Which characters cannot be used in a filename?
There are certain characters on the keyboard that cannot be used as part of a filename. Which of these characters would not be part of a valid filename (pick two)?
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Which RAID type mirrors data?
Which RAID type mirrors data by duplicating files across physical disk drives?
How can you recover from a bad driver installation?
You’ve just updated the driver for your video card, but you notice that it is having problems when it plays any videos. You’d now like to reinstall the older device driver, but you can’t find a copy of the original driver on your system or the manufacturer’s web site. What would be your best next step?
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Will this computer run Windows 2000 Professional?
Your organization maintains a group of Windows 2000 systems that are used for client access to an important corporate application. You need to build five more Windows 2000 Professional systems, and you’ve been given a set of computers that have 300 MHz processors, have 64 MB of RAM, support video up to 1024×768 resolution, and include 20 GB hard drives. Which one of these specifications meets the minimum requirements but not the recommended requirements for a new installation of Windows 2000 Professional?
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What is this section of the disk called?
During the installation process, Windows writes a portion of the boot instructions to the first sector of the hard drive in the system. What is this area of boot information called?
Which scanner file format should you use?
You’re planning to scan about one thousand color family photos for posting to the Internet. Which of these file formats would be most appropriate for this use?
What kind of printer is this?
What kind of printer is good for multiple copies and has a low cost per page, but is a bit noisy and has relatively poor graphics quality when compared to other printer types?
What happened to my wireless signal?
A client’s laptop has recently had its internal mini-PCI wireless adapter card replaced. Although the drivers for the card load without any errors and the Windows Device Manager shows the card working properly, the wireless card management software shows very low signal strength. The wireless card keeps dropping its wireless connection and will not maintain a consistent network link. What is the most likely reason for this problem?
What’s a good way to get audio into a computer?
One of your clients has asked for an audio input into their laptop computer for recording voice memos. What is the best audio input jack to use for casual voice applications?
What is the name of this device?
You’ve removed the cover of your computer to examine the CPU, but you can’t see anything because of the large metal block attached to the top of the chip. The metal block is flat where it attaches to the CPU and has long thin fins that extend away from the processor. What is this odd looking piece of metal called?