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WorksheetsComptia A+ Core 1 pt.2
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
A technician is setting up a Windows mobile device for a user who had trouble reading text on a previous device, especially at night.
Which of the following adjustments would be MOST appropriate?
Increase the resolution.
Use the magnifier.
Use haptic feedback.
Utilize text-to-speech.
A technician is setting up a VM for use in testing software deployments. The VM is offline, but the hypervisor is not.
Which of the following settings should the technician change to resolve this issue?
Virtual security
Virtual storage
Virtual CPU
Virtual switch
Virtual RAM
A projector’s image begins to flicker during a presentation. The laptop display does not produce this issue. When a technician changes the resolution on the laptop, the issue persists.
Which of the following is the NEXT step the technician should take?
Check the connectivity of the VGA cable
Check the connectivity of the power cable.
Change the aspect ratio on the laptop.
Change the settings of the projector.
A technician upgraded the memory on a server from two 8GB sticks to eight 32GB sticks. The server memory is now at full capacity per the user guide. When the technician powers on the system, only 128GB of memory is recognized by the OS and the BIOS. The technician decides to upgrade to the latest version of the firmware on the system, which does not help. Next, the technician installs the memory in sets of 64GB at a time. Each individual set of 64GB is fully recognized by the server.
Which of the following will not allow the server to recognize all of the memory installed at the same time?
The power supply is not supplying enough power for the memory.
The memory has too many ECC errors and is shutting down
The server is overheating when all of the memory is installed.
The server needs DDR4 memory, and DDR3 is installed.
A technician is talking to end users about the specifications for an upgraded application server. The users of the application report that there cannot be any unscheduled downtime or data loss. Additionally, they would like the performance of the application to improve over the previous server in any way possible. The previous server was running RAID 5.
Which of the following RAID solutions should be implemented in this scenario?
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 10
RAID 6
An end user reports a printer error that states “Replace filament”.
With which of the following types of printer is the end user MOST likely having problems?
Ink jet
Laser
3-D
Thermal
Which of the following features will save the battery life of a laptop significantly if they are disabled? (Choose two.)
Volume
Touchpad
Cellular
Bluetooth
Screen orientation
Which of the following technologies can be used for wireless payments?
NFC
Bluetooth
IR
LTE
A technician is ordering a new motherboard and processors for a company email server. When reviewing the vendor licensing agreement, the technician sees that there is a flat per-socket licensing fee.
Which of the following motherboard/processor combinations should the technician order to get the BEST performance while minimizing licensing fees?
A dual-processor motherboard with six hyperthreaded cores each.
A single-processor motherboard with eight hyperthreaded cores.
A dual-processor motherboard with eight overclocked cores each.
A single-processor motherboard with ten overclocked cores.
A printer stops working in the billing department and cannot be repaired. A new printer has been ordered and a technician is tasked with allowing other users to print to the billing manager’s printer until the new printer arrives. The manager’s printer is currently used via USB connection, and there are no network jacks available for use.
Which of the following is the BEST way for the technician to allow access to the printer?
Create a share on the manager’s computer and give the users rights to the share.
Install the printer on the users’ desktops and point it to the IP address of the manager’s computer.
Purchase a wireless printer so the users can access the printer via the network.
Provide flash drives to the users so they can transfer data to the manager’s computer for printing.
The touch-screen feature on a Windows device has stopped working.
Which of the following should the technician check FIRST?
Device Manager
Digitizer settings
System configuration
Performance Monitor
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for a network PC to have an APIPA address?
DHCP failure
Duplicate IP address
DNS resolution
Cleared ARP cache
A technician needs to routinely run scripting commands in Linux but does not want to walk over to the server room every time to perform the task. The technician also travels between buildings and has a Windows 10 laptop with 4GB of memory and a fully partitioned 500GB hard drive.
Which of the following steps should the technician take to resolve this issue? (Choose two.)
Increase the memory to 8GB.
Repartition the hard drive.
Add another 500GB hard drive.
Create a Linux LiveBoot CD.
Install Linux on a new ext3 partition
A technician has been informed that multiple users are receiving duplicate IP address warnings on their workstations, and they are unable to browse the Internet.
Which of the following server types should the technician log in to in order to resolve the problem?
DHCP server.
DNS server
Proxy server
RADIUS server
Which of the following devices is used to implement network security policies for an environment?
Managed switch
Firewall
Repeater
Gateway
Which of the following peripheral types is MOST likely to be used to input actions into a PC?
Webcam
Mouse
Monitor
Optical drive
A technician replaced a broken LED screen on a mobile computer. The operating system can be seen perfectly on screen, but the touch screen is non-responsive.
Which of the following are the MOST probable root causes for the given failure? (Choose three.)
The hardware replacement used is a non-touch-screen version.
The touch screen must be calibrated after a replacement.
The digitizer cable is not seated properly on the motherboard.
The replacement part is dead-on-arrival.
The new touch-screen drivers must be installed.
In a virtual environment, which of the following allows all the VMs to have RAM allocated for use?
Resource pooling
Measured service
Virtual application streaming
Synchronization
An analyst asks a technician to recommend a solution for a customer in the software development industry, where the customer can test a variety of OSs running the various applications that the customer produces. The customer wants to minimize the investment in hardware.
Which of the following solutions should the technician recommend to BEST meet the customer’s requirement?
Purchase a number of low-cost devices, installing the required OSs and applications on each one. Use separate machines for each testing environment.
Purchase a high-end system meeting the hardware requirements for all of the individual OSs and applications. Configure a VM for each testing environment.
Purchase one computer and create images for each computer configuration and OS. Re-image the machine for each testing environment.
Purchase a number of computers, installing a VM on each one. Configure each VM with an OS for the testing environment.
A user is experiencing email problems and explains to a technician that all emails with graphics or images do not display the graphics.
Which of the following configurations would correct this behavior?
Change the email settings in antivirus.
Change the firewall security settings.
Change the security settings of the email client.
Change the email proxy settings.
Change the trusted sites in the browser settings.
Which of the following resources is the MOST critical when using cloud file-storage synchronization applications?
Disk speed
I/O bandwidth
RAM utilization
CPU utilization Correct Answer: B
A user logs on a PC and receives a message stating there is a duplicate IP address on the network. After a system restart, the user notices the same error.
Which of the following is the MOST probable cause of the error?
The user is still logged into another device.
The user has set a static IP address.
The user has moved to a different office.
The user has wireless and wired connections.
Whenever a user’s machine is turned on, a black screen appears prompting the user for an administrative password. The technician has no such password on file for this machine.
Which of the following steps should the technician take to resolve this issue?
Press and hold the CPU power button for five seconds, and then power back on
Disconnect and reconnect the internal hard drive.
Remove the CMOS battery and reinsert it after ten seconds.
Remove the motherboard and place it back into the machine after ten minutes.
A server administrator set up a VM to be used in a lab setting. A technician is setting up thin-client computers to access this VM.
Which of the following tasks are required to complete the project? (Choose three.)
Install the latest device drivers.
Connect the device to the network
Install the latest system updates.
Install the necessary applications.
Connect the device to a monitor.
A user sets up a cable modem at home and connects the modem to the ISP at the cable company.
Which of the following network types does this connection describe?
WAN
LAN
PAN
MAN
A technician receives a cellular call from a manager. The technician is instructed to download a service manual directly from the Internet to a laptop. However, there is no WiFi signal or wired Ethernet.
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate connections for the technician to use?
NFC
Hotspot
Bluetooth
VPN
A technician is replacing the LCD panel in a laptop.
Which of the following components is MOST likely to be damaged accidentally during the repair?
Bezel
Digitizer
Motherboard
Hinge
A technician is replacing an older video card with a new high-end video card in a workstation. The installation was successful, the new card seated properly, and power is connected. However, upon booting, the computer now emits several beeps and will not boot, but shows no error messages.
Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this issue?
The is not enough PSU output
The BIOS is out-of-date
There is an onboard RAM mismatch
GPU is overlocked
The firmware is out-of-date
Which of the following Internet connection types often terminates at a switching center and then requires the use of a different media for the last mile to the customer?
ISDN
DSL
Fiber
Cable
Company management wants to give users the ability to work from home during periods of bad weather.
Which of the following would enable the workforce to do this?
NAT
VLAN
VPN
HIPS
A user wants to build a computer with a high-end CPU, plenty of RAM, and a high-end graphics card for online gaming. The user wants to verify that the graphics card is compatible with the motherboard.
Which of the following connection types would the user MOST likely utilize to connect the video card to the motherboard?
PCle
ISA
AGB
USB
A company offers several out-of-the-box computer configurations to its clients. A client requests several new computers for its newest location, which will be used by guests to check in upon arrival and fill out contact information.
Which of the following configurations would BEST fit this customer’s needs?
Thick client
Touch-screen kiosk
CAD workstation
Virtualized host computer
Which of the following ports are used for secure sessions? (Choose two.)
22
23
25
443
110
Which of the following is designed to function BEST in harsh lighting conditions?
Large tablet
Virtual reality headset
Smart watch
E-reader
Which of the following connector types is used to terminate household telephone cabling?
RG-6
RJ-11
RJ-45
RG-59
A shipping department is having problems with its thermal label printer. Two columns on the left are not appearing on all labels.
Which of the following should a technician do FIRST?
Verify the ribbon is correctly aligned to the label
Run a label calibration
Remove stuck labels from the print path
Replace the print head
A technician is buying a laptop that will host three VMs running at the same time with the current configuration. The technician believes there might be a need to run several additional VMs in the near future.
Which of the following resources would be the MOST important to upgrade to allow for the additional VMs?
CPU
NIC
SSD
RAM
The ability for new computers to be automatically connected to the network is provided by the:
DNS server
DHCP server
proxy server
TACACS server
A technician is setting up a printer for a small office that does not have an RJ-45 jack. The users’ computers are all in the same workgroup and are connected physically to the same network switch. The technician needs to make sure all users can print to the new printer through the switch.
Which of the following should the technician configure?
Shared printer
Print server
Bluetooth printing
Cloud printing
The cloud model that represents a company maintaining some data in on-premise storage and some data in cloud-based storage is known as:
hybrid
private
public
community
A network administrator is attempting to access the firewall while inside the datacenter.
Which of the following peripherals must be connected to do so?
Touchpad
KVM
Mouse
Keyboard
An engineer is working at a remote site that does not have Internet access.
Which of the following features should the engineer use to connect a laptop to the Internet if hotspot functionality is unavailable?
Near field communication
Wireless LAN
Tethering
Virtual private network
Which of the following is the main purpose of the +5VSB output of a power supply?
It provides power to the audio and sound boards of the machine
It allows peripherals to draw power when the machine is off
It acts as the main voltage supply to the motherboard and processor
It powers all expansion cards and external device hubs
A user printed several documents to a shared network copier and noticed that they have very faint color density. A technician investigates the issue and verifies that the printer had a maintenance kit installed recently.
Which of the following next steps will MOST likely resolve the issue? (Choose two.)
Replace the toner cartridges
Replace the fuser module
Adjust the printer settings
Replace the developer
Empty the waste toner bottles
A laptop is connected to a conference room projector in extended display mode. The desktop icons appear normal on the laptop, but are disproportionate and illegible on the projector screen.
Which of the following should the technician check?
Video resolution
HDMI connection
Keystone
Focus
Which of the following wireless standards is only capable of 5GHz frequencies?
802.11ac
802.11a
802.11b
802.11g
A technician is configuring a high-performance workstation. The technician needs to choose storage for the boot drive with the highest performance possible.
Which of the following drive types BEST meets this requirement?
MicroSD
NVMe
15K rpm
USB flash
A network administrator is troubleshooting a notebook that is not loading the local Windows 10 operating system. All the computers inside the company are installed using UEFI mode selected. The message on the screen shows a failed attempt to connect to a PXE server. When requested, the end user reported trying to improve the computer’s speed by changing some BIOS configurations randomly.
Which of the following should the network administrator check FIRST inside BIOS?
The PXE server address should be set
Wake-on-LAN should be unchecked
Secure Boot should be enabled
C-states should be configured to 2
A customer recently moved a high-end graphics card from a known-working computer to a different computer. The computer works without issue when viewing email and web pages or when using certain applications. However, when a game with high-end graphics requirements is opened, the program will run for a few minutes before the computer shuts down.
Which of the following is MOST likely causing the problem?
Video RAM
Power supply wattage
CPU frequency
Monitor resolution
An ISP has notified a SOHO user of a usage increase on the user’s network. The user is concerned the WiFi network is being utilized by unauthorized users.
Which of the following would minimize the unauthorized use of the WiFi network?
Implement MAC filtering
Enable NAT
Create a network DMZ
Upgrade the encryption standards
