Exam 1: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 1

A network administrator is attempting to access the firewall while inside the datacenter. Which of the following peripherals must be connected to do so?

Which of the following wireless standards is only capable of 5GHz frequencies?

A developer wants to add a Windows 10 64-bit VM with the minimum system requirements to a virtual host workstation. The virtual host is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and has 24GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, and a Gigabit Ethernet NIC with Cat 5e cabling. The current configuration of VMs is as follows: Windows 7 VM with 4GB RAM and 200GB HDD Linux VM with 16GB RAM and 200GB HDD Linux VM with 2GB RAM and 100GB HDD Which of the following should the technician recommend to the developer FIRST?

A technician is buying a PC 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?

A technician is dispatched to troubleshoot a slow performance issue on a PC. Upon arrival, the technician immediately opens Task Manager and sees that CPU and RAM performance are within normal ranges. The technician then checks and verifies the speed and duplex settings and performance on the network card. The technician then temporarily disables the antivirus to see if performance is affected, and it is not. After re-enabling the antivirus, which of the following is the NEXT best stop for the technician to take?

A technician has built a custom workstation for an end user. The end user reports that the workstation ran for a few minutes and then crashed. When the user subsequently boots the workstation, it crashes much more quickly. Which of the following did the technician forget to do when building the workstation?

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 problem?

A user needs access to a shared mailbox inside the mobile mail application through the company's cloud-based email service. Which of the following protocols is required to make this possible?

Ann, a user, needs to attend several day-long conferences and wants to ensure her mobile device will have enough power for these events. She is concerned about wall outlet availability at the conferences and needs to continuously use her device for important updates. Which of the following should a technician recommend to BEST accommodate Ann's needs?

A user received a new workstation but is unable to print successfully to the shared network printer. Other users are able to print without issues. Some recent OS updates were applied to the workstation, and all other services are working fine. The technician checks the printer's properties and notices it is configured for LPT1. Which of the following should be performed NEXT to troubleshoot the issue?

A technician needs to run cabling from the patch panel to a new breakout box. Which of the following should the technician use to connect the cable to the jack at both the new location and the patch panel in the network wiring closet?

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. Following best practice methodologies, which of the following should the technician perform NEXT to resolve the problem?

A technician is troubleshooting a corporate Windows PC that has a distorted image on the monitor. The user states the PC was working fine yesterday. Other computers are having the same issue. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?

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? (Choose two.)

Which of the following explains how a cloud computing provider is able to provide scalable services to several different clients?

A technician needs to connect a user to a network share on the server. Which of the following ports should the technician allow through the firewall?

A user is no longer able to browse the Internet after returning from vacation. The user is able to log in and navigate to the local intranet, but not to any outside sites. A technician pings a well-known website by name but gets no reply. The technician then pings its IP address and gets a reply. Which of the following commands will MOST likely resolve the issue?

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 technician is setting up a BYOD smartphone to access corporate collaborative resources. Which of the following will MOST likely be synchronized to the corporate network? (Choose two.)

A customer wants to purchase a new home computer. The machine will mainly be used for Internet browsing and streaming video, except on weekends when the customer's son will use it to play games with friends. Which of the following should the technician focus on to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)