TestOut PC Pro - 10.4 Device Driver Management

You are installing an updated driver for a hardware device on your system. A dialog box pops up, indicating that Microsoft has digitally signed the driver. What does a digitally signed driver indicate? (Select two.)

• The driver file has not been altered.

• The driver has been tested by Microsoft.

• The driver being installed is the most recent driver available.

• The driver being installed is compatible with 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows.

• The driver will not interfere with other devices on the system.

Your company has decided to use only SATA drives in their systems. Which of the following is true of MOST newer SATA drives?

• They can be added to or removed from a system without shutting down the computer.

• They can be plugged into a system without shutting down the computer, but not removed without shutting down.

• They can be added to or removed from a system without shutting down the computer, but only after you install the latest driver from Device Manager.

• They can be added to or removed from a system without shutting down the computer, but you must enable them from Device Manager.

On a Linux system, what is the name of the directory where you will find a text file called devices that contains information about the devices that are configured on the system?

• /hwinfo

• /devices

• /root

• /proc

• /sys

As the system administrator for a large financial institution, you have been assigned to upgrade the laptops for the sales representatives in your company.

You have installed a 2-TB SSD drive in each of the laptops for quick access and storage of large multimedia files. You have also upgraded the memory to 16 GB and made sure that all the device drivers are updated.

After delivering the upgraded laptops to the sales representatives, you begin to receive calls and emails saying that saving videos and other large files to the SSD drive is sluggish and sometimes impossible.

Which of the following is the BEST first-step solution for trying to resolve the issue?

• Replace the SSD drive with a similar SSD drive from another manufacturer.

• Remove the SSD drives and upgrade the HDD drives to ones with a larger storage capacity.

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  Replace the SSD drive with an identical SSD drive that you know works well.

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  Use the Roll Back Driver option in Device Manager to use the original SSD driver version.

Anna has been backing up her data on a hot swappable drive that is mounted on an external hard drive docking station. This docking station holds two drives. Anna would like to exchange one of the drives with a drive of higher storage capacity.

Which of the following is the BEST method for replacing the drive?

• Power off the computer and then remove and replace the drive. Afterward, power on the computer and test the drive.

• Remove and replace the drive without powering off the computer.

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  Use the Disk Management tool in Control Panel to prepare the bad drive for ejection.

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  Remove and replace the drive after using the Safely Remove Hardware feature to shut down the device.

Jason owns a MacBook Pro and is having an issue with his USB drive.

Which of the following tools could Jason use to view information about the USB drive controller?

• ls usb

• System Information utility

• Devices and Printers

• Device Manager

As a member of the help desk team, you have been assigned to update the driver for the network adapter that is installed on most of the computers in your department. You have a copy of the latest driver on a USB flash drive. Which Windows utility allows you to manually update this new driver?

• Driver Manager

• Internet Properties

• Network and Sharing Center

• Device Manager

Alice recently purchased a new cell phone. After her vacation, Alice decided to transfer her holiday photos to her computer to do some touchup work before sending the pictures to her children.

When Alice attached her phone to her computer, she saw that Windows detected her phone and tried to load the applicable software to give her access. Unfortunately, after trying for several minutes, Windows displayed a message indicating that it was unsuccessful. When Alice explored her available drives, her phone was not listed.

Which of the following would be the BEST administrative tool to help Alice gain access to her phone?

• Services

• Component Services

• Event Viewer

• System Configuration

• Device Manager

Which type of device do you typically install a driver for before you connect the device to your system?

• Firewire devices

• Plug-and-play devices

• Hot swappable devices

• USB devices

You have decided to purchase a new SSD drive for your Windows 11 workstation.

Which of the following should you do before purchasing the SSD drive?

• Check the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility (HCL) to make sure the SSD drive is compatible with Windows 11.

• Check to make sure that you have adequate RAM to run the SSD drive.

• Check your power supply to make sure it can adequately support the SSD drive.

• Install a data cable in a free SATA data cable port on your workstation.