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?
Windows Explorer provides a useful GUI interface for the process of connecting to remote file shares over the network. What command can be used at the Windows command line to accomplish the same thing?
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After a few months of use, you notice that the cooling fan in your laptop is running constantly, even when the laptop is idle. You know that the laptop fan should only run when the laptop is hot, so you’d like to troubleshoot by examining the temperature inside of the laptop. What’s the best way to determine the temperature of the laptop and its components?
