One of your customers has been using a new laser printer in their office for about month. Although the printer has been providing clear and sharp output, over the course of the last week the printouts have become very faded over the entire page. What is the most likely cause of this problem?
The marketing department has just received their new printer and plugged in into a Windows XP system with a USB cable. However, when they try to print for the first time they don’t see the new printer in their list of available output devices. What is the most likely cause of this problem?
The marketing department has ordered a new printer that they plan on using for their colorful advertising layouts. This printer uses solid panels of ink colors on a single ribbon, and prints by transferring the colors to the paper using heat. The printer provides fantastic color output, but doesn’t have a true black color. What kind of printer is this?
You’ve been asked to backup a large video file that is just over 5 gigabytes of disk space. You have a new empty 500 gigabyte external USB hard drive to store the backup file. However, when you try to copy the file to the empty USB drive, you get an error message that there’s not enough disk space to complete the file transfer. What’s the most likely cause of this error?
A common logical network topology consists of a central device to which all other stations connect. This network topology is very common to see in modern local area networks. What logical network topology is this?
Which one of these TCP/IP options on your workstation is responsible for handling the conversion of a web site name to its TCP/IP address?
You’re planning to upgrade an older computer to Windows XP, but you first need to be sure the existing operating system can be upgraded in-place to keep the end-user’s configuration and files intact. Which one of these operating systems cannot be upgraded to Windows XP?
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Your budget year is coming to a close, and you still haven’t decided if your aging server will get either a memory upgrade or a hard drive upgrade. What Windows utility would allow you to baseline both the memory utilization of your server and the disk drive usage over time?
During the installation of a new piece of hardware, you notice that it has been assigned a hexadecimal memory location by the operating system. What is the name of this memory location?
You recently upgraded the memory in your desktop computer by adding a new memory module for a total of 2GB of RAM. When you power on the computer, the correct amount of memory displays in the BIOS POST, but instead of a Windows the message “Operating System not found” is displayed. What is the most likely reason for this error?
