A server administrator notices that a database server is performing poorly. The server has 64 GB of RAM, and the database is 100 GB. The administrator observes that the system is using a significant amount of virtual memory. Which action is most likely to improve performance?

Increase the size of the pagefile.

Move the database to a faster SSD.

A technician is building a workstation for video editing. The user wants to minimize lag when working with large video files and previewing effects. Which hardware upgrade will have the most immediate impact on performance?

Replacing the optical drive with a Blu-ray writer

Adding a larger hard drive for storage

Which type of memory is volatile, meaning its contents are lost when the computer is powered off?

Solid State Drive (SSD) storage

Which scenario is a common use case for virtual machines in a modern IT environment?

Running multiple legacy operating systems on a single physical server for compatibility testing

Bundling an application with its dependencies to run consistently across different environments

Isolating a single microservice within a lightweight runtime that shares the host kernel

Providing a sandboxed environment for running untrusted code with minimal overhead

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A server administrator notices that a database server is performing poorly. The server has 64 GB of RAM, and the database is 100 GB. The administrator observes that the system is using a significant amount of virtual memory. Which action is most likely to improve performance?
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22application · medium
A technician is building a workstation for video editing. The user wants to minimize lag when working with large video files and previewing effects. Which hardware upgrade will have the most immediate impact on performance?
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23foundation · easy
Which type of memory is volatile, meaning its contents are lost when the computer is powered off?
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24application · medium
A DevOps team wants to ensure that their application runs identically in development, testing, and production environments. They need to package the application with its dependencies and libraries, but they do not need to run different operating systems. Which technology should they use?
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25foundation · easy
Which scenario is a common use case for virtual machines in a modern IT environment?
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