A workstation becomes sluggish whenever many applications are open. Memory is nearly full, and the disk activity light hammers the whole time. Which shortage fits?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
The desk is out of drawers, so every new folder gets shoved into the cabinet in the hall, and that hall is the disk. You are short on memory. A printer heater, a gateway, and a cable jacket do not fill up memory.
Full Explanation
When memory is nearly full, the operating system moves pages to disk, and the disk activity light stays busy while the machine feels sluggish. Many applications open at once make that shortage obvious, so the fit is not enough memory. A fuser melts toner in a laser printer. It does not fill the workstation's memory. A wrong default gateway breaks traffic to other subnets. Local applications do not run out of memory because the gateway is wrong. Plenum rating is about the cable jacket in an air-handling space. It does not change how full memory is. Exam caveat: confirm the sluggishness tracks the full memory and the busy disk before you buy modules. A failing disk can also feel slow, and this stem's full memory is the clue that points at RAM. Operational check: close applications until memory is no longer full and confirm the disk light calms down, then add memory if the workload needs all of those applications. Close apps until the disk light calms, then add memory if the work needs all of them open.