A+ Practice Test final 3

A new computer was plugged into a port that was used by a legacy network printer prior to the completion of an office remodeling project. The user who was assigned to the new computer has been reporting an issue with slow network speeds. A technician verified the NIC is functioning properly and the drivers are up to date, and then swaps out the Cat 6 patch cable. However, the issue persists. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician take NEXT?

• Check the speed and duplex settings on the switch.

• Verify which port the VLAN is assigned to.

• Ensure settings within the computer’s BIOS.

• Replace the cable that runs from the user’s desk to the patch panel.

A bank wants to leverage cloud computing but would like a cloud solution in which infrastructure is shared with businesses in the same industry. Which of the following cloud models would BEST address the bank’s need?

• Private

• Hybrid

• Public

• Community

A technician needs to install RAM into a rackmount server that will be used as a VM host. Which of the following would be BEST to install?

• SODIMM

• VRAM

• DDR4

• ECC

A technician has noticed that a monitored server is receiving a disk failure notice during startup. When the technician clicks to continue, the machine still seems to startup into Windows but at a much slower speed. The technician looks at the BIOS information and sees the machine utilizes a RAID 5 configuration. Which of the following does the technician MOST likely need to perform?

• Reinstall the HDD drivers.

• Rebuild the RAID.

• Replace the failed drives.

• Restart the system.

A technician needs to add storage to a workstation. The workstation does not have room to add any internal storage, so the technician plans to add an external storage device. Which of the following connection types should the technician MOST likely use?

• SCSI

• eSATA

• PCIe

• NVMe

An organization keeps receiving spam that appears to come from its own domain. No accounts have been compromised. Which of the following will BEST mitigate this issue?

• DNS

• S/MIME

• SPF

• SSID

Which of the following describes the main difference between T568A and T568B cabling standards?

• The T568B data transfer rate is higher than T568A.

• The green and the orange cables are interchanged.

• T568A is used in blue cables, and T568B is used in green cables.

• The standards use different cable connectors.

A help desk technician plugged in a user’s new computer to a network port. After a few minutes, the computer showed an APIPA address. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason this happened?

• The WLAN is disabling the NIC card.

• The network cable is not attached.

• The PC is unable to contact a DHCP server.

• The DHCP server is using addresses in the range of 169.254.254.1.

A user who is facilitating a videoconference reports that the participants can be heard. However, when the user attempts to speak, none of the participants can hear the user. Which of the following is the FIRST step the technician should take?

• Restart the videoconference.

• Replace the laptop.

• Check the audio inputs.

• Try another microphone.

Which of the following video cables can carry an audio signal?

• HDMI

• S-Video

• VGA

• DVI