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CompTIA 220-1201

CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 1

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Question 1 of 512

A technician is troubleshooting an all-in-one laser printer that prints a vertical line when making copies and scans. When users print or receive faxes, the output from the printer is correct. Which of the following should the technician examine to determine the cause of the issue?

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Correct answer: C

The document feeder is the common component used when originals are copied or scanned, so a vertical line in both functions points to contamination or damage along that paper path. Dirt, correction fluid, or a scratch on the feeder’s scan glass can create a repeating line in the captured image. Printed documents and received faxes bypass the document feeder, which explains why their output remains normal.

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Question 2 of 512

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

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Correct answer: C

A hybrid cloud allows an organization to keep sensitive or regulated data in a private cloud or on-premises environment within a required geographic region. Less sensitive workloads can still use public cloud resources for scalability and cost efficiency. This arrangement helps satisfy data residency and sovereignty rules that may restrict where certain data can be stored or processed.

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Question 3 of 512

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? (Choose two.)

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Correct answers: D, E

Repairing the UPS backup power source prevents the desktop from losing power during an outage, allowing it to remain operational until normal power returns. Replacing the CMOS battery restores the small amount of standby power required to retain BIOS settings, including the system date and time, when the computer is off. RAM, surge protection, BIOS updates, and NTP settings do not provide the persistent power needed to preserve the hardware clock.

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Question 4 of 512

A network administrator must ensure that a printer will still be assigned a specific IP address even if all addresses are depleted. Which of the following network configuration concepts is this describing?

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Correct answer: C

A DHCP reservation binds a specific IP address to a printer’s MAC address. The DHCP server preserves that address for the device and assigns it whenever the printer requests an address, including when the remaining dynamic address pool is exhausted. A lease is only a temporary assignment, while an exclusion prevents selected addresses from being issued dynamically.

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Question 5 of 512

A user is having issues when charging a device with a Lightning cable. The cable is not recognized when it is plugged into the device. This issue is usually resolved by flipping the cable over. This issue does not occur with other devices of the same type. Which of the following would most likely cause the issue?

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Correct answer: D

A dirty or damaged Lightning charging port can prevent reliable contact on one side of the reversible connector. Flipping the cable changes which contacts align with the port, allowing charging to work temporarily. Because the same cable works normally with other similar devices, the issue is localized to this device rather than the cable. Inspecting and carefully cleaning the port, or repairing damaged port contacts, resolves the underlying problem.

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