify the contracting firm's corporate policies regarding
removal of a workstation for repairs
You connected your laptop to a new wireless network and received an IP address
automatically. Which of the following servers allowed this to occur? - ANSDynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server
Your college has several campuses located across the city. Within each campus, the
buildings are interconnected with a campus area network. If you connect each of the
campuses across the city, what type of network would this become? - ANSMetropolitan Area
Network (MAN)
You and your friends are hanging out in a bar downtown and notice that the entire area
around the bar has a great wireless network called "Downtown Metro." This wireless network
was built by the city and currently covers about 5 square blocks of the downtown area. What
type of network best classifies this wireless network? - ANSMunicipal Wireless Network
(MWN)
, You are setting up a new wireless network at the local brand of your community's public
library. Previously, the library only had a small wired network that relied on statically
assigned IP addresses. You just finished installing all of the wireless access points. You
configured a server to automatically provide an IP address to wireless clients when
connecting to one of the wireless access points. To test the new wireless network, you turn
on your wireless adapter on your laptop and connect to the network. Your laptop is
automatically assigned an IP address of 192.168.1.12 from the DHCP server, and you can
ping the default gateway of 192.168.1.1. You open a web browser and attempt to connect to
diontraining.com, but you cannot connect and instead receive an error. You attempt to ping
the IP address for the Google DNS server (8.8.8.8) and are successful. Which of the
following should you attempt to do NEXT to resolve - ANSVerify that the DHCP server is
properly configured to provide the IP address of a DNS server
Which of the following devices could be used to extend transmissions of a signal over longer
distances by receiving and retransmitting a given signal? - ANSRepeater
A user is complaining that every time they enable airplane mode on their laptop, their
external mouse and headphones stop working. Which of the following signals being disabled
by airplane mode is likely causing the issues experienced by this user? - ANSBluetooth
Your firewall is blocking outbound email traffic that is attempting to be sent. Which port
should you verify is set to ALLOW in the firewall to ensure your emails are being sent? -
ANS25-EMail out
What type of connector is used to terminate a coaxial cable? - ANSRG-59
A user wants to print 2 copies of a 3-page report at once. The user would like the pages to
come out of the printer in the order of pages 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 instead of pages 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.
What printer setting should the user enable for this print job to achieve this result? -
ANSCollate
Which cloud computing concept is BEST described as focusing on replacing the hardware
and software required when creating and testing new applications and programs from a
customer's environment with cloud-based resources? - ANSPlatform as a Service (PaaS)
You are installing Windows 2016 on a rack-mounted server and hosting multiple virtual
machines within the physical server. You just finished the installation and now want to begin
creating and provisioning the virtual machines. Which of the following should you utilize to
allow you to create and provision the virtual machines? - ANSHypervisor
Natalie just bought a new mobile Android phone, but her current phone is an iPhone. She
needs to move all of her phone's existing contacts and appointments from her calendar from
her current phone to her new phone. Natalie's iPhone was configured to use her Dion
Training corporate account to save all her contacts and appointments to their cloud-based
service, as well. Which of the following is the BEST way for Natalie to migrate her data from
her old iPhone to her new Android device? - ANSNatalie should log into her corporate email
account on the new Android phone and restore her contacts and appointments to the new
device
