CompTIA CompTIA Certifications 220-1001 Questions & Answers

• Question 681:

  A user brings in an older laptop to the help desk and reports issues with the keyboard. Upon inspection, the technician does not see any external damage but notices that many keystrokes do not register in a word processor. The laptop works fine when the technician tests it with an external keyboard. Which of the following actions would MOST likely resolve the issue?

  A. Disable the Sticky Keys feature

  B. Clean the keyboard

  C. Reset the BIOS settings to default

  D. Charge the laptop

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 682:

  A customer wants to synchronize mobile data but is concerned that it might be readily available to other devices no matter the location. Which of the following is the BEST method for the customer to use?

  A. BD-R

  B. Cloud

  C. SD card

  D. External HDD

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 683:

  A company's IT department frequently needs to work on several machines at once. The department wants to increase productivity by allowing a single mouse, keyboard, and monitor to instantly shift between one of eight computers on a workbench. Which of the following would BEST facilitate this approach?

  A. KVM switch

  B. Docking station

  C. USB and HDMI extension cables

  D. Bluetooth-enabled peripherals

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch

• Question 684:

  A technician needs to convert an existing workstation to host several virtual test computers and servers. Which of the following must be installed and configured on the workstation before any virtual computers can be installed?

  A. Terminal emulator

  B. Hypervisor

  C. Remote desktop

  D. Guest OS

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/it-ops/what-is-hypervisor#:~:text=These%20hypervisors%20are%20run%20as,system%20to%20do%20its%20work

• Question 685:

  A user's laptop is making a loud clicking noise, and the battery life is shorter than expected. Which of the following storage options would a technician MOST likely install to address the user's issues?

  A. MicroSD

  B. 15,000rpm HDD

  C. SAS SSD

  D. SATA SSD

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 686:

  A technician is implementing a SOHO wireless solution with three access points. Which of the following actions would avoid high latency?

  A. Enabling and configuring a 5GHz antenna

  B. Configuring separate IP ranges

  C. Enabling multiple SSIDs

  D. Configuring all devices with different channels

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 687:

  An engineer is experiencing unexpected reboots on a graphics workstation when rendering complex 3-D models. The workstation is configured with a 115V power supply that is rated at 200W and connected to a UPS. The central processing unit contains 16 hyperthreaded cores, and a discrete graphics solution utilizing an 8-pin power connector is installed in a PCI Express x16 slot. Which of the following indicates where the technician should begin troubleshooting?

  A. The UPS, as 115V is insufficient for the configuration and should be increased to 220V

  B. The power supply, as 200W is insufficient when the GPU is heavily tasked

  C. The graphics card, as it is the component that triggers the unexpected reboots

  D. The motherboard, as only standard PCI slots should be used for high-end graphics cards, not PCI Express slots

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 688:

  An IT manager is requesting that the company buy new cables to be used with F-type connectors that are already in-house. Which of the following cables should the company buy?

  A. Coaxial

  B. Plenum

  C. Cat 5e

  D. Fiber

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector

• Question 689:

  A technician deployed a new computer and patched the unit to the data jack. However, no Ethernet connection is detected. The technician suspects the patch panel is incorrectly numbered. Which of the following tools will the technician MOST likely use to locate the jack on the patch panel?

  A. A multimeter

  B. A tone generator and a probe

  C. A loopback plug

  D. A cable tester

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 690:

  A technician for a cable provider is setting up high-speed Internet service at a residential customer's home. The type of cabling the technician will use to connect from the outside pole into the customer's home is MOST likely:

  A. coaxial.

  B. plenum.

  C. Cat 5e.

  D. STP.

  Correct Answer: A