220-1201 CompTIA A+ Core 1 Exam Free Dumps

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To earn CompTIA A+ certification, you can choose to take the new Core 1 220-1201 exam (new upgrade test of 220-1101). Learning CompTIA A+ 220-1201 exam information is a required step in your preparation. There are maximum of 90 Multiple choice questions (single and multiple response), drag and drops and performance-based questions in real 220-1201 Core 1 exam, and you have 90 minutes to answer all the questions. The required passing score is 675 (on a scale of 900). We provide the latest CompTIA A+ 220-1201 Core 1 exam dumps, which can ensure you pass the test easily. Practice free CompTIA A+ 220-1201 Core 1 exam dumps below.

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1. Which of the following should a technician use to terminate a Cat 6 cable to a patch panel?

Punchdown tool

Crimper

Toner probe

Network tap

2. Which of the following DNS record types is used to direct email to a mail server?

CNAME

SRV

SOA

3. Which of the following cable types can be used to transfer data and video?

USB-C

HDMI

DisplayPort

VGA

4. A recently installed printer is incorrectly aligning printed documents.

Which of the following should the technician do first to fix this issue?

A. Run the maintenance application.

B. Clean the rollers

C. Upgrade the firmware

D. Reinstall the drivers

5. A user brings a laptop to work every morning, correctly seats it in the docking station and then opens the laptop to begin work with no issues After the user left the laptop at home during a two-week vacation the laptop is no longer working. Upon returning to the office, the user reports that the keyboard and display are no longer working.

Which of the following should the technician ask the user to do first?

A. Ensure the docking station is plugged in.

B. Press and release the laptop power button.

C. Plug the laptop in and let it charge overnight

D. Connect the laptop directly to the network.

6. A security team wants to implement compliance controls that only permits the installation of company-approved software on user laptops.

Which of the following should the IT department deploy?

EDR

VPN

MDM

SaaS

7. A user prints a spreadsheet in duplex mode. The spreadsheet is difficult to read because some of the columns spill onto the second side of the page.

Which of the following should the user do to prevent the issue but still print on both sides of the page?

Turn off duplex printing.

Try a smaller font size in the spreadsheet.

Change the page orientation.

Use a different print driver.

8. Which of the forming connector types would best suit a company that experiences a large volume of internet traffic?

USB 3.1

Quad-shielded RG11 coax

SATA3.0

Unshielded plenum RJ45

9. A customer reports their tablet was recently dropped on the ground. The tablet has a small crack in one corner of the display, and it does not charge when plugged in.

Which of the following should a technician do first?

Perform a hard restart.

Replace the battery

Inspect the USB-C port for damage

Run diagnostics on the digitizer

10. A user's wireless headset shows a "connected" status when turned on, but the Bluetooth list on the user's phone shows that the headset is "not connected.".

Which of the following should the technician do?

Enter the PI

Turn off Wi-Fi.

Re-pair the devices.

Enable Bluetooth.

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11. Which of the following devices is designed to monitor and filter incoming and outgoing network traffic?

Switch

Access point

Firewall

Hub

12. A user connects their laptop to a projector in a conference room. Once connected, the userreports the screen is smaller at the bottom than at the top. The user tries restarting the laptop and then disconnecting and reconnecting the cable to the projector.

Which of the following should a technician do to resolve the issue?

Replace the HDMI cable.

Power cycle the projector.

Adjust the keystone

Increase the resolution.

13. A user joins a conference call with a Bluetooth headset.

Which of the following has the user created?

A. MAN

B. PAN

C. SAN

D. WAN

14. A help desk technician inspects a laptop keyboard because a single key has stopped working. The technician checks the keyboard for debris.

Which of the following actions should the technician do next to troubleshoot the issue cost-effectively?

Replace the keyboard.

Replace the key switch

Replace the circuit board.

Replace the keycap

15. A technician needs to move a workstation to a different logical network segment.

Which of the following technologies should the technician use?

DHCP

VLAN

DNS

VPN

16. An end user's domain password expires while they are working from home. The end user tries to reset the password using Ctrl+Alt+Delete and then receives the following message:

Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine is unavailable or because access is denied.

Which of the following will resolve this issue?

Restart the computer.

Connect to the VP

Reset the account in Active Directory.

Join the Wi-Fi network.

17. A technician receives a tablet that looks like it has a bulge inside. The bulge is pushing the screen away from the backplate. The tablet still turns on when it is plugged in, but the screen looks damaged and turns off when unplugged.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

Malfunctioning power supply

Damaged charge port

Deprecated battery

Broken screen

18. Which of the following best characterizes the use of a virtual machine as a sandbox?

Run an application on multiple workstations without installation.

Explore how an application behaves in a different environment

Migrate a currently used legacy application from physical to virtual

Create a firewall where the sandbox acts as a perimeter network.

19. Which of the following services is used to allocate IP addresses in an enterprise-wide environment?

DNS

Syslog

Telnet

DHCP

20. A technician is replacing a failed power supply in a ten-year-old computer When installing the customer-provided power supply, the technician discovers the ATX connector would not plug into the motherboard. The customer wants a cost-effective solution.

Which of the following should the technician do next?

Adjust the input voltage.

Install a modular power supply.

Rebuild the failed power supply.

Use a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter.

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21. Which of the following involves installing an application on a server so several users can run the application concurrently without the need for local installation?

Client virtualization

Software as a service

Sandboxing

Embedded software

22. A technician wants to upgrade a computer to a new Windows version. The Windows Upgrade Advisor states that the computer is not compatible with the new Windows version due to a lack of TPM 2.0 support.

Which of the following should the technician do next?

Enable the module in the UEFI BIO

Install an HSM in the computer.

Perform a clean Install of the new Windows version.

Implement BitLocker on the computer.

23. A technician is troubleshooting a desktop PC that is plugged into a UPS. The PC loses the system date/time after every power outage.

Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the issue? (Select two).

Run a BIOS update.

Swap out the RA

Disable NTP in the O

Repair the backup power source.

Replace the CMOS battery

Install a surge protector.

24. A customer reports a problem connecting to network resources. After asking open-ended questions, the technician determines the issue likely exists on the remote server.

Which of the following should the technician do next?

Document the findings.

Test the theory

Gather information

Establish a plan of action

25. Which of the following is used primarily for archiving data?

PAN

MAN

SAN

LAN

WAN

26. An IT specialist compares Bluetooth and NFC technologies for mobile device connectivity.

Which of the following statements accurately describes a key difference between the two?

NFC is faster than Bluetooth when transferring large files between devices.

NFC consumes more power than Bluetooth, making it less suitable for devices in which battery conservation is crucial.

NFC requires pairing with the receiving host, whereas Bluetooth just needs the available connection.

NFC works best within a few centimeters, but Bluetooth can connect devices that are up to 32ft (10m) apart.

27. Each lime a user ties to print, the paper becomes stuck at the last stage of the print job and the user has to poll me paper out of the printer.

Which of the following is me most likely cause?

Rollers

Tray assembly

Toner

Printhead

28. Which of the following is an advantage of using a hybrid cloud instead of a public cloud?

Ability to reduce management overhead

Ability to use cross-platform virtualization

Ability to meet data residency requirements

Ability to leverage IaaS and PaaS

29. Which of the following types of connectors does an IDE hard drive use for power?

F type

Molex

Lightning

30. The display in a conference room has a ghost image that does not match the presentation

Which of the following would test resolve the issue?

A. Adjust the color settings.

B. Correct the keystone.

C. Increase the brightness levels

D. Replace the monitor.

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31. A salesperson is unable to use a personal device to access emails and calendar features at a client site but was able to use the device while at the office.

Which of the following policies has been enforced on the salesperson's mobile device?

MOW

MAN

MFA

MAM

32. A help desk technician needs to work on a high-volume printer. Users have reported occasional paper jams and smudges appearing on printed documents.

Which of the following steps should the technician do next to address these issues?

Perform a full factory reset.

Check and clean the rollers.

Change all the ink or toner cartridges.

Replace the fuser.

33. Which of the following is designed to be used in commercial spaces?

USB 3.1 Gen 2

Straight tip fiber connector

Plenum cabling

Cat 8

34. A technician needs to ensure all data communications on all network devices are encrypted when logging in to the console.

Which of the following protocols should the technician enable?

SSH

LDAP

FTPS

SMTP

35. Users are complaining that the audio from a presenter is choppy and unintelligible

Which of the following is causing the issue?

Webcam

Digitizer

inverter

Microphone

36. A technician is troubleshooting stylus issues on identical, company-provided tablets. Users can purchase their own accessories. Some users have no issues, but others report that their styluses charge intermittently and die frequently.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

Certain cases are causing charging issues.

The tablets need to be updated.

Some of the tablets have manufacturing defects.

The malfunctioning styluses need firmware updates.

37. A customer needs to install a new printer in their network. The customer reports that users had intermittent connectivity issues with previous printers.

Which of the following should the technician configure on the new printer to prevent this issue?

Gateway IP address

DHCP IP address

Static IP address

Public IP address

38. Which of the following cable types is the most suitable for delivering 10Gb speeds for distances over 328ft (100m) but under 1,312ft (400m)?

A. Multimode fiber

B. Single-mode fiber

C. Cat 6a

D. Cat 6

39. A company deploys server machines in a public cloud.

Which of the following cloud service models is this an example of?

Platform as a service

Anything as a service

Infrastructure as a service

Software as a service

40. An SAS RAID array has severely degraded and gone offline A systems administrator examines the syslog, and the point of failure is not obvious.

Which of the following techniques should the administrator use to identify the issue (Select two).

Run a magnet over each drive.

Check if one of the drives is not level

Listen for clicking and grinding noises

Check the OS logs

Update the RAID controller firmware.

Check the historical SMART data

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41. A technician is experimenting with network configurations and has connected two laptops to an unmanaged switch. The technician configured one of the laptops with a static IP address of 192.168.1.1 and the other with a static IP address of 192.168.2.2. The laptops are not communicating with each other.

Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this issue?

The technician needs to use a hub instead of a switch.

The wireless NICs are malfunctioning.

PoE interferes with intersubnet communication.

The laptops do not have access to a router.

42. Which of the following drive interfaces is typically used in server systems but not in home computers?

NVMe

SAS

SATA

PCIe

43. A user is receiving many unsolicited emails.

Which of the following controls can be configured to best reduce these types of emails?

Load balancer

Spam gateway

Mail forwarding

Proxy servers

44. A technician is troubleshooting a PoE phone that will not turn on. When a laptop is plugged directly into the switchport for the phone the technician sees a data link LED and activity.

Which of the following tools should the technician use to verify PoE availability to the phone?

A. Network tap

B. Cable tester

C. Loopback plug

D. Toner probe

45. A technician needs to select PC components with a minimal number of visible internal cables.

Which of the following should the technician use?

SATA drive connections

Liquid cooling

Modular power supply

Wireless NIC

220-1201 CompTIA A+ Core 1 Exam Free Dumps

220-1201 CompTIA A+ Core 1 Exam Free Dumps

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