COMPTIA A+ 220-1001 CORE 1 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
Which of the following is the MOST likely symptom of a dirty drum or roller in a laser printer? -
(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? - (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? -
(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? - (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? - (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? - (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 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? - (ANSWER)The USB mouse
receiver is not plugged into the computer
,COMPTIA A+ 220-1001 CORE 1 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
Which of the following will ensure optimal system cooling? (Select THREE). - (ANSWER)Keep the ambient
temperature below 80° 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? - (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? - (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? - (ANSWER)A private virtual network
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? -
(ANSWER)Configure the SOHO router for NAT
, COMPTIA A+ 220-1001 CORE 1 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
Which component in a laser printer applies toner to the drum, causing the toner to stick to the charged
areas on the drum? - (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? - (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? - (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? - (ANSWER)Growing demand for storage
Need to bring costs down
Which connector is used with unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable? - (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? - (ANSWER)The user is using an incorrect printer driver.
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? -
(ANSWER)Toner cartridges recommended by the printer manufacturer.
You are an IT technician for your company. Your boss has asked you to set up and configure a wireless
network to service all of the conference rooms.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
Which of the following is the MOST likely symptom of a dirty drum or roller in a laser printer? -
(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? - (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? -
(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? - (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? - (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? - (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 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? - (ANSWER)The USB mouse
receiver is not plugged into the computer
,COMPTIA A+ 220-1001 CORE 1 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
Which of the following will ensure optimal system cooling? (Select THREE). - (ANSWER)Keep the ambient
temperature below 80° 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? - (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? - (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? - (ANSWER)A private virtual network
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? -
(ANSWER)Configure the SOHO router for NAT
, COMPTIA A+ 220-1001 CORE 1 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!!
Which component in a laser printer applies toner to the drum, causing the toner to stick to the charged
areas on the drum? - (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? - (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? - (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? - (ANSWER)Growing demand for storage
Need to bring costs down
Which connector is used with unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable? - (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? - (ANSWER)The user is using an incorrect printer driver.
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? -
(ANSWER)Toner cartridges recommended by the printer manufacturer.
You are an IT technician for your company. Your boss has asked you to set up and configure a wireless
network to service all of the conference rooms.
