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Smell that fresh air

Professor Messer — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:09 +0000

Which of these maintenance tasks is most suited for thermal printers?

A) Clean the print head with IPA

B) Replace toner cartridge

C) Replace print head

D) Replace ribbon cartridge

E) Add an additional layer to adjust for those extra warm thermal days

Why is all this dust in the clean room?

Professor Messer — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:14 +0000

What is PXE?

A) A CPU multi-threading technology

B) A high-resolution video technology that uses two video adapters

C) A DVD-ROM encoding mechanism

D) A technology that boots PCs from network devices

E) A cute little fairy

I’m looking at you, PC LOAD LETTER.

Professor Messer — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:32 +0000

What does a laser printer calibration adjustment provide?

A) The proper distribution of toner

B) Alignment of the color toner output

C) Configuration of the printing network protocols

D) Uploading of fonts to the printer’s internal memory

E) Giving an unruly printer a good talking-to

Sometimes I randomly click everywhere

Professor Messer — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:24 +0000

You need to upgrade your Windows Vista Business workstation to Windows 7. Which of these Windows 7 editions would be valid upgrade paths? Pick two.

A) Windows 7 Ultimate

B) Windows 7 Business

C) Windows 7 Professional

D) Windows 7 Home Premium

E) I’m not going to upgrade unless I get to keep Minesweeper

Does my printer use peanuts or pretzels?

Professor Messer — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:15 +0000

Which of these technologies can connect a PC to a printer wirelessly using line-of-sight communication?

A) Bluetooth

B) 802.11

C) Parallel

D) IrDA

E) If it’s an inkjet printer, would the jet part be wireless?

One day, you’ll be worthless without your glasses

Professor Messer — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:43 +0000

You need to migrate from one computer running Windows XP to another computer running Windows 7. Which of these would be the easiest way to complete this migration?

A) Use Windows XP mode on your Windows 7 computer

B) Use Windows Easy Transfer to perform a side-by-side migration

C) Run your application in Windows 7 using Windows XP compatibility mode

D) Configure Windows 7 with ReadyBoost

E) The easiest way is to have one of those kids fix these newfangled things

This paper is delicious

Professor Messer — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:14 +0000

Paper is not moving properly through your inkjet printer. Which of these would be the most likely cause of this issue?

A) Carriage and belt

B) Feed roller

C) Duplexing assembly

D) Print head

E) It turns out that roll-up fruit only LOOKS like paper

Insert 1 MB for fifteen additional minutes

Professor Messer — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:24 +0000

What is the maximum amount of memory supported in Windows 7 Professional x64?

A) 4 GB

B) 16 GB

C) 64 GB

D) 192 GB

E) Just keep pushing the memory chips through the air vents until it fills up

My printer is happy all the time

Professor Messer — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:01 +0000

What happens during the developing step of the laser printing process?

A) The drum is charged with a negative electrostatic charge

B) The toner is moved from the imaging drum to the paper

C) Toner is added to the charged areas of the imaging drum

D) The laser writes the image to the drum

E) The printer plays a song and adds pictures of daisies all over your output

I need to get my BitBooks and my BitLunch

Professor Messer — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:12 +0000

Which of these Windows Vista editions support BitLocker? Pick two.

A) Windows Vista Home Premium

B) Windows Vista Ultimate

C) Windows Vista Business

D) Windows Vista Enterprise

E) I forgot the combination to my BitLocker