CompTIA CompTIA A+ 220-801 Questions & Answers

• Question 431:

  A customer has purchased a 1TB internal hard drive. The customer would like to have it installed as a data drive in their existing system. The technician discovers there is no spare power supply connector for the new hard drive. Which of the following would enable the technician to EASILY accomplish the task? (Select TWO).

  A. Replace the existing hard drive.

  B. Replace the power supply.

  C. Remove the floppy disk.

  D. Remove the CD-ROM.

  E. Split an existing power connection.

  Correct Answer: DE

• Question 432:

  Which of the following memory types is MOST commonly found in Pentium 4 class and newer desktop PCs?

  A. SIMM

  B. RAMBUS

  C. SODIMM

  D. DIMM

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 433:

  A laptop's wireless card shows up in the Device Manager, but the signal strength is always one bar. This is caused by which of the following?

  A. The signal is disabled in the wireless utility

  B. Disconnected or broken antenna

  C. Disconnected or broken inverter

  D. The wireless switch is turned off

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 434:

  A first time PC owner drops off their brand new PC for service, reporting that it is slow and the memory should be 12GB according to the box but only reports 4GB. The RAM voltage was set improperly; one chip needed to be reseated and the BIOS had to be set to use the triple channel architecture. When picking up the PC the customer asks what was wrong.

  Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate response for this customer?

  A. "Your PC's memory was installed incorrectly. I removed it and put it back in.Additionally the XMP profile needed to be adjusted for TCA."

  B. "It was very complicated and technical in nature. If you do not mess with the settings, it should be fine from now on."

  C. "You had the DDR3-1600 set up wrong; you set it for 1.5v and single channel."

  D. "The PC's memory, or RAM, needed to have the correct settings applied to be utilized correctly. It should work fine now."

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 435:

  A common method of accessing computers remotely that uses port 23 is known as?

  A. LDAP

  B. RDP

  C. Telnet

  D. FTP

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference. http://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=23

• Question 436:

  Which of the following wireless transmission methods requires line of sight?

  A. Infrared

  B. RFID

  C. 802.11a

  D. Bluetooth

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/remote-control2.htm

• Question 437:

  Which of the following memory types has 184 pins?

  A. DDR3

  B. DDR

  C. SDRAM

  D. DDR2

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_type_of_memory_module_has_184_pins

• Question 438:

  Which of the following network types uses IrDA for communication?

  A. MAN

  B. WAN

  C. PAN

  D. LAM

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference. http://www.rfidc.com/docs/introductiontowireless_standards.htm

• Question 439:

  When a user's computer boots, a message shows that reads; "Alert! Cover previously removed." Which of the following was configured in the BIOS to cause this alert?

  A. Boot sequence

  B. Date/time clock settings

  C. Intrusion detection

  D. Virtualization support

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 440:

  Which of the following would be an example of prohibited content?

  A. Third party proxy sites

  B. Malicious cookie

  C. Detected virus

  D. Unwanted pop-up

  Correct Answer: D