CompTIA 220-1001 Practice 2021

NEW QUESTION 1
A company is concerned about security of sensitive data on a laptop a user frequently takes off-site Which of the following enables hardware encryption to secure user data?

• A. BIOS password
• B. Hibernation mode
• C. Trusted Platform Module
• D. Screen-saver lock

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 2
Laura, a customer, has instructed you to configure her home office wireless access point.
She plans to use the wireless network for finances and has requested that the network be setup with the highest encryption possible.
Additionally, Laura knows that her neighbors have wireless networks and wants to ensure that her network is not being interfered with by the other networks.
She requests that the default settings be changed to the following. Wireless Name: HomeWiFi
Shared Key: CompTIA Router Password: Secure$1
Finally, Laura wants to ensure that only her laptop and Smartphone can connect to the network. Laptop: IP Address 192.168.1.100
Hardware Address: 00:0A:BF:03:C4:54 Smartphone: IP Address 192.168.1.101 Hardware Address: 09:2C:D0:22:3F:11 INSTRUCTIONS
Configure Laura’s wireless network using the network adapter window.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the situation, please click the Reset All button.

• A. Mastered
• B. Not Mastered

Answer: A

Explanation:
See the explanation below

NEW QUESTION 3
A technician has been asked to fix a problem with a projector. The projector lamp turns off for brief periods during a demonstration. After the technician replaced the lamp, the problem continued with an added message that appears just before the lamp turns off. Which of the following MOST likely need to be performed? (Choose two.)

• A. Reset the lamp life counter
• B. Replace the cooling fan
• C. Adjust the brightness
• D. Update the laptop video driver
• E. Install a higher lumen lamp
• F. Change the video resolution

Answer: AB

NEW QUESTION 4
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?

• A. Separation pad
• B. Feed roller
• C. Registration roller
• D. Duplex assembly

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 5
A small business owner with a limited budget wants to host a company website and ERP applications in the cloud. Which of the following would be the BEST cloud model to accomplish this task?

• A. DaaS
• B. laaS
• C. PaaS
• D. SaaS

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
Ann, an accountant, reports that after turning on her new laptop, she received a message stating her IP address is already in use on the system. She tried going back to her old desktop, which she now only uses for email, but received the same message. The technician checks the account and sees a comment that Ann requires a special network setup to connect to the banking software. Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the issue?

• A. Remove the static IP configuration from the desktop.
• B. Set the laptop configuration to DHCP to prevent conflicts.
• C. Replace the network card in the laptop, as it may be defective.
• D. Bridge the LAN connection between the laptop and the desktop.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 7
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. CPU
• B. SSD
• C. NIC
• D. RAM

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
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. The user is still logged into another device.
• B. The user has set a static IP address.
• C. The user has moved to a different office.
• D. The user has wireless and wired connections.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 9
A company is using a high-speed impact printer to create invoices on multi-layer forms. The printing on the top copy looks OK, but the lower copies are almost unreadable. Which of the following parts is MOST likely causing the problem?

• A. Print head
• B. Ribbon
• C. Pickup rollers
• D. Tractor feed

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 10
Several company users are frequently forgetting passwords for their mobile devices and applications. Which of the following should the systems administrator do to reduce the number of help desk tickets
submitted?

• A. Implement single sign-on.
• B. Enable multifactor authentication.
• C. Configure biometric authentication.
• D. Remove complex password requirements.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 11
A systems administrator is configuring a server to host several virtual machines. The administrator configures the server and is ready to begin provisioning the virtual machines.
Which of the following features should the administrator utilize to complete the task?

• A. Hypervisor
• B. Disk management
• C. Terminal services
• D. Device Manager
• E. Virtual LAN

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 12
Multiple users report that the network printer, which is connected through the print server, is not printing. Which of the following should a technician do FIRST to remedy this situation?

• A. Replace the USB cable.
• B. Reinstall the drivers on users’ PCs.
• C. have users restart their PCs.
• D. Clear the print queue.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 13
A technician is replacing a broken screen on a new company laptop but does not have repair information from the vendor.
Which of the following is the BEST way to proceed?

• A. Document and label the cable and screw locations.
• B. Replace the screen with a non-OEM.
• C. Update the firmware on the device before repairing it.
• D. Wait for the vendor to provide more information.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 14
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of an IPv4 subnet mask?

• A. It defines where network and host bits exist
• B. It is used to find the default gateway on a LAN
• C. It gives users the ability to send and receive data.
• D. It allows the ability, when needed, to bridge subnets.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15
A customer’s workstation will not boot A technician runs diagnostics on the system and discovers it is set up in a RAID 0 configuration, and a single SATA hard drive failed. The system was set up for Performance. Once repaired the customer request redundancy be built into the system and an increase in performance. Which of the following describes how the technician should set up the new RAID configuration?

• A. RAID 1 configuration that will utilize new SSD.
• B. RAID 2 configuration that will allow the loss of a hard drive without failure.
• C. RAID 6 configuration that will allow the loss of two hard drives without failure.
• D. RAID 10 configuration utilizing HDD

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 16
Joe, a user, has purchased a new mobile device that uses a different OS than his previous one. Joe wants to copy his contacts and appointments from his corporate account without entering them manually.
Which of the following would be the BEST way for a technician to assist Joe?

• A. Log into the same email provider on the new device, and restore the contacts and dates.
• B. Create a Bluetooth connection between Joe’s devices, and copy his contacts and calendar.
• C. Back up the old mobile device to a PC, and import the contacts and schedule from the PC.
• D. Use NFC to transfer all compatible data from one device to the other.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 17
A customer wants to upgrade a PC’s internal storage to have more room to store backups, photos, and videos. The new storage should be large enough to avoid expanding again next year.
Which of the following BEST meets these needs?

• A. 3TB HDD
• B. 50GB NAS
• C. 500TB SAN
• D. 512GB SSD

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 18
Drag each mobile technology to the description of its use. Some answers will not be used.

• A. Mastered
• B. Not Mastered

Answer: A

Explanation:
1 – IR
2 – Bluetooth
3 – NFC
4 – Tethering

NEW QUESTION 19
A technician is troubleshooting a laptop/projector combination that is displaying artifacts on the screen. When a different laptop is connected to the projector, the image appears to be correct but is very dim.
Which of the following steps should the technician take to address these issues? (Choose two.)

• A. Update the video drivers on the laptop.
• B. Increase the projector contrast.
• C. Replace the original laptop.
• D. Change the aspect ratio on the projector.
• E. Replace the bulb in the projector.
• F. Modify the laptop’s display resolution.

Answer: BD

NEW QUESTION 20
An office has a network that has all computers connected to two switches. The switches are connected with a fiber cable. The computers and switches are all located in the same building. Which of the following network types does this describe?

• A. WAN
• B. PAN
• C. LAN
• D. MAN

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 21
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for a network PC to have an APIPA address?

• A. DHCP failure
• B. DNS resolution
• C. Duplicate IP address
• D. Cleared ARP cache

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 22
A technician is replacing an older video card with a new high-end video card in a workstation. The installation was successful, the new card seated properly, and power is connected. However, upon booting, the computer now emits several beeps and will not boot, but shows no error messages. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this issue?

• A. The BIOS is out-of-date
• B. The is not enough PSU output
• C. There is an onboard RAM mismatch
• D. GPU is overlocked
• E. The firmware is out-of-date

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 23
Which of the following networking protocols would be BEST track packages through a sorting facility?

• A. RFID
• B. NFC
• C. Bluetooth
• D. Zigbee

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 24
Which of the following adapters may suffer signal degradation or data loss due to conversion?

• A. DVI to HDMI
• B. HDMI to DisplayPort
• C. USB to Ethernet
• D. DVI-D to VGA

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 25
A technician is troubleshooting a WiFi issues with a laptop user in a corporate office. The user can connect to web pages without trouble; however, the user cannot connect to the email server or print a locally stored document to the network printer. The technician cannot ping the mail server or the network printer. No other users are experiencing this issue. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

• A. The laptop has an APIPA address
• B. The laptop is configured to the wrong default gateway
• C. The laptop is connected to the guest WiFi
• D. The laptop is configured with a static IP

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 26
Which of the following connector types in MOST appropriate to use to connect a SOHO cable modem to the ISP?

• A. DB-9
• B. RJ-45
• C. RG-59
• D. RS-232

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 27
A user is experiencing email problems and explains to a technician that all emails with graphics or images do not display the graphics.
Which of the following configurations would correct this behavior?

• A. Change the email settings in antivirus.
• B. Change the security settings of the email client.
• C. Change the firewall security settings.
• D. Change the email proxy settings.
• E. Change the trusted sites in the browser settings.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 28
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