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CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 Practice Test

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During a network upgrade, a technician installs a new 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) access point in a conference room. Users now report intermittent disconnections on their older laptops. What is the most likely cause?

AThe access point is overheating.
The channel width is set too wide for older clients.Correct
CThe DNS server is misconfigured.
DThe power over Ethernet (PoE) injector is faulty.

Older Wi-Fi clients that do not support 802.11ax may struggle with wide channel widths (e.g., 80 MHz or 160 MHz) because their radios are designed for narrower channels and may not properly interpret or coexist with the wider transmissions. This can cause intermittent disconnecti…Read full explanation

A user’s laptop connects to the corporate Wi-Fi but cannot access the internet. Other devices on the same SSID work fine. The technician checks the laptop’s IP configuration and sees an IPv4 address of 169.254.12.34. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

AThe laptop is connected to the wrong SSID
BThe DHCP server is out of addresses
CThe laptop’s wireless adapter is faulty
The laptop’s DHCP client is disabled or malfunctioningCorrect

The 169.254.x.x address is an Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) address, assigned by Windows when the DHCP client fails to obtain a lease from a DHCP server. Since other devices on the same SSID work fine, the DHCP server is functional and has available addresses, isolating…Read full explanation

A user complains that they cannot access any websites, but they can ping external IP addresses like 8.8.8.8 successfully. Other devices on the same network work fine. Which network service is most likely failing on this user's computer?

ADHCP
DNSCorrect
CNAT
DProxy

The user can ping external IP addresses (e.g., 8.8.8.8) successfully, which confirms that IP connectivity, routing, and NAT are working. However, they cannot access websites by name, which requires DNS resolution to translate domain names into IP addresses. Since other devices on…Read full explanation

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