COMPTIA A+ 1101

Network

100

Frequency bands used by 802.11 networks include: (There are 2 answers)

2.4 Ghz

5.0 Ghz

200

What are the three wireless channels that are overlapping? 

1,6,11

300

What are the characteristics of Bluetooth?  

Short-ranged wireless technology

Easy connectivity

A good measure of safety and security.

400

What is the fastest Internet Protocol based on CompTIA A+ standards? (802.11 protocol)

802.11ax (WiFi 6)

500

Which wireless technology enables the identification and tracking of tags attached to objects?

RFID

Motherboardcomponents

100

What is the "brain" of the motherboard? 

CPU

200

Which kind of workstation uses SODIMM? Which kind of workstation uses DIMM?

Laptop = SODIMM

Desktop- DIMM

300

What is the most common motherboard type used in desktop PCs?

ATX

400

What are the expansion slots on a Desktop PC?

PCI-E

500

What are the most common RPM on hard drives?

*hint- There are four

5,400rpm 

7,200rpm 

10,000rpm 

15,000rpm

Printers

100

Printer Device for printing on both sides of a paper? 

Duplexer

200

What is the name of a laser printer component that applies high temperature and pressure to bond the toner to the paper?

Fuser Assembly

300

What is the purpose of the Rollers in a printer?

To feed the paper from the tray into the printer to start the printing process. 

400

In a laser printer, the color seems to be faded and barely visible, which component in the laser printer needs to either be replaced or reconfigured?

Toner Cartridge

500

Which laser printer component holds the representation of the output image drawn on its surface by the laser printer's laser?

Photosensitive Drum

Troubleshooting

100

What are all the steps in the troubleshooting methodology? 

Identify the problem

Establish a theory

Test the theory

Establish a plan of action

Verify full functionality

Doucment Findings

200

What causes the BIOS Time and settings to reset? And what would be the solution to this problem?

Failed CMOS Battery

300

There is an error message that says Missing Drives in OS. What is the cause and solution?

The Drive Cable is not connected, the drive is not initialized, or it is a damaged drive. What can be done is reconnect the drive cable it might have gotten reseated, purchase a new hard drive and replace the old one, or Initialize the drive in Disk Management.

400

Joe received a S.M.A.R.T Failure. What are the cause and solution?

The damaged hard drive and the solution are first to run CHKDSK on the command prompt and after one must replace the hard drive.

500

There is distortion in video quality that results in unwanted elements and discoloration on the screen's image. What is this and what would be the solution?

Video Artifact or Digital artifacts and this is caused by the GPU Overheating or it is just defective. Some way to fix this is cool down the GPU (Bonus question: What are ways we can do this?) As well as a fix to this is replacing the Video Card or GPU as well. 

Cloud

100

What are the three infrastructures of the Cloud?

IAAS - Infrastructure as a Service

PAAS- Platform as a Service

SAAS- Software as a Service

200

A type of cloud model and environment available solely for a single organization is known as:

Private

300

A cloud delivery model consisting of two or more interlinked cloud infrastructures (private, community, or public) is referred to as a hybrid cloud.

*True or False 

True

400

 Refers to a cloud computing service model in which clients, instead of buying all the hardware and software, purchase computing resources as an outsourced service from suppliers who own and maintain all the necessary equipment and software.

IAAS

500

A cloud computing service model offering remote access to applications based on monthly or annual subscription fee is called:

SAAS