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1. SA server has just been connected to a new UPS. You pull the power plug to test the UPS, both the UPS and the server abruptly shut down. What is the most likely cause for this problem?

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Before using a UPS for the first time, the UPS battery must be initially charged.

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2. You insert a floppy into your FDD and instruct it to the fetch directory. After this you insert the second floppy and execute the same task, but still see the first dir structure instead of the new one. What is the possible cause for the problem?

Explanation

If a task is repeated multiple times, the result of the task is stored in the buffer and will be fetched when the task is executed again. You can get rid of the old content by pressing key combination of CTRL + C and then browse through the directory again.

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3. You replace a customer's HDD with a Single Ended SCSI system using approximately eight meters of cables in the SCSI system. After this installation the peripherals have stopped functioning. What do you suspect?

Explanation

The most probable reasons is that the total cable length is eight meters, which exceeds the allowed length. Single-ended SCSI systems have a cable distance limitation of 6m.

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4. You install a new FDD and restart your system. The light on the FDD is constantly on and so is the spindle motor of the drive. Which of the following is a plausible cause?

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Usually the FDD light is constantly ON, only if the control cable has been reversely connected.

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5. The 34-pin connection on the motherboard is used to interface
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6. A customer has complained that during a certain time of day, a user's client PC cannot connect to or log in to the server. No one else seems to be experiencing difficulty. What
is the first step in troubleshooting the problem?
 

Explanation

Since no one else is experiencing the problem, it is most likely a problem with the client PC rather than the server or any other network problem.

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7. Which cable type supports high-speed (66 Mbps or 100 Mbps) ATAs?

Explanation

An 80-conductor cable is required for high speed ATAs. A 40-conductor cable is used for slower data transfer (33 Mbps or less). Note that we are referring to the cable. The connector has still 40-pin female connectors for both speeds.

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8. Which of the following must be considered when replacing a hard drive? (Choose two.)

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When a drive is replaced the cable orientation and the drive select jumper must be used in an appropriate way. Voltage, DMA channel, and Controller Address are non-configurable settings on a hard drive.

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9. You install an Ethernet card that is not plug and play and the system is unable to communicate with the card due to resource clash. Which of the following would you reset using jumpers on the card to ensure the card is functional? (Choose two)

Explanation

Jumpers can configure the IRQ and the Memory address of a NIC. The MAC address is a pre-configured factory setting that cannot be modified. Rest of the configuration will have to be taken care during NIC driver installation, through the OS itself.

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10. Which feature of SCSI-2 enables a device to accept multiple instructions?

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SCSI-2 supports a feature called command-tag queuing, which enables suitably-equipped operating systems to issue multiple disk commands to the SCSI adapter without having to serialize the operations.

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SA server has just been connected to a new UPS. You pull the power...
You insert a floppy into your FDD and instruct it to the fetch...
You replace a customer's HDD with a Single Ended SCSI system using...
You install a new FDD and restart your system. The light on the FDD is...
The 34-pin connection on the motherboard is used to interface
A customer has complained that during a certain time of day, a user's...
Which cable type supports high-speed (66 Mbps or 100 Mbps) ATAs?
Which of the following must be considered when replacing a hard drive?...
You install an Ethernet card that is not plug and play and the system...
Which feature of SCSI-2 enables a device to accept multiple...
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