CompTIA A+ Core 1Exam (2025) Questions and Answers
A small ISP has hired a new technician Joe, the new technician, is being trained to configure customers* home networks The trailing instructor gives me technician a starter kit with cables, cable ends, and other network equipment and asks mm to build a working network.
The computer should be connected to have internet connectivity and the phone should be connected to have a dial tone.
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the appropriate cables. cable ends, tools and equipment to configure the network ana connect an components accordingly
There are 3 steps and the simulation starts on step 1.
A third-party contractor recently installed a new switch, router, and cabling for a small
corporate office. After the installation, users started experiencing issues connecting to
resources over the network.
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on each PC and server to review outputs. From the remediation section on
the right, select an issue and solution for each device.
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 customer has contacted you about building two new desktops. The first desktop will be a gaming workstation. The customer requirements include:
Playing the newest games at a high frame rate
Fast game load times
Enough storage to have several games installed at once
High-end audio
No concern about cost
Running the current Windows OS
The second workstation will be a family workstation. The requirements include:
Capability for word processing, videoconferencing, and basic web surfing
Minimal cost, as long as it meets the requirements
Running the current Windows OS
A customer built a computer for gaming, sourcing individual components and then assembling the system. The OS starts up, but within a few minutes the machine locks up. The customer brought the computer to a technician to diagnose the issue.
A technician is diagnosing several device issues reported by employees.
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on each device to review the issue. Then select the appropriate issue and solution
from the drop-down menu. Each option may be used more than once.
An office manager reports that a printer is experiencing performance issues. Printouts
are smudging when they are handled, and, recently whenever they need to print legal
sized documents, the paper jams before anything is printed on it.
The following paper sizes are used:
Letter (8.5x11in/21.59x27.94cm)
Legal (8.5x14in/21.59x35.56cm)
Oversized (11x17in/27.94x43.18cm)
INSTRUCTIONS
Using the dropdown menus, select from the
available printer parts to replace only the
faulty components on the office printer to
resolve the stated issues.
If at any time you would like to bring back
the initial state of the simulation, please click
the Reset All button.
A technician is installing a wireless access point and is required to run all cabling and make patch cords if necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS
Part 1
For each cable type, click the (+) to select the appropriate connector and tool.
part 2
An access point was moved and no longer has connectivity. Connect the access point, patch panel, and switch by clicking the (+) to select the appropriate cable end for each corresponding location to create a link.
The link will be visible after making the second selection of each pair.
Cable ends may be used multiple times, and all placeholders will be filled.
A user reports poor performance on the application server.
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on Server 1 and Server 2 and review the information presented in each chart to
determine which drives need to be replaced.
Select the appropriate replacement drive that should be used, for the least performance degradation to the server.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.
A technician is experimenting with network configurations and has connected two laptops to an unmanaged switch. The technician configured one of the laptops with a static IP address of 192.168.1.1 and the other with a static IP address of 192.168.2.2. The laptops are not communicating with each other. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this issue?
Which of the following is the ability to automatically increase and decrease instances based on demand?
Which of the forming connector types would best suit a company that experiences a large volume of internet traffic?
A small company wants the ability to print in full color but needs to pay a minimal initial purchase price for the printer Which of the following is the best option?
A user prints a job from a laser printer. The user wipes the page, and the words and images come off of it. The technician replaces the toner cartridge, but the issue persists. Which of the following components should the technician replace next?
Which of the following best represents the purpose of NFC?
The output from a dot matrix printer has become lighter over time. Which of the following should a technician do to fix the issue?
Which of the following DNS record types is used to direct email to a mail server?
Which of the following network services is used to assign an IP address to a network host?
A user reports that the printouts from a laser printer have lines and smudges on them. The printer is also intermittently misfeeding the paper. Which of the following components should a technician replace to address this issue?
A company uses vital legacy software that does not run in the current OS version Which of the following will best support the software while keeping the OS current?
A group of friends is gathering in a room to play video games. One of the friends has a game server. Which of the following network types should the group use so they can all connect to the same server and the internet?
Which of the following cable types can be used to transfer data and video?
A management team is concerned about enterprise devices that do not have any controls in place. Which of the following should an administrator implement to address this concern?