CompTIA A+ Certification Practice Test 1 (Exam 220-901)

CompTIA A+ Certification Practice Test 1 (Exam 220-901) The main functionality of the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is to perform the initial hardware checks after the computer is powered on and start up the operating system. True ( Your answer) False You correctly answered this question. Which of the following resources can be used by an Operating System (OS) to communicate with hardware? (Select 2 answers) Device Manager Secure Shell (SSH) ( Your answer) Device drivers ( Your answer) System BIOS ( Missed) Command-Line Interface (CLI) Your answer to this question is incorrect or incomplete. / BIOS updates are performed in order to: (Select all that apply) Repair damaged BIOS ( Missed) Fix physical hardware faults found in replaceable components inside the computer's case Provide support for new types of attached hardware ( Missed) Fix known programming errors discovered in the current BIOS version ( Your answer) Your answer to this question is incorrect or incomplete. Which of the following terms refer to BIOS types that can be updated without removing the BIOS chip from a motherboard? (Select 2 answers) EEPROM ( Missed) ROM ( Your answer) Plug and Play (PnP) EPROM ( Your answer) Flash Memory ( Missed) Your answer to this question is incorrect or incomplete. Which Microsoft Windows OS utility can be used to view basic information about computer's BIOS? WINVER.EXE MSINFO32.EXE ( Your answer) Control Panel SERVICES.MSC You correctly answered this question. Power failure during BIOS upgrade can be the cause of irreversible damage to the computer system. True ( Your answer) / False You correctly answered this question. After a normal system shutdown, when the computer is turned off, contents of the memory used to store BIOS settings are: Erased Retained ( Your answer) Stored in a page file Saved on a hard drive You correctly answered this question. Which of the acronyms listed below refers to a series of basic hardware diagnostic tests performed by the startup BIOS after the computer is powered on? IDE POTS QoS POST ( Your answer) You correctly answered this question. After replacing a modular hardware component inside computer case, the updated information about specific parameters of the new device can be stored in: (Select 2 answers) System BIOS ( Your answer) Flash memory ( Missed) Startup BIOS ( Your answer) Secondary storage CMOS RAM ( Missed) Your answer to this question is incorrect or incomplete. / After completing the initial diagnostics and assigning system resources, the startup BIOS program checks for information about secondary storage devices that might contain the OS. The list of devices and the order in which they should be checked can be found and arranged in the CMOS setup utility, and this option is commonly referred to as: Boot record Master Boot Record (MBR) Partition table Boot sequence ( Your answer) You correctly answered this question. In order to work, an integrated component such as Network Interface Card (NIC) on a newly assembled computer system may need to be first: Enabled in Windows Control Panel Updated with the latest driver in Device Manager Checked against the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) ( Your answer) Enabled in the advanced BIOS settings menu ( Missed) Your answer to this question is incorrect or incomplete. After launching Windows Virtual PC application technician receives error message stating that the Hardware-Assisted Virtualization (HAV) feature is not enabled on the computer. Which of the following steps might help in fixing this problem? Increasing the amount of physical RAM on the system Re-installation of the Windows Virtual PC application Getting into the CMOS setup utility and enabling the virtualization technology setting ( Your answer) Safe mode troubleshooting You correctly answered this question.