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Question #: 162
Topic #: 1

A user receives a notification indicating the data plan on the user's corporate phone has reached its limit. The user has also noted the performance of the phone is abnormally slow. A technician discovers a third-party GPS application was installed on the phone. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

A. The GPS application is installing software updates.
B. The GPS application contains malware.
C. The GPS application is updating its geospatial map data.
D. The GPS application is conflicting with the built-in GPS.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by Joshuauu at April 1, 2023, 10:33 p.m.

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oatmealturkey

Highly Voted 1 year, 8 months ago

Selected Answer: B

This question was on my exam and I did not get anything wrong in this objective, so B is the right answer.

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crazymonkeh

10 months ago

This individual doesn't seem to understand the grading scheme of the Comptia A+ exam. The grading scale goes up to 900 for full marks. There's only 70-90 questions per core tests (My Core 1 had 70). Don't tell me you honestly believe every correct answer is worth 10+ marks each? If that was the case, why didn't they just grade it from 0%-100% instead of an odd scale to 900? It works like this: The test questions have a "Most Correct" answer, a "semi-correct" answer, a "Mostly Wrong" and a "Completely Wrong" answer. I don't know the exact numbers, but a completely wrong answer would likely give you 0 pts. Mostly wrong would probably be around 3 pts, semi correct around half marks, and fully correct would grant full marks. (Don't quote me on this, I don't know the exact mechanics) My point is, just because you didn't get the question wrong, doesn't mean it was completely correct either.

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MikeNg98

1 year, 7 months ago

Man I trusted you since you already took the exam and got this one right lol

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kekejon

1 year ago

this guy wrote this for like 90% of these questions. Even though he is right sometimes I would watch out

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oatmealturkey

Highly Voted 1 year, 8 months ago

Sum total of third-party application + used up all of user's data + device is abnormally slow = malware is most likely issue

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Jshuf

Most Recent 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

The user gets a data usage warning. The phone is sluggish. A third-party GPS app is installed. These are strong indicators that the app is downloading large amounts of map data in the background — especially if the app supports offline maps or real-time features like traffic overlays. There’s no evidence of malicious behavior — only: A full data plan Laggy performance A GPS app that’s not native This points more to a resource-heavy app doing what it was designed to do, like: Downloading map tiles Updating traffic data Caching routes for offline use

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Mr_Tension

9 months ago

I don't trust chatgpt but here he got a point. "The GPS application is updating its geospatial map data," is a plausible explanation for increased data usage, but it's less likely to directly cause the abnormal slowdown of the phone.While updating map data could indeed consume data from the user's data plan, it typically shouldn't significantly impact the performance of the device unless the update process is particularly resource-intensive. However, in most cases, map data updates occur in the background and are designed to minimize disruption to the user's experience.

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Mr_Tension

9 months ago

On the other hand, malware is known to consume data in the background, potentially leading to both increased data usage and degraded performance as it may be performing additional malicious activities beyond data consumption.Given the combination of symptoms described—reaching the data plan limit, abnormal slow performance, and the presence of a third-party GPS application—the presence of malware is a more likely explanation for the observed issues. Therefore, option B, "The GPS application contains malware," is the most probable cause.

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crazymonkeh

10 months ago

Selected Answer: C

Shouldn't the answer be C? Updating Geographical data constantly on a GPS whether it's 3rd part or not, takes up a colossal amount of cellular Data. As for running slow, depending on how much resources the app is using, it could cause overheating, thus slowing down the performance.

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Footieprogrammer

1 year, 4 months ago

Selected Answer: B

B is the most logical answer here, dataplan is used up AND the device is slow

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Mehsotopes

1 year, 4 months ago

Two GPS software programs conflicting with each other might cause an increase in data usage.

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Mehsotopes

1 year, 4 months ago

Selected Answer: D

Test says GPS application is conflicting with the built-in GPS application, considering this is causing phone's performance to be slow, most would consider this malware.

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dcv1337

1 year, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: B

The most likely cause of the data plan reaching its limit and the phone’s performance being abnormally slow is that the third-party GPS application contains malware. Malware is malicious software that can harm the device or steal data. In this case, the malware may be using the phone’s data connection to transmit data, causing the data plan to reach its limit. It may also be using the phone’s resources, causing it to slow down.

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racoononice12

1 year, 7 months ago

Selected Answer: B

its B guys.

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DerekM

1 year, 7 months ago

Selected Answer: B

Based on the information provided, the MOST likely cause of the slow performance and data usage on the user's corporate phone is that the third-party GPS application installed on the phone contains malware. Malware is a type of malicious software that is designed to cause harm to a device or network. Malware can be installed on a device through a variety of methods, such as downloading and installing an infected application or clicking on a malicious link. Once installed, malware can use up system resources and data usage, as well as cause the device to slow down or crash.

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