Objective 3.4
220-1201Compare and contrast storage devices.
Objective 3.4 sits in Hardware, which carries 25% of the A+ Core 1 exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the CompTIA page it rests on.
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A worked example
Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.
A technician is checking whether a laptop meets the minimum hardware requirements to upgrade to Windows 11. Which amount of available disk space must the storage device provide at minimum?
Correct.
Checked against learn.microsoft.com, July 2026Concept
Minimum storage capacity is one of the baseline hardware requirements a device must meet before an operating system upgrade can proceed.
Why B
The published minimum for available disk space on a storage device is 64 GB, and Microsoft notes this figure may need to grow as updates and features are installed.
Source
Microsoft Learn: Windows 11 requirements, checked July 2026Storage: 64 GB or greater available disk space.
Now you: objective 3.4 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A gamer wants to enable DirectStorage on a new build so game assets load directly from storage into the GPU. Which type of storage device satisfies the driver requirement for this feature?
Sample question 2 of 3
An administrator building a virtual disk for a mission-critical database wants excellent read and write performance along with protection against a single drive failure. Which storage pool resiliency configuration should be chosen?
Sample question 3 of 3
A technician sets up a temporary scratch volume for video rendering where maximum capacity and performance matter but data loss after a drive failure is acceptable. Which storage pool resiliency configuration fits this need?
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More objectives in Hardware
- 3.1 Compare and contrast display components and attributes.
- 3.2 Summarize basic cable types and their connectors, features, and purposes.
- 3.3 Compare and contrast RAM characteristics.
- 3.5 Given a scenario, install and configure motherboards, central processing units (CPUs), and add-on cards.
- 3.6 Given a scenario, install the appropriate power supply.
- 3.7 Given a scenario, deploy and configure multifunction devices/printers and settings.
- 3.8 Given a scenario, perform appropriate printer maintenance.