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220-301 · Question #1832

When troubleshooting a hardware problem, a PCI card is moved from one slot to another. Now the operating system requests that the device driver be re-installed. Why?

The correct answer is A. PCI cards become slot-specific after their drivers are installed. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

When troubleshooting a hardware problem, a PCI card is moved from one slot to another. Now the operating system requests that the device driver be re-installed. Why?

Options

  • APCI cards become slot-specific after their drivers are installed.
  • BRemoving the PCI card from its slot automatically deletes its device driver.
  • CPCI cards maintain their own device drivers directly on the card.
  • DThe operating system now sees two of the same PCI cards.

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(28 responses)
  • A
    75% (21)
  • B
    14% (4)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)

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