CompTia A+ 220-1001 Core 1
Certification Practice Exam Questions
and Answers.
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
, 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
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
Certification Practice Exam Questions
and Answers.
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
, 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
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
