Professor Messer Core 1002 (Core 2)
CompTIA A+ Exam Questions and
Answers with solutions
A user has reported an internal website displaying a message that the site is not trusted. Which of
the following is the MOST likely reason for this issue?
A) User's time and date is incorrect
B) The network is down
C) A Windows update is pending
D) The user account is locked out
E) The BIOS is disabled - ANSWER A) User's date and time is incorrect
The correct date and time is required to properly evaluate the expiration date of a web server
certificate.
An application was hung on the desktop and will not respond to any input. Which of these would
be the best way to terminate this application?
A) Services
B) Task Manager
C) System Properties
D) Application Repair
E) Windows Update - ANSWER B) Task Manager
Task Manager can be used to view the status of applications of administratively halt their
execution
An application has crashed on a user's workstation multiple times a day for the past week. Which
of the following would provide some additional information about each of these crashers?
A) Task Manager
B) Performance Monitor
C) Event Viewer
D) System Configuration
E) UEFI BIOS - ANSWER C) Event Viewer
The Windows Event Viewer maintains a log of all system events.
,Which of the following would be the BEST way to keep unauthorized users from accessing a
wireless network?
A) Network Access Control
B) Mac Filtering
C) Static IP addressing
D) Disable SSID broadcasts
E) Spanning tree protocol - ANSWER A) Network Access Control (NAC)
Can be used to provide authentication and management of network connections. A user would
need to properly authenticate before network access is granted.
A system administrator would like to reuse a hard drive in a new system but wants to be sure that
none of the previous information is recoverable. Which of the following would be the best way
to accomplish this?
A) Quick Format
B) Degaussing
C) Regular format
D) Incineration
E) Drill - ANSWER C) Regular format
In Windows, a regular format will overwrite each sector with zeros to ensure that none of the
data can be recovered later
A system administrator would like to prevent users from changing the boot drive on their
computer. Which of the following would provide this feature?
A) Group policy
B) UEFI configuration
C) BCD settings
D) NTFS permissions
E) Group membership - ANSWER B) UEFI configuration
The UEFI BIOS configuration determines which drives are prioritized during the boot process
The Windows file permissions for a client directory are automatically assigned from the parent
folder permissions. Which of the following would describe these access rights?
A) Inherited
B) Administrative
C) Share
D) Explicit
E) EFS - ANSWER A) Inherited
, Inherited permissions are derived from the parent folder and are not explicitly assigned
Which of the following would BEST describe a zero-day attack?
A) Internet bandwidth is overloaded
B) Passwords are hashed and salted
C) A duplicate MAC address is used to circumvent security controls
D) An attacker walks into a controlled area behind a legitimate user
D) Fully patched systems are exploited - ANSWER E) Fully patched systems are exploited
A zero-day attack takes advantage of a vulnerability that has not previously been identified or
patched
Firewall logs have identified a workstation sending information to a known malicious site ever
sixty seconds. Which of the following would be the MOST likely reason for this log
information?
A) Monthly security patches
B) Botnet infection
C) Invalid BIOS configuration
D) Incorrect default gateway
E) False positive - ANSWER B) Botnet infection
Botnets operate by contacting a command and control (C&C) server to obtain the latest orders.
A caller to the help desk is pressuring the technician to complete the task quickly without
performing the normal verification. Which of the following would BEST describe this
characteristic?
A) Authority
B) Familiarity
C) Consensus
D) Urgency
E) Trust - ANSWER D) Urgency
The social networking principle of urgency encourages the victim to act quickly without thinking
about the details of task.
Which of the following would be the BEST way to prevent users from visiting known malicious
web sites?
A) Windows Recovery Environment
B) Secure DNS services
CompTIA A+ Exam Questions and
Answers with solutions
A user has reported an internal website displaying a message that the site is not trusted. Which of
the following is the MOST likely reason for this issue?
A) User's time and date is incorrect
B) The network is down
C) A Windows update is pending
D) The user account is locked out
E) The BIOS is disabled - ANSWER A) User's date and time is incorrect
The correct date and time is required to properly evaluate the expiration date of a web server
certificate.
An application was hung on the desktop and will not respond to any input. Which of these would
be the best way to terminate this application?
A) Services
B) Task Manager
C) System Properties
D) Application Repair
E) Windows Update - ANSWER B) Task Manager
Task Manager can be used to view the status of applications of administratively halt their
execution
An application has crashed on a user's workstation multiple times a day for the past week. Which
of the following would provide some additional information about each of these crashers?
A) Task Manager
B) Performance Monitor
C) Event Viewer
D) System Configuration
E) UEFI BIOS - ANSWER C) Event Viewer
The Windows Event Viewer maintains a log of all system events.
,Which of the following would be the BEST way to keep unauthorized users from accessing a
wireless network?
A) Network Access Control
B) Mac Filtering
C) Static IP addressing
D) Disable SSID broadcasts
E) Spanning tree protocol - ANSWER A) Network Access Control (NAC)
Can be used to provide authentication and management of network connections. A user would
need to properly authenticate before network access is granted.
A system administrator would like to reuse a hard drive in a new system but wants to be sure that
none of the previous information is recoverable. Which of the following would be the best way
to accomplish this?
A) Quick Format
B) Degaussing
C) Regular format
D) Incineration
E) Drill - ANSWER C) Regular format
In Windows, a regular format will overwrite each sector with zeros to ensure that none of the
data can be recovered later
A system administrator would like to prevent users from changing the boot drive on their
computer. Which of the following would provide this feature?
A) Group policy
B) UEFI configuration
C) BCD settings
D) NTFS permissions
E) Group membership - ANSWER B) UEFI configuration
The UEFI BIOS configuration determines which drives are prioritized during the boot process
The Windows file permissions for a client directory are automatically assigned from the parent
folder permissions. Which of the following would describe these access rights?
A) Inherited
B) Administrative
C) Share
D) Explicit
E) EFS - ANSWER A) Inherited
, Inherited permissions are derived from the parent folder and are not explicitly assigned
Which of the following would BEST describe a zero-day attack?
A) Internet bandwidth is overloaded
B) Passwords are hashed and salted
C) A duplicate MAC address is used to circumvent security controls
D) An attacker walks into a controlled area behind a legitimate user
D) Fully patched systems are exploited - ANSWER E) Fully patched systems are exploited
A zero-day attack takes advantage of a vulnerability that has not previously been identified or
patched
Firewall logs have identified a workstation sending information to a known malicious site ever
sixty seconds. Which of the following would be the MOST likely reason for this log
information?
A) Monthly security patches
B) Botnet infection
C) Invalid BIOS configuration
D) Incorrect default gateway
E) False positive - ANSWER B) Botnet infection
Botnets operate by contacting a command and control (C&C) server to obtain the latest orders.
A caller to the help desk is pressuring the technician to complete the task quickly without
performing the normal verification. Which of the following would BEST describe this
characteristic?
A) Authority
B) Familiarity
C) Consensus
D) Urgency
E) Trust - ANSWER D) Urgency
The social networking principle of urgency encourages the victim to act quickly without thinking
about the details of task.
Which of the following would be the BEST way to prevent users from visiting known malicious
web sites?
A) Windows Recovery Environment
B) Secure DNS services
