Jason Dion - CompTIA A+ 1101 Exam Prep #03 Flashcards
Your boss is looking for a recommendation for a cloud solution that will only allow your company’s employees to use the service while preventing anyone else from accessing it. What type of cloud model would you recommend to ensure the contents are best secured from those outside your company?
A.Private Cloud
B.Community Cloud
C.Public Cloud
D.Hybrid Cloud
A.Private Cloud
Your Windows 10 machine has just crashed. Where should you look to identify the cause of the system crash and how to fix it?
A.POST
B.DDOS
C.MAC
D.BSOD
D.BSOD
You just bought a new Virtual Reality headset to use with your computer. To ensure your computer is ready to support the new VR games, which of the following should you install?
A.A Bluetooth adapter
B.A RAID 5 array
C.A larger hard drive
D.A dedicated graphics cards
D.A dedicated graphics cards
A new smartphone supports users’ ability to transfer a photograph by simply placing their phones near each other and “tapping” the two phones together. What type of technology does this most likely rely on?
A.NFC
B.RF
C.BT
D.IR
A.NFC
Your company received a large bill for file storage from your online cloud provider this month. Upon investigation, you noticed that one of your employees has uploaded over 1 TB of data to the service. What type of plan is your company utilizing?
A.A metered plan
B.A on-demand plan
C.A non-metered plan
D.A flat-fee plan
A.A metered plan
You are working as a technician for a college. One of the professors has submitted a trouble ticket stating that the projector connected to the workstation in his classroom is too dim. You look at the image being projected on the wall and notice it is dim, but the image appears to be displayed clearly and correctly. What is the FIRST thing you should do to make the image brighter?
A.Replace the bulb in the projector
B.Update the video driver on the workstation
C.Increase the contrast on the projector
D.Modify the workstation’s video resolution
C.Increase the contrast on the projector
Which of the following tools is used to identify why an 802.11g network is intermittently dropping network traffic?
A.Multimeter
B.Wi-Fi analyzer
C.Cable tester
D.Tone generator and probe
B.Wi-Fi analyzer
Which type of internet connection allows for high-speed bi-directional data communication over a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) connection?
A.Fiber
B.DSL
C.Satellite
D.Cable
D.Cable
William would like to use full-disk encryption on his laptop. He is worried about slow performance, though, so he has requested that the laptop have an onboard hardware-based cryptographic processor. Based on this requirement, what should William ensure the laptop contains?
A.TPM
B.AES
C.PAM
D.FDE
A.TPM
(This is a simulated PBQ. If you had this question on the real exam, you would be asked to drag-and-drop a label with the component’s name onto the proper location on the motherboard.)
A. Audio connector
B. PATA connector
C. Front (panel) connector
D. USB connector
E. CPU Slot
F. Memory Slot
G. PCIe x1
H. PCIe x4
I. Port Cluster
J. Mini PCIe
K. Mainboard Power
L. CPU Power
M. PCI
N. CMOS Battery
O. SATA connection
P. PCIe x16
Q. Fan Power
R. PCIe x8
S. Reset Jumper
T. AGP
F. Memory Slot
A client contacts the service desk because their laptop will not charge when plugged in. The client states that the laptop runs properly while connected to the wall outlet, but if they unplug it, then the laptop immediately powers off. Which of the following do you recommend to solve this issue?
A.Replace the battery
B.Replace the DC jack
C.Replace the power adapter
D.Connect the laptop to a 220v outlet
A.Replace the battery
Which of the following technologies combines the functionality of a firewall, malware scanner, and other security appliances into one device?
A.UTM
B.IDS
C.Syslog
D.IPS
A.UTM
What type of cloud service bills consumers based on the actual usage of the service and may charge different prices based on the time of day it was utilized?
A.Resource pooling
B.Metered services
C.Rapid elasticity
D.Measured services
B.Metered services
Whenever you reboot your domain controller, you notice it takes a very long time to boot up. As the server is booting, you hear noises that sound like a steady series of clicks coming from the hard drive. Which of the following is the BEST action to help speed up the boot time of the server?
A.Defragment the hard drive
B.Terminate processes in the Task Manager
C.Perform a Disk Cleanup
D.Remove unnecessary applications from startup
A.Defragment the hard drive
You want to boot from a removable USB device to troubleshoot your Windows 10 laptop. During your rebooting of the machine, which key should you press to enter the boot order menu?
A.F8
B.F12
C.F11
D.Command + R
B.F12
Samuel is building a backup file server, and he wants to ensure that he can minimize downtime. Which of the following considerations should be MOST important when choosing a storage controller card for this server?
A.Support for at least 100 TB of connected storage
B.Support for the fastest speed available
C.Providing the least expensive option available
D.Support for hot-swappable drive
D.Support for hot-swappable drive
Which of the following parts is responsible for converting the analog signals created by your tapping or swiping the surface of a display to a binary signal that is understood by the underlying software?
A.Backlight
B.Digitizer
C.Capacitor
D.Inverter
B.Digitizer
Which of the following devices is installed in a communication closet to connect network wall jacks to a network switch using pre-wired RJ-45 ports?
A.Access point
B.Router
C.Patch panel
D.Hub
C.Patch panel
Eduardo’s laptop is shutting down intermittently. Sometimes, the laptop will work for 20 minutes before shutting itself down, and other times it can work for 90 minutes before shutting itself down. He noticed that if he is doing more processor-intensive work such as video editing, the laptop will shut down more quickly than if he is doing simple word processing tasks. A technician examines the laptop and does not smell any unusual odors coming from it. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the laptop to intermittently shut down?
A.The laptop’s battery connection is loose
B.The laptop’s CMOS battery has failed
C.The laptop has inadequate airflow and is overheating
D.The laptop’s motherboard has a swollen capacitor
C.The laptop has inadequate airflow and is overheating
Which of the following BEST describes how a DHCP reservation works?
A.By leasing a set of reserved IP addresses according to their category
B.By assigning options to the computers on the network by priority
C.By matching a MAC address to an IP address within the DHCP
D.By letting the network switch assign IP addresses from a reserved pool
C.By matching a MAC address to an IP address within the DHCP
Which of the following metrics should you consider to compare the performance of an SSD or HDD?
A.Latency
B.Bandwidth
C.IOPS
D.Seek time
C.IOPS
You have been asked to replace the wireless 802.11ac card in an employee’s laptop.
Which of the following types of expansion cards is this?
A.miniPCIe
B.PCIe
C.SODIMM
D.NVMe
A.miniPCIe
Which of the following is a connection-oriented protocol that utilizes TCP?
A.SNMP
B.SSH
C.TFTP
D.DHCP
B.SSH
A technician at Dion Training is troubleshooting an issue with a workstation. The technician believes that the motherboard needs to be replaced based on the symptoms they observed. Which of the following symptoms did the technician likely observe to lead them to this conclusion?
A.Continuous reboot
B.Incorrect date/time on the workstation
C.Burning smell
D.Distended capacitors
D.Distended capacitors
You just installed an SSD into a laptop to increase the storage speed of the device. Which of the following should you configure to increase the lifespan of the newly installed SSD?
A.Disable regularly scheduled defragmentation of the SSD
B.Disable memory caching on the SSD
C.Enable the power-saved mode of the SSD
D.Enable the paging file within the operating system
A.Disable regularly scheduled defragmentation of the SSD
Jason, a computer technician, is troubleshooting a motherboard. He has determined that the motherboard needs to be replaced in the laptop. Which of the following next step should be performed next? (Choose TWO)
A.Disconect laptop keyboard before disconnecting the battery
B.Use portable power drive to remove screws
C.Documentation of all screws and locations
D.Read owners’ manual for procedures and steps to avoid breaking the warranty
C.Documentation of all screws and locations
D.Read owners’ manual for procedures and steps to avoid breaking the warranty
A customer is complaining that their printer has begun to fade. While questioning the customer, you found out that they bought the laser printer about 11 months ago, have never performed any maintenance, and have only added more paper to it when it runs out. When checking the page counter, you identified that they had printed over 3,000 pages. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the fading?
A.Replace the drum
B.Verify the charge of the corona wire
C.Adjust paper print tray height
D.Replace the toner cartridge
D.Replace the toner cartridge
Your cellular carrier allows you to turn on a feature on your smartphone so that you can share its internet connection with other devices close to your smartphone. If you wanted to share the internet connection with multiple devices simultaneously, which feature would you enable?
A.NFC
B.Mobile hotspot
C.Tethering
D.Bluetooth
B.Mobile hotspot
Which of the following types of servers should you configure to accept requests through HTTP or HTTPS and provide resources back to the requester?
A.DHCP server
B.Web server
C.File server
D.Print server
B.Web server
A customer complains that their smartphone is hot to the touch when charging and their rubber phone case no longer fits it properly. What should you do?
A.Let the smartphone cool down for a few hours and try to recharge it again
B.Put the phone under a heavy textbook to reshape the battery
C.Open the battery meter app to see what is placing a large load on the battery
D.Turn off the phone, do not plug into the wall outlet, and replace the battery
D.Turn off the phone, do not plug into the wall outlet, and replace the battery
The accounting department has been relocated to a new area of the building, which is more than 70 meters away from the closest IDF. To comply with an SLA that requires that 10Gb speeds be provided, what type of media should be installed?
A.CAT 5e
B.802.11ac
C.CAT 6a
D.802.11n
C.CAT 6a
You are working as a laptop repair technician. You just received a laptop that was reported to have a glass of water spilled on it. You want to examine the components in the laptop to begin troubleshooting it. What are the first steps you should take as part of your troubleshooting process?
A.Watch a YouTube video for tutorials on how to fix this model laptop
B.Remove the external casing of the laptop and document the screw locations
C.Consult your coworkers for suggestion and advice
D.Submerge the laptop in a large bowl of rice to fully dry out the inner components
B.Remove the external casing of the laptop and document the screw locations
Which of the following form factors of storage devices are NOT used in laptops?
A.1.8”
B.2.5”
C.3.5”
D.M.2
C.3.5”
Dion Training’s file server uses a RAID 5 for its main data store. Recently, the RAID began flashing from green to yellow. Additionally, an alert was received that stated, “RAID ARRAY DISK1 FAILURE”. Unfortunately, the company no longer has any spare 1 TB, 5400 RPM Seagate drives, so a technician replaces DISK1 with a 1 TB, 7200 RPM Western Digital drive. When the technician attempts to rebuild the array, the drive stays in degraded operation and continues to alert that “RAID ARRAY DISK1 FAILURE” is occurring. What is the most likely cause of this issue?
A.Incorrect SCSI ID set
B.The HDD is incompatible
C.Bad SATA cable
D.The new drive is not formatted as FAT32
B.The HDD is incompatible
You have just set up a Minecraft server on a spare computer within your network and want your friends to connect to it over the internet. What do you need to configure in your SOHO router to allow your friends to connect to the new Minecraft server you created?
A.Enable DHCP
B.Configure your Wi-Fi to use Channel 11
C.Update the firmware
D.Configure post forwarding
D.Configure post forwarding
Which of the following protocols operates over port 139 by default?
A.NetBIOS
B.HTTPS
C.SMB
D.IMAP
A.NetBIOS