Exam 1: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 1

A business owner wants to provide security to laptop users with the ability to charge their devices, access corporate LAN resources, and allow for a variety of their removable hardware. Which of the following devices would BEST meet the owner's needs?

Which of the following devices can be used to connect multiple devices within a network without broadcasting to every network port?

A technician is setting up a VM to house a legacy application that is used to control the swipe-style card readers for a company's entrance doors. The application needs to be able to access all locations on the WAN. Which of the following requirements is the MOST important to configure properly on the VM?

A user brings a Windows laptop into the office and connects it to a wireless network. Upon connecting to the network, the user is prompted to select whether the network is a home, work, or public network. The user selects the work profile and is able to access the Internet but cannot access office network resources. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?

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?

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? (Select two.)

A technician is installing virtualization software on the company developer's desktop. The developer will need to run several VMs simultaneously. The system is loaded with the Windows 10 OS and has the following specifications: i5 quad-core processor 4GB of RAM 256GB SSD Which of the following should the technician upgrade on the system FIRST to meet the developer's requirements?

An end user is building a small home media server. The user wants to be able to add and remove hard drives without powering down the server. Which of the following should be enabled to allow for this?

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 running RAID 5. Which of the following RAID solutions should be implemented in this scenario?

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.)

A user notices a laser printer is picking up multiple sheets of paper from one of its paper trays. The problem started last week and has gotten worse. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this problem?