A technician is replacing a failed power supply in a ten-year-old computer When installing the customer-provided power supply, the technician discovers the ATX connector would not plug into the motherboard. The customer wants a cost-effective solution. Which of the following should the technician do next?

Use a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter.

Install a modular power supply.

Rebuild the failed power supply.

Use a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter.

Which of the following is an advantage of using a hybrid cloud instead of a public cloud?

Ability to meet data residency requirements

Ability to reduce management overhead

Ability to use cross-platform virtualization

Ability to meet data residency requirements

Ability to leverage IaaS and PaaS

A customer reports their tablet was recently dropped on the ground. The tablet has a small crack in one corner of the display, and it does not charge when plugged in. Which of the following should a technician do first?

Inspect the USB-C port for damage

Run diagnostics on the digitizer

A computer is experiencing random shutdowns. A technician notices that the fans on the computer work but are noisy. The CPU temperature is about 122F (50C) when the computer is started but rises to 208F (98C) when applications are opened. Which of the following would most likely fix this issue?

Installing a high-performance heat sink

Adding more RAM to the computer

Which of the following best represents the purpose of NFC?

Short-distance wireless connections between two devices

Wired connections between several devices

Short-distance wireless connections between two devices

Wireless connections between multiple devices at once

Direct connection of two computers for file sharing

Which of the following describes the function of an injector?

To provide only data connectivity

To improve wireless performance

A user is having issues when charging a device with a Lightning cable. The cable is not recognized when it is plugged into the device. This issue is usually resolved by flipping the cable over. This issue does not occur with other devices of the same type. Which of the following would most likely cause the issue?

The charging port is dirty or damaged

The device needs to be restarted.

The battery may be swelling and needs inspection.

The cable is failing and needs to be replaced

The charging port is dirty or damaged

A customer is able to print most documents with their USB inkjet printer, but the system is unresponsive when printing a certain report from a custom application. Nothing will print until the computer is restarted and the printer is power cycled. A technician remotes into the PC and confirms that the spooler stops working when this report is sent. After cleaning the spooler and reinstalling the drivers from the manufacturer's website, the issue persists. No other sites using the application report similar issues. Which of the following is most likely causing the issue?

The application has a bug that the developer needs to address.

The manufacturer is curating content before it reaches the device to preserve ink.

The application has a bug that the developer needs to address.

The system is using the PostScript language instead of the PCL.

Personal preferences have changed and documents with graphics are now online-only

A technician is troubleshooting a desktop PC that is plugged into a UPS. The PC loses the system date/time after every power outage. Which of the following should the technician do to resolve the issue? (Select two).

Repair the backup power source.

Users working with large files back up the files to external hard drives. One user's files take longer to back up than other users' files. The user has tried backing up the files to other users' drives with the same results. Which of the following steps should the technician take first to correct this issue?

Defragment the user's external hard drive.

Replace the hard drive's USB cable.

Defragment the user's external hard drive.

Update the storage drivers on the user's system.

Instruct the user to compress the files.

A technician wants to upgrade a computer to a new Windows version. The Windows Upgrade Advisor states that the computer is not compatible with the new Windows version due to a lack of TPM 2.0 support. Which of the following should the technician do next?

Enable the module in the UEFI BIOS.

Install an HSM in the computer.

Perform a clean Install of the new Windows version.

Implement BitLocker on the computer.

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Which of the following is designed to be used in commercial spaces?

USB 3.1 Gen 2

Straight tip fiber connector

Plenum cabling

Cat 8

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