easyMultiple Choice
220-1102 Practice Question: A technician is configuring an Android phone for…
A technician is configuring an Android phone for a user who frequently travels internationally. The user wants to ensure that data roaming is disabled to avoid high charges, but still wants to receive calls and texts while abroad. Which setting should the technician configure?
⚠ Common exam trap
CompTIA often tests the distinction between disabling Mobile Data entirely (which kills all data, even at home) and disabling Data Roaming (which only blocks data while on a foreign network), leading candidates to mistakenly choose Option B.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Turn off Data Roaming in the mobile network settings.
Disabling Data Roaming in the mobile network settings prevents the device from using cellular data on foreign networks, which avoids expensive roaming charges, while still allowing voice calls and SMS (which use the cellular voice and signaling channels, not the data channel). This setting is specific to roaming scenarios and does not affect the phone's ability to connect to a visited network for non-data services.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Enable Airplane Mode and turn on Wi-Fi.
Why it's wrong here
Airplane Mode disables the cellular radio, so calls and texts cannot be received at all, directly contradicting the requirement. It is tempting because it reliably prevents roaming charges, and would be correct if the user needed only Wi-Fi data and no cellular voice or SMS service.
- ✗
Disable Mobile Data entirely.
Why it's wrong here
Disabling mobile data blocks all cellular data, but voice calls and SMS still traverse the circuit-switched or VoLTE path, so charges may still accrue and the user loses data entirely. The roaming toggle specifically prevents data sessions abroad while preserving calls and texts, which is what the scenario requires.
- ✓
Turn off Data Roaming in the mobile network settings.
Why this is correct
Disabling Data Roaming in mobile network settings blocks packet data over foreign networks while leaving the circuit-switched cellular connection registered, so calls and SMS still arrive. This directly satisfies the stem's constraint: avoiding roaming charges without losing voice and text services abroad.
- ✗
Set the network mode to 2G only.
Why it's wrong here
Forcing 2G only restricts the phone to legacy networks, which many international carriers have retired, so calls and texts may fail entirely; it also does nothing to disable data roaming, which is a separate toggle. It would be chosen to conserve battery or improve signal in remote areas.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
This 220-1202 question is part of Courseiva's 687-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This 220-1202 practice question is part of Courseiva's free CompTIA certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the 220-1202 exam.