SkillTestPro | CompTIA A+ Core 1 Practice Test 19

CompTIA A+ Core 1 Practice Test 19

CompTIA A+ Core 1 Quizzes

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A technician is setting up VR gaming. Which component is most important?

GPU

Optical drive

Sound card

Thermal paste

Printer driver

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A user wants to transfer large files between Windows and macOS. Which file system should they use?

NTFS

exFAT

HFS+

EXT4

FAT32

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A PC displays the error "BOOTMGR is missing." What is the best troubleshooting step?

Update the graphics driver

Enable Wake-on-LAN

Reset the CMOS battery

Boot into recovery mode and run startup repair

Disable Windows Defender

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A technician needs to install Windows 11 on a PC but the installer says "This PC does not meet requirements." What is the most likely cause?

DNS settings are incorrect

TPM 2.0 is not enabled

Wi-Fi driver is missing

The monitor resolution is too low

The SSD is fragmented

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A user reports high disk usage even when idle. What should the technician check first?

Screen resolution settings

Printer queue status

Ethernet port speed

Windows Task Manager for background processes

Display driver version

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A technician is installing a second M.2 SSD but it is not recognized. What should they check first?

Keyboard firmware version

Wi-Fi signal strength

M.2 slot type (NVMe vs. SATA)

USB driver version

DHCP lease settings

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A user reports intermittent network disconnections on their PC. What should the technician check first?

Ethernet cable connection

Monitor refresh rate

RAM clock speed

Firewall rules

GPU drivers

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A technician is troubleshooting a laptop with no display output on an external monitor. What should they check first?

Display output mode (Duplicate/Extend)

BIOS boot order

Hard drive SMART status

Printer spooler settings

Windows Update history

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A technician is setting up a NAS device for a small office. What RAID configuration provides the best balance of speed and redundancy?

RAID 10

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD

RAID 50

10 / 20

A laptop's keyboard backlight is not working. What should the technician check first?

CPU temperature

Function key combination

Disk defragmentation status

Windows Event Viewer logs

Router DHCP lease time

11 / 20

A gaming PC is experiencing screen tearing. What setting should the user enable?

Secure Boot

Power-saving mode

V-Sync

DHCP

Overclocking

12 / 20

A technician is troubleshooting a PC that randomly restarts. What hardware component is most likely failing?

Sound card

Optical drive

Power supply unit (PSU)

Network adapter

Wi-Fi antenna

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A user reports that their external USB drive disconnects randomly from their PC. What is the most likely cause?

Incorrect BIOS boot order

Display driver corruption

Low printer ink levels

Insufficient USB power delivery

Overclocking settings

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A user wants to set up a dual-boot system with Windows 11 and Linux. What disk format should they use?

GPT

NTFS

FAT32

exFAT

HFS+

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A technician replaces a failing laptop battery, but the new battery does not charge. What should they check first?

Reseat the RAM modules

Ensure the battery firmware is updated

Install an external cooling pad

Disable Secure Boot

Change the default file system

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A technician needs to upgrade a RAID 5 array with larger capacity drives. What must they do first?

Format all drives and reinstall the OS

Convert the RAID 5 array to RAID 0

Defragment the drives before swapping them

Disable Secure Boot

Replace one drive at a time and rebuild the array

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A user reports that their laptop's Wi-Fi connection constantly drops. What is the most likely cause?

Corrupt GPU drivers

The laptop screen is in low brightness mode

RAM is running at the wrong frequency

Power-saving settings disabling the wireless adapter

The hard drive is in read-only mode

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A high-end workstation frequently overheats despite using a liquid cooling system. What is the most likely cause?

The GPU is running in power-saving mode

Air bubbles in the cooling loop

The case fans are set to low RPM

The motherboard BIOS is outdated

The thermal paste is of low quality

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A technician is setting up a laptop that supports both SATA and NVMe drives. They install a SATA M.2 SSD, but it is not detected in BIOS. What could be the issue?

The SSD requires an external power adapter

Windows does not support SATA SSDs

The M.2 slot only supports NVMe SSDs

The laptop needs a BIOS update to support M.2 SATA

The SSD needs to be formatted using GPT

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A technician installs a new GPU in a desktop PC, but the system does not POST. The motherboard has onboard graphics. What is the first troubleshooting step?

Check if the onboard graphics are disabled in BIOS

Reinstall the CPU

Replace the motherboard battery

Update the Windows display drivers

Run a disk cleanup

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