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220-1002 Question #633: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Check the device's battery and replace it.. The symptoms - sluggishness, excessive heat, and app crashes - on a 6-month-old device point to two likely culprits. First, a defective or degrading battery (B) can cause thermal throttling, where the OS slows the CPU to protect itself from heat, leading to slowness and instabili

Question

A user received a brand new mobile device about six months ago. The device is now running very slowly and is hotter than normal, and certain applications crash when they are started. Which of the following are the BEST options for troubleshooting this phone? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ACheck for any applications that are running and stop them.
  • BCheck the device's battery and replace it.
  • CCheck the smartphone's screen and replace it.
  • DCheck the smartphone's charging cable to ensure it is working properly.
  • ECheck for any unnecessary applications and uninstall them.
  • FCheck for any OS updates and install them.

Explanation

The symptoms - sluggishness, excessive heat, and app crashes - on a 6-month-old device point to two likely culprits. First, a defective or degrading battery (B) can cause thermal throttling, where the OS slows the CPU to protect itself from heat, leading to slowness and instability. A swelling or failing battery is a known cause of heat and crashes. Second, unnecessary applications (E) running in the background consume CPU cycles and RAM, which generates heat and starves other apps of resources - explaining the crashes. Option A (stopping running apps) is only a temporary fix, not a root-cause solution. Option C (replacing the screen) is unrelated to performance issues. Option D (checking the charging cable) would address charging problems, not runtime behavior. Option F (OS updates) can help but is not among the best two choices for these specific hardware-and-resource symptoms.

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