Exam Cram CD - This made me laugh!

Discussion in 'A+' started by asje1, Aug 14, 2009.

  1. asje1

    asje1 Byte Poster

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    I asked this question out loud into my office, of the 3 guys i asked, all 3 agreed that the answer I picked was correct. The questions is worded completely wrong in my opinion, just made me laugh! I'm meant to be learning from this book & CD not correcting it :)

    Hehe.

    (Sorry pic quality is abit poo? Had trouble resizing)
     
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  2. Qs

    Qs Semi-Honorary Member Gold Member

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    The answer is correct imo and the question isn't that badly worded either :p

    A good analogy would be...

    Say your car engine stops firing. Do you go out and buy a new engine? No. You take it to a mechanic who can further assess the problem and then if needs require, buy a new engine.

    Qs

    EDIT - As a side note, I'd be careful about lifting such content directly off the MS Readiness Review suite. Forewarned is forearmed.
     
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  3. Josiahb

    Josiahb Gigabyte Poster

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    I'm with Qs on this one, always suspect software before hardware unless you can see the smoke.
     
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  4. danielno8

    danielno8 Gigabyte Poster

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    I'd say poorly worded. since it doesn't say that you can see the display at POST
     
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    You aren't supposed to post stuff like this as its someones intellectual property
     
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  6. ericrollo

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    I would of just done safe mode.
     
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  7. Finkenstein

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    I agree with the above... first things first safe mode. I will agree, the question isn't worded the best. And yes, careful with what you post.

    Cheers!
    :)
     
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  8. asje1

    asje1 Byte Poster

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    The question said, if you have NO display... without any display how on earth can you select safe mode!?

    It's a badly worded question..

    There are too many questions like this on the exam cram book... using the mike myers total tester I can pass the tester exams with flying colours, when it comes to the exam cram questions its a different story.

    Maybe its me.. i dont know.

    Another example:

    A couple of hours after you install a new processor upgrade in a desktop system, it is overheating.

    Whats is the cause of this?

    a You forgot to apply thermal compound to the heat sink
    b You forgot to attach the fan's power connector
    c You installed an incompatible processor
    d You installed the wrong driver for the processor

    I'm no expert don't get me wrong, but the guys in my office are and they agreed with me when i say.. answers a & b are too close to choose part? It also depends on what kind of machine / processor etc? I picked B, which was wrong.. A was correct.. Just abit too close to call in my opinion!?
     
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  9. dazza786

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    Upon first read, I did assume B, but after re-reading, If it was B, the overheating would take place after 5 or so minutes.. The fact it says after a few hours suggests the paste.

    ALWAYS RE-READ QUESTIONS ! :biggrin
     
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  10. Modey

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    Yeah, but some modern processors would run fine for a couple of hours even without the fan going, so even though your reasoning is good, I'm still going to go with poor question on that one. :)
     
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