CompTIA A+ 220-901 Practice Test Questions

1. A technician needs to run a diagnostic DVD on a laptop running Windows 8.1. After setting the boot order in the UEFI BIOS to the internal DVD-RW drive, the laptop still boots into Windows.

Which of the following settings needs to be adjusted in order for the laptop to boot from the DVD-RW drive?

2. A technician connects a second monitor to a desktop. It is physically located to the right of the existing monitor, but the mouse pointer can only get to the second monitor by moving to the left edge of the screen of the first monitor.

Which of following display settings needs to be adjusted to get the pointer to move with the physical placement of the monitor?

3. Which of the following types of cables are MOST likely to be used to connect to an external hard drive? (Select TWO).

4. A customer is building a high-end gaming PC and is seeking an appropriate power supply unit.

Which of the following feature-sets of a power supply should be installed? (Select THREE).

5. Which of the following is required during the installation of a digitizer?

6. A technician is troubleshooting an expansion card in a computer that allows the computer to receive faxes over a VoIP line.

The line connected to the expansion card is MOST likely which of the following cable types?

7. For which of the following types of printers should a technician obtain a maintenance kit containing a fuser, transfer roller, and pickup rollers?

8. Which of the following cable connection types is an example of a mini DIN?

9. A customer wants a computer for performing a single-threaded task as quickly as possible.

Which of the following CPU characteristics is the MOST important?

10. Which of the following display technologies provides the BEST range of visible colors?

11. A customer wants to transfer data from the DVR to a DVD.

Which of the following should be used on a workstation in order to extract the data for archiving?

12. A small workgroup inherits a second-hand printer without networking capabilities.

Which of the following is the BEST method of sharing this resource among the workgroup?

13. A technician is building a new PC and notices that it has 8 DIMM sockets labeled 0 through 7. Four are white and four are blue.

Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?

14. A user wants to reduce the amount of paper consumed on a multi-function printer.

Which of the following settings should be configured to achieve this outcome?

15. A technician upgrades an older computer to Windows 8. The computer is running unusually slow, but the hardware has no problems and is adequate for the OS.

Which of the following is the MOST likely solution?

16. Which of the following types of expansion slots is MOST frequently found in blade servers?

17. A user wants to extend a PC’s capacity by connecting external devices.

Which of the following connectors will allow the user to accomplish this? (Select TWO).

18. Which of the following memory types is primarily used in laptops?

19. A small company needs to print several color copies of the same contract to go to various departments and customers.

Which of the following printers will be the QUICKEST?

20. A computer technician is responding to a call about a printer that is causing streaks to appear on every printout.

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?