Updated CompTIA A 220-1001 Test Questions Killtest V17.02

2. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 1.A technician needs to configure a high-end workstation with four hard drives for redundancy. The customer wants the end result to have the highest capacity possible but still have the ability to survive a drive failure. Which of the following RAID levels should the technician configure to accomplish this? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 10 Answer: D 2.A user is configuring a mobile device to retrieve email from an ISP In the process of verifying the connection, the user receives a message stating the outbound connection cannot be completed. Which of the following BEST describes the user's connection trouble? A. SMTP port numbers need to be reconfigured B. An alternate IMAP server needs to be selected. C. POP3 needs the SSL state reconfigured. D. The user needs to connect using SNMP Answer: A 3.A technician is troubleshooting a network that is experiencing inconsistent connections through one of the network drops in the board room. The technician wants to verify the integrity of the network run but needs to identify which cable comes from the board room. However, none of the network connections in the network room are labeled. Which of the following are the BEST tools for the technician to use to identify the correct network run to troubleshoot? (Choose two.) A. Cable stripper B. Cable tester C. Tone generator D. WiFi analyzer E. Multimeter F. Probe Answer: B,E 4.A technician is selecting a projector for a conference room that always has a significant amount of light due to the building design. Which of the following is the MOST Important property In this case? A. Resolution B. Lumen output C. Keystone D. Contrast Answer: D 5.Which of the following connectors would MOST likely be found on an RG-6 cable? A. Molex 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 2 / 12

3. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. B. DB9 C. BNC D. RJ45 Answer: C 6.Which of the following server roles would be used to host mapped drives on a corporate network? A. Webserver B. File server C. DNS server D. Mail server Answer: B 7.A SOHO wants to reduce printing costs. Which of the following forced configurations would BEST accomplish this goal? A. Duplex printing B. Portrait orientation C. Decreased resolution D. Forced collating Answer: A 8.The touch-screen feature on a Windows device has stopped working. Which of the following should the technician check FIRST? A. Device Manager B. Performance Monitor C. System configuration D. Digitizer settings Answer: D 9.An office has a network that has all computers connected to two switches. The switches are connected with a fiber cable. The computers and switches are all located in the same building. Which of the following network types does this describe? A. WAN B. PAN C. LAN D. MAN Answer: C 10.A technician is setting up a WiFi-enabled thermostat for a customer, but the customer is concerned about IoT devices getting hacked. Which of the following BEST address the customer’s concerns? (Choose two.) A. Use the latest encryption standard on the wireless network and set a strong password. B. Enable two-factor authentication for the IoT device’s cloud account, if it is available. C. Separate the IoT thermostat by segregating it in a DMZ network. D. Disable wireless access on the thermostat to make it unshakable. 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 3 / 12

4. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. E. Upgrade the customer’s router to the latest version to improve network security. F. Upgrade the customer’s wireless network encryption to WPA. Answer: A,B 11.Which of the following would MOST likely be used 10 assign a permanent address to a host on a network using dynamic IP addresses? A. DHCP reservation B. Static IP address C. MAC filtering D. APIPA Answer: A 12.After replacing a failed mother board in a user’s computer, the technician receives a report that the computer is behaving erratically. The user states the computer shuts down randomly throughout the day and freezes frequently. The technician performs a memory diagnostic, and it reports no issues. Which of the following should the technician check NEXT in troubleshooting this issue? A. Reseat the memory and reset the BIOS to default settings B. Add heat sinks to each installed memory module C. Enable overclocking functionality in the BIOS D. Ensure all case fans are plugged in and working Answer: D 13.Users all over campus are calling the help desk to report issues connecting to the Internet. The help desk follows a script to ask questions about their issues. All the users answer the questions similarly A help desk technician confirms no environmental changes have taken place and is currently looking through multiple system and application logs. Which of the following steps in the troubleshooting methodology is the technician currently performing? A. Testing the theory to determine cause B. Identifying the problem C. Documenting findings actions, and outcomes D. Establishing a plan of action to resolve the issue Answer: B 14.A customer travels often and needs to connect a laptop to the home office server. The customer wants to use a cell phone data connection but has connected to the wrong network in the past. Which of the following would work BEST to ensure a secure connection through the cell phone? A. Bluetooth with PIN B. Tethering with USB C. Hotspot with WPA D. Public WiFi with password Answer: C 15.Ann, a user, has been unable to print Jo the network printer. While attempting to print a document, she noticed the printer was turned off. She then turned the printer on but still could not print. 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 4 / 12

5. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. The technician who Is assisting Ann asks If she rebooted her PC. but Ann says she did not have time due to a meeting. Other users who arrived to work after her are able to print successfully. The technician looks at Ann's workstation and sees the printer is grayed out. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. The print queue is backed up and needs to be cleaned out. B. DHCP has assigned a new IP address to the printer. C. The printer is appearing as offline and needs to be set as online. D. A duplicate IP address Is conflicting with the printer's IP. Answer: B 16.The IT department recently upgrade client computer for the graphics department. A user reports the new computer has not worked since up. It , makes unusual sound when pressing the power button. A technician verifies the power cable works and the computer is connected properly to both data and power. The monitor powers on but display the message NO source. Which of the following BEST explains the cause of this problem? A. There is insufficient power to the computer B. There is back screen on system boot. C. The computer is overheating. D. The error beep codes on POST. Answer: A 17.A technician is installing an optical drive in an engineering workstation that allows for optical media backups up to 128GB for each project. Which of the following doves should the technician install in the workstation? A. DVR-RW DL B. BD-R C. LTO-2 D. CD-RW Answer: B 18.An engineering company is experiencing issues When accessing multi-gigabyte files from their local drives. It can take a very long time to access the files but once they are opened speeds are acceptable. Which of the following recommendations will a technician MOST likely make? A. Install SSDs in the machines B. Add a NIC to support 1Gbps C. Upgrade the RAM to a higher speed D. Replace the current processors with higher clock-rate CPUs Answer: A 19.A user’s personal laptop has been behaving erratically for the past month. Today, however, the user cannot perform any work on the laptop, as the device locks up immediately after logging on. Believing the issue to be a malware infection, a technician takes the laptop back to the workbench for additional tests and diagnostics. A full-system malware scan returns inconclusive results. The user reports only new software installations have been made to the laptop. 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 5 / 12

6. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. Following best practice methodologies, which of the following should the technician perform NEXT to resolve the problem? A. Uninstall the new software applications B. Document the findings and report them to the user C. Do a full backup of the system data D. Perform a format and System Restore Answer: C 20.Which of the following networking protocols would be BEST track packages through a sorting facility? A. RFID B. NFC C. Bluetooth D. Zigbee Answer: D 21.A technician Installs a new PoE-capable wireless access point using a 200ft (61m) cable, but the access point does not power on when plugged Into the Ethernet cable. The technician verifies the Ethernet cable Is plugged Into a working switchport. Which of the following should the technician do to resolve this issue? A. Relocate the AP closer to the switch. B. Replace the Ethernet cable with Cat 3. C. Set the switchport to autonegotiate. D. Install a power injector. Answer: C 22.A user reports being unable to browse the Internet. A technician believes the cause of the issue is related to DNS. Which of the following should the technician perform NEXT? A. Test the theory by attempting to browse to a website’s known IP address. B. Implement preventive measures by manually assigning a DNS server to the PC. C. Identify the problem by running the command ipconfig /flushdns. D. Document the findings in the organization’s local knowledge base. Answer: A 23.A user is not receiving emails on a laptop. A technician is able to send emails using the local client, however no new emails are being received. The POP3 and SMTP settings in the corporate email configuration look correct. The technician notices a new antivirus program was installed on the machine recently. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the program? A. The POP3 port is being blocked B. The email password stored is incorrect C. The user needs to enable TLS D. The user is not connected to the internet Answer: A 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 6 / 12

7. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 24.A user primed a report on a workgroup inkjet printer, but the pages have smeared Ink on them. Which of the following should a technician check FIRST to address this Issue? A. if the print quality setting is set to best B. If there is no debris In the paper path C. If the correct media type is selected D. If the print heads are calibrated Answer: B 25.While on an airplane, a user wants to use wireless headphones to listen to music that is stored on a smartphone. Which of the following should the traveler perform to use the headphones? A. Enable WIFI. B. Enable Bluetooth. C. Disable NFC. D. Enable a hotspot. Answer: A 26.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 OS’s 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 recommended to BEST meet the customer’s requirement? A. Purchase a number of low-cost devices, installing the required Oss and applications on each one. Use separate machines for each testing environment. B. Purchase a high-end system meeting the hardware requirements for all of the individual Oss and applications. Configure a VM for each testing environment. C. Purchase one computer and create images for each computer configuration and OS. Re-image the machine for each testing environment. D. Purchase a number of computers, installing a VM on each one. Configure each VM with an OS for the testing environment. Answer: B 27.A workstation has RAID 1 and RAID 5 arrays. Although performance is not degraded, management software is reporting a hard disk failure. Which of the following should a technician do NEXT? A. Check one of the RAID 1 disks for failure B. Rebuild the RAID 1 disks for failure C. Check one of the RAID 5 disks for failure D. Rebuild the RAID 5 array Answer: C 28.An administrator is configuring a virtualization workstation that will host several mission-critical VMs for the human resources department The workstation will be required to support multiple users at once, and 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 7 / 12

8. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. large amounts of data will be accessed daily. Which of the following components will BEST meet these requirements? (Select THREE). A. Quad-core CPU B. Solid-state drives C. Additional RAM D. Redundant PSUs E. RAID 0 array F. High-end GPU G. RAID 6 array Answer: A,B,C 29.After setting up a DHCP server and a DNS server a technician would like to centralize all of the events generated by the two servers so they can be viewed in one dashboard. Which of the following is a data source used to populate the dashboard? A. Netstat B. Host file C. Perfmon D. Syslog Answer: B 30.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? A. ISDN B. DSL C. Fiber D. Cable Answer: B 31.A user wants to do weekly full-system backups on a laptop while minimizing the time required to perform the task. Which of the following would be BEST to use? A. Thunderbolt 2 B. USB 3.1 C. 802.11ac D. 802.3ab Answer: A 32.A technician is building a new PC and needs to install RAM. The motherboard has four slots, which are grouped in pairs. Which of the following types of RAM would be MOST appropriate? A. Single channel B. Dual channel C. Triple channel D. Quad channel 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 8 / 12

9. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. Answer: B 33.Which of the following cloud models would MOST likely be described as a service in which the customer has no responsibility for application patching? A. IaaS B. SaaS C. Private cloud D. PaaS Answer: B 34.Which of the following connector types would MOST likely be used to charge a laptop computer? A. RJ45 B. USB-C C. eSATA D. Lightning Answer: D 35.A technician wants the number of virtual machines hosting a web application in the public cloud environment to scale based on real-time traffic on the website. Which of the following should the technician configure? A. Resource pooling B. Rapid elasticity C. Measured service D. High availability Answer: B 36.After upgrading a smartphone’s OS, Joe, a user, reports the smartphone no longer connects to his automobile automatically when near it, Joe, restarts the smartphone, but the problem persists. Which of the following should a technician do NEXT to restore the previous functionality? A. Connect the smartphone to the automobile via USB B. Reenable the smartphone’s Bluetooth radio C. Perform a rollback of the smartphone’s OS D. Pair the smartphone with the automobile Answer: B 37.A technician is building a new PC and needs !o install RAM. The motherboard has four slots, which are grouped in pairs. Which of the following types of RAM would be MOST appropriate'? A. Single channel B. Dual channel C. Triple channel D. Quad channel Answer: B 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 9 / 12

10. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 38.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? A. MicroSD B. 15K rpm C. NVMe D. USB flash Answer: C 39.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? A. Tethering B. Near field communication C. Wireless LAN D. Virtual private network Answer: A 40.A technician is configuring a new desktop and wants to implement lull disk encryption. When attempting this task, the technician gets an error staling the device cannot be encrypted. Which of the following does the technician need to enable so the drive can be encrypted? A. BIOS B. TPM C. EFS D. UEFI Answer: B 41.A computer that had been running properly for about three years no longer boots A technician observes the computer attempts to pass POST but it beeps three times before crashing. The computer then attempts to boot again and repeats the process. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the problem? A. Mismatched memory speed type B. Improperly seated memory modules C. Malfunctioning memory modules D. Incorrect memory type installed Answer: B 42.Which of the following connectors would be used to connect the cable leading to the power supply to an IDE hard disk drive? A. SCSI B. Lightning C. BNC D. Molex Answer: D 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 10 / 12

11. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. 43.A business owner wants to filter objectionable content from being accessed with an internet browser. Which of the following network devices would be BEST suited for this task? A. IPS B. Web server C. Firewall D. Proxy server Answer: D 44.Which of the following is a common use tor NAT? A. Automatically assigning network addresses B. Hiding the network portion of an IPv4 address C. Connecting multiple devices through a single public IP address D. Resolving alphanumeric names to addresses Answer: A 45.A user is unable to print to a printer on the network. When a technician runs the ping command, the technician receives a response. However, the hostname is correct when the technician runs the nslookup command. Which of the following BEST describes the issue the technician is seeing? A. A missing subnet mask B. An IP address conflict C. An incorrect default gateway D. A DHCP timeout Answer: B 46.Company management wants to be able to give users the ability to work remotely during periods of bad weather. Which of the following should be enabled to allow the workforce to do this? A. NAT B. VLAN C. VPN D. HIPS Answer: C 47.A user wants to build a new home computer that will be used exclusively for the latest offline games. The user consults with a technician on the best hardware to purchase. The user has already picked out the CPU, GPU. RAM, and motherboard, but is unsure what else is important to achieve top performance. Which of the following should the technician suggest? (Select TWO). A. IDE connectors B. PCIe slots C. TPM unit D. Liquid cooling E. Gigabit NIC 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 11 / 12

12. The safer , easier way to help you pass any IT exams. F. Thermal paste G. Visualization Answer: B,F 48.Which of the following explains how a cloud computing provider is able to provide scalable services to several different clients? A. Synchronization B. Measured service C. Resource pooling D. On demand Answer: A 49.A company wants to purchase new equipment for its help desk team. Team members work in a 24/7 environment and share desks with coworkers from other shifts. The company already has dual monitors set up on each desk but decides replacing the existing desktops with laptops would be the best business decision to support the mobility needs. Which of the following laptop features or accessories would be BEST suited for this business environment? A. KVM B. VPN C. Privacy filters D. Docking stations E. Port replicators Answer: D 50.A technician would like to install an internal storage drive for a computer. Which of the following cable connectors would MOST likely be used to transfer data? (Select TWO). A. USB-C B. IDE C. SATA D. USB-A E. Motex F. Lightning Answer: B,C 220-1001 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Questions Killtest 12 / 12