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1. A user sends a print job lo a network printer, and the print job uses double the amount of paper as expected.

Which of the following should the user configure to get the expected result?

2. A field technician has been dispatched to a site with an internet outage. Upon arriving, the technician discovers that the POTS lines are not working as well.

Which of the following technologies is the site MOST likely using?

3. A technician was called in to look at a user's PC. The user reported the PC was very sluggish. The HDD light on the PC was constantly on without blinking. The PC itself was slow receiving input and took a very long time to load the OS. The technician also noticed updates had failed.

Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of these issues?

4. Which of the following options provides correct information about 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless frequencies? (Select TWO)

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Which of the following is the PRIMARY security concern with virtual machine escape?

6. A technician is upgrading a faulty motherboard that was ordered by an end user for an old, high-end desktop computer. However, the technician is unable to install the CPU into the socket. Upon closer inspection, the technician notices the pins on the CPU do not line up with the socket.

Which of the following would be the best course of action for the technician to take NEXT?

7. Which of the following components houses the MX record?

8. An organization is looking to upgrade the processing ability for its computers. Most users report that whenever multiple applications are being utilized, the system's response time slows down drastically. When only one application is open, the response time is acceptable.

Which of the following should be upgraded FIRST?

9. A company needs to support a 10Gbps throughput.

Which of the following is the MINIMUM cable category that could be used?

10. A technician needs to install RAM into a rackmount server that will be used as a VM host.

Which of the following would be BEST to install?

11. A technician is troubleshooting a laptop that has a blank LCD panel. The technician shines a flashlight into the LCD and sees a faint image.

Which of the following BEST describes the issue?

12. A technician is on site troubleshooting a customer's laptop. The technician needs to download a software update but the company's proxy is blocking updates.

Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate action for the technician to take to get the update?

13. A technician installed a new router at a small office. After the Installation, the technician notices that all devices have a I69.254.x.x IP address. Printers and fileshares are still working, but PCs cannot access the Internet.

Which of the following should the technician configure on the router to enable devices to connect to the internet?

14. A department sends in a ticket to report a printer is not working. The responding technician sees paper stuck to the fuser, which is much hotter than normal. The (user was just installed a few weeks ago. as indicated by the service history.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

15. A user submits a help desk ticket regarding a smartphone that will no longer accept its charging cable. The assigned technician notices the phone does not have a protective case, and the user constantly transport the phone in a pocket. The technician attempts to use a secondary charger, but the cable falls out of the phone.

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

16. A desktop support technician is tasked with upgrading a laptop so that it has the fastest data access possible.

Which of the following BEST satisfies this requirement?

17. A user requested upgrades to a company-issued laptop to increase its performance while working with a large database stored on drive C.

Which of the following tasks should a systems administrator complete to BEST meet this goal? (Select TWO).

18. A user's computer is not receiving a network connection. The technician confirms that the connection seems to be down and looks for the user's port on the patch panel. The port and patch panel are not labeled.

Which of the following network tools should the technician use to identify the port?

19. A user's laptop is running out of disk space and requires a new hard drive. The user wants to replace the existing hard drive with the fastest possible I TB HDD. A technician assesses the user's hardware and determines the connections that are available.

Which of the following drive types should the technician recommend as the BEST choice?

20. Which of the following 802.11 standards supports both 5GHz and 2.4GHz channel frequencies?

21. A software developer used client-side virtualization on a server to configure a web application. Although the application is working locally on the software developer's PC, other users on the LAN are not able to access the application.

Which of the following would allow other users to access the application?

22. Which of the following wireless technologies has the MOST range and wireless throughput?

23. A technician is receiving reports that the entire office sporadically loses network connectivity throughout the day. The technician determines the root cause to be EMI.

Which of the cable mediums would be the MOST cost effective without sacrificing system performance?

24. A help desk technician has been tasked with installing an IP phone in a small office with an unmanaged switch. When connected to an RJ45 receptacle, the phone does not boot.

Which of the following is the QUICKEST way to resolve this issue?

25. A technician is tasked with upgrading a laptop's RAM.

Which of the following steps should the technician lake FIRST?

26. A user reports limited or no connectivity on a laptop.

A technician runs ipconfig /all with the following result:

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

27. A user contacts the help desk in reference to a failing thumbprint scanner. The user states the scanner was functioning correctly yesterday.

Which of the following troubleshooting steps should be performed FIRST after the ticket has been filed?

28. An IT technician is inspecting the internal components of a desktop computer to assess a suspected power issue with the motherboard.

Which of the following connectors should the IT technician inspect further?

29. A user reports that a printer is leaving streaks on printed pages. The paper type and the toner have been replaced.

Which of the following should the technician check NEXT to resolve the issue?

30. The Chief Executive Officer wants to ensure company data is stored in a manner that provides the company with complete control over how the data is managed.

Which of the following is the BEST cloud deployment model for this request?

31. A user submitted a support ticket that states all of the printouts from a laser printer appear to have double images imposed on them. A review of past printer support tickets shows that maintenance kit has not been installed in more than a year.

Which of the following printer consumables is MOST likely causing the issue?

32. A user failed to gain access to a building's entrance after security measures at the entrance were upgraded last week. The company implemented the 13.56MHz frequency short band, and users can now utilize their mobile devices to authenticate.

Which of the following has to be enabled for the mobile device to authenticate?

33. A technician is troubleshooting an old desktop system that randomly shows a Windows BSOD or powers off unexpectedly. All system temperatures are within normal limits.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

34. A technician set up a new access point and has noticed significant latency on the selected channel.

Which of the following tools can assist with locating the BEST channel to use?

35. Recently, an organization received a number of spam emails that passed through the spam gateway. The emails contained generally the same information, but the sending domains were different.

Which of the following solutions would BEST help mitigate the issue?

36. A user working in the field reported the GPS stopped working on a phone. The user’s older, in-car GPS continued to function. Later, the user reported that the phone’s GPS started working again.

Which of the following MOST likely caused the phone’s GPS to fail?

37. A technician is setting up a new desktop computer and will be installing the hard drive directly on the motherboard without using cables to connect it.

Which of the following will the technician be installing?

38. Which of the following is a valid use for PaaS?

39. Which of the following video cables can carry an audio signal?

40. Which of the following cables replaced the Apple 30-pin connector and is also reversible?

41. A Wi-Fi mesh network has been optimized to eliminate poor coverage areas, yet users still experience decreased bandwidth and connectivity issues.

Which of the following actions should the technician take NEXT?

42. An organization has some computers running macOS and some computers running Windows. The computers running macOS also need to run a piece of software that is only available on Windows.

Which of the following BEST describes the solution for running Windows software on a computer running macOS?

43. A technician just finished assembling a new PC for a client. Upon POST, the device presents an unspecified beep code and turns off automatically after five seconds. The technician double-checks the bill of materials for the new build and confirms all items have been installed.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

44. A salesperson is using a weather application on a mobile device. The application appears to be draining the device's battery very quickly.

Which of the following is the BEST action for the salesperson to take in order to view weather forecasts while traveling?

45. A technician is commissioning a workstation that is required to have mirrored storage, utilizing two 4TB drives that support one failure.

Which of the following BEST meets these requirements?

46. Which of the following network types would be used in a server room to connect virtual servers lo high-speed storage?

47. A technician responds to a help desk ticket that indicates a user's workstation is not booting. The technician initially suspects a failed hard drive. The technician performs diagnostics and confirms the hard drive is fully operational.

Which of the following steps should the technician complete NEXT?

48. A technician recently discovered me root cause of an application error that several users have been experiencing.

The technician updated the configurations on the affected machines and verified full functionality was restored for all users, which of the following actions should the technician perform NEXT?

49. A user has decided to build a new computer with parts purchased from a popular online vendor The user has referenced online resources to assemble the unit. However, when the user presses the power button, the new computer does not load the operating system's installer. Instead, the onboard speaker beeps and immediately reports an issue on the screen.

Which of the following is the MOST likely issue with the new build?

50. A technician is implementing a SOHO wireless solution with three access points.

Which of the following actions would avoid high latency?

51. While implementing a non-carrier-grade wireless backhaul, a technician notices the current channel selection is extremely polluted with various RF signals. Upon performing a spectral analysis, the technician discovers a channel containing almost no RF pollution.

Unfortunately, the technician is unable to select that channel.

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this issue?

52. A technician is troubleshooting a projector that will not display any Images. The technician has verified the computer output and cable are providing a good video signal.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

53. A technician is troubleshooting a smartphone that has a large dark area on the screen. The screen has no damage to Indicate that It is cracked.

Which of the following BEST describes why a blot Is on the screen?

54. A technician identified an issue on a workstation, obtained details from the user, and made a backup of the system.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

55. A user attempted to install an application on a desktop, and the installation attempt failed. A technician compares these installation files to those on another user's machine and finds the files are different.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

56. Which of the following standards supports MIMO technology?

57. An administrator is configuring a corporate-owned smartphone for a new manager. The company requires the ability to wipe the phone's data remotely in the event of loss or theft and the capability to approve applications installed on the phone.

Which of the following tools would BEST meet this need?

58. A user is looking for a way to increase the total RAM in a system without upgrading the hardware.

Which of the following should the user perform to complete this task?

59. An online retailer wants to save money and is considering migrating to the public cloud so peak is over.

Which of the following BEST describes this aspect of cloud computing?

60. To which of the following should a technician connect individual pairs of a Cat 6 cable in order to provide a connection to a switch?

61. Every time a user sends a print job, the user must walk over to the printer and press OK before the job will print. The same issue is occurring for multiple users.

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

62. A technician is installing new power supplies for the application engineering team's workstations. The management team has not yet made a decision about installing dual graphics cards, but they want to proceed with the project anyway.

Which of the following power supplies would provide the BEST solution?

63. A technician needs to install a cost-effective storage device into a rackmount server that will be used as a VM host. This storage will be used for all VMs that run from the server.

Which of the following should be used?

64. A home user has purchased a subscription for a service that blocks malicious sites by preventing them from resolving correctly.

Which of the following settings MOST likely needs to be changed on the user's router to enable this functionally?

65. Which of the following describes metered utilization of cloud resources?

66. Which of the following technologies can allow multiple networks to traverse a switch?

67. A user is researching hard drives to upgrade a PC and has decided to purchase a NVMe drive.

Which of the following Should the user confirm are available on the PC before making the purchase? (Select TWO).

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A technician has set up a new conference room with a TV and a video soundbar. The technician wants to test the system with a conference call. During the test, the TV speaker produces sound, but the soundbar does not.

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

A The volume on the TV needs to be turned up.

B. The conference call needs to be unmuted for audio.

C. An incorrect HDMI cable is being used.

D. The TV's HDMI-ARC port is not being used.

69. A help desk technician thinks a desktop PC has failed due to a defective power supply.

Which of the following steps should the technician take NEXT?

70. A user calls the help desk lot assistance configuring an Android phone with a new NFC-enabled speaker that will be used for an upcoming conference call. The user was unable to direct the phone's audio to the NFC speaker.

Which of the following sequences should the help desk technician walk the customer through to accomplish this task?

71. A remote user reports connectivity issues with the local internet provider. Even after a technician reboots the modem supplied by the ISP. the issue persists.

Which of the following would BEST establish the connection in minimal time?

72. A technician goes to a classroom to troubleshoot a projector that occasionally powers off. The technician recreates the issue and notices the projector will not power back on until approximately 15 minutes have passed. After 15 minutes of being powered on. the projector shuts off again.

Which of the following should the technician perform NEXT to resolve the issue?

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A user's track pad has stopped working.

Which of the following should the user do to resolve the track pad's functionality?

A Reinstall the mouse drivers

B. Use the Function key.

C. Calibrate the digitizer

D. Configure the mouse settings.

74. A technician recently received a written warning for causing a system-wide outage. The outage was a result of an unscheduled patch being manually pushed during production hours.

Which of the following could have MOST likely prevented the technician from receiving the warning?

75. An online retailer would like to add capacity to support increased sales. Additional servers have been installed.

Which of the following should be used to ensure each new server is being properly utilized?

76. Which of the following would MOST likely be used to obtain electronic images of a large number of printed documents?

77. A user reports issues with a smartphone after dropping it. The icons on the screen all look normal, but when the user touches the email icon, for example, nothing happens.

Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

78. A technician is replacing the RAM on an entry-level server with hot-swappabte components.

Which of the following should the technician do NEXT?

79. An administrator chose a shared-tenant model for a cloud deployment.

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason the administrator chose this model?

80. A customer reports that a computer is never able to reach more than a 100Mbps transfer data rate, even when using a Gigabit LAN card. While troubleshooting, the technician notices the network cable needs to be replaced.

Which of the following cable categories is limiting the transfer speed?

81. A technician installs a new printer for a workstation and tries to print a test page, but the

page does not print. The technician looks at the print queue and notices that the printer is called 'Generic Printer." Which of the following BEST describes what the technician should do to fix this issue?

82. A technician is configuring a new CAD workstation that has four large hard drives. The workstation will be used to edit large, critical files, so the storage configuration should be both fast and redundant.

Which of the following RAID levels BEST meets these requirements?

83. A colleague has a laptop that has been working as expected for several years wall outlet.

The MOST likely component that needs to be replaced is the:

84. A startup company is outgrowing its current office space and is requiring employees to work remotely. The company must comply with government-enforced requirements to safeguard all aspects of data, so the IT department plans to maintain complete control over users' operating systems.

Which of the following should the IT department implement?

85. A user reboots a machine. On rebooting, the user hears one beep, and then an error message is displayed.

Which of the following are MOST likely causing this issue? (Select TWO).

86. A user's mobile phone gets really hot to the touch and does not retain a charge. The user also reports that the phone is very slow, especially while charging.

Which of the following is MOST likely causing these symptoms?