CompTIA A+ Hardware Practice Test Core 1 Exam 220-1101

1) Which of the following is a standard firmware interface for PCs, designed to replace BIOS?

2) Laptops and other portable devices utilize which expansion card?

3) Which of the following is a large circuit board that acts as the motherboard for the printer?

4) Which of the following should not be used more than once?

5) Which cable type comes in two varieties: unshielded and shielded?

6) Which of the following is a subdivision of a process?

7) Which connector is used for telephone cords?

8) Which standard has been commonly used in computer serial ports?

9) To submit an SMB print job, where FILE is a local file containing print job data, SERVER is the name of the server, and PRINTQ is the name of a shared print queue, what command would you use?

10) Which laser printer component applies a –600V charge to the paper?

11) What software controls how the printer processes the print job?

12) Which type of printer has pins in the printhead?

13) Which of the following is the process of ensuring that there is proper alignment of the cartridges to one another and to the paper so that high quality is maintained?

14) What printer component turns the printed sheet over so it can be run back through the printer and allow printing on both sides?

15) Which RAM type is not compatible with any earlier type of random access memory?

16) Which connectors are sometimes used in the place of RCA connectors for video electronics?

17) What is the last step in the printing process of a laser printer?

18) Which RAM type is used in laptops?

19) At what speed will latency on a magnetic drive decrease to about 3 ms?

20) Which of the following is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors that replaces the mSATA?

21) Ghosting—repeating text or images on the page—is usually caused by which of the following?

22) The SATA power connector has how many pins?

23) Which cable type transmits data at speeds up to 100 Mbps and was used with Fast Ethernet (operating at 100 Mbps) with a transmission range of 100 meters?

24) Which of the following is a technology that can connect a printer to a computer at a short range; its absolute maximum range is 100 meters (330 feet), and most devices are specified to work within 10 meters (33 feet)?

25) In 2004, the ATX 12V 2.0 (now 2.03) standard was passed, changing the main connector from 20 pins to how many?

26) What is the most expensive part of a thermal printer?

27) Which RAM type allows for two memory accesses for each rising and falling clock?

28) Which of the following is the process of ensuring that there is proper alignment of the cartridges to one another and to the paper so that high quality is maintained?

29) Which of the following is a rewritable optical disc?

30) Which of the following feeds through the printer using a system of sprockets and tractors?

31) Which of the following causes blank pages in a laser printer?

32) What type of printing process holds the print job until you enter a PIN that releases the job to be printed while you physically monitor the process?

33) Which of the following refers to how the printed matter is laid out on the page?

34) Which cable type has a glass core within a rubber outer coating?