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Date Taken:
6/19/2015
Time Spent:
41 min , 47 secs
Points Received:
40 / 40 (100%)
Question Type:
# Of Questions:
# Correct:
Multiple Choice
10
10
Grade
Details - All Questions
Question 1.
Question :
(TCO 4) You have been asked to
temporarily fill in for a Linux administrator who has just been fired.
This administrator was known to take a lax view of security and it is
suspected that passwords are still kept in the /etc/passwd file. When
viewing that file, which entry below would indicate that the passwords
are there?
(TCO 11) Ted, the trusty
technician, has a work order to fix a printer in the office of Joe Smith.
Joe describes the problem by showing him a sheet of paper with
hieroglyphic-like characters on it and says, ʺWhen I print, this is what
I get.ʺ It would be appropriate for the technician to ask _____.
Student Answer:
“Could
you print another document for me so that I can see whether the problem
will reoccur while Iʹm here?”
“Could
you disconnect your printer so I can take it apart?”
“Would
you mind if I asked you to leave the office, so that I can take a closer
look at the problem?”
“What
did you do to make the printer malfunction?”
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 5
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 3.
Question :
(TCO 10) A user complains the
computer system is running slowly. When the technician arrives, what is
the first thing the technician will do?
Student Answer:
Document
findings, actions, and outcomes.
Identify
the problem.
Verify
full system functionality and, if applicable, implement preventive
measures.
Establish
a plan of action to resolve the problem and implement the solution.
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 5
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 4.
Question :
(TCO 10) POST is executed by
the _____.
Student Answer:
Optical
drive
motherboard
RAM
chips
BIOS
chip
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 5
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 5.
Question :
(TCO 10) What is the best
source for looking up a particular POST error code?
Student Answer:
The
documentation for the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files
The
hard drive manual
The
motherboard documentation
The
operating system manual
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 5
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 6.
Question :
(TCO 10) What component is
most likely to be included in a gaming PC design?
Student Answer:
RAID
Powerful
GPU
Multiple
processors
Video
capture card
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 10
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 7.
Question :
(TCO 10) Which of the
following would most likely be a design consideration for a gaming PC
rather than a computer used for virtualization?
Student Answer:
NAS
High
amount of RAM
Multiple
fast, large-capacity hard drives
Additional
system cooling
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 10. A gaming
PC is more likely to have additional components installed, such as a
sound card, a better video card, and additional system cooling.
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 8.
Question :
(TCO 10) Debbie keeps getting
an error each time she tries to save her worksheet in AJAX ABC accounting
software to the thumb drive. She then saves an Excel spreadsheet she was
working on to the thumb drive and it too produces the error. A good next
step would be to _____.
Student Answer:
check
the computerʹs power cord.
save
the file to a different drive.
open
the computer case to see whether the thumb drive is connected properly.
replace
the hard drive.
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 5
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 9.
Question :
(TCO 10) Which statement is
true regarding mobile design?
Student Answer:
Smartphones
typically have as much RAM as a laptop.
Tablet
PCs do not have mechanical storage.
Netbooks
are typically lighter than tablets.
Laptops
usually use a more capacitive touch screen than a tablet or smartphone.
Instructor Explanation:
Schmidt, Chapter 10
Points Received:
4 of 4
Comments:
Question 10.
Question :
(TCO 10) An internal keyboard
is generally connected to the laptop’s system board using a _____.
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