2.2. Common Symptoms and Causes

This is a catchall category that tests your ability to understand the boot sequence, use diagnostic procedures, recognize some common operational issues, explain a few error messages, and identify the names, locations, purposes, and characteristics of some common utilities that help technicians and experienced end users manage their systems.

2.2.1. Critical Information

Both for the test and for real life, you should know how to recognize common problems with systems and make certain they're booting correctly. The sections that follow look at a number of topics related to keeping your systems booting and running properly.

2.2.1.1. Common Operational Issues

There are a number of operational issues that you should ...

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