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When is it okay to touch the inside of a computer that is turned on?

Patrick wants you to repair his laptop LCD screen. Patrick insists that it was not his fault, but sometime during the night, the laptop fell off his desk, and now the screen is broken. During disassembly of his laptop, you see a mini-PCIe card with a black cable and a white cable connected that appear to go into the screen bezel. What is the function of the two wires?

Henry is troubleshooting a network connection and wants to see if he can connect to the server on his network.​Which Microsoft command-line command should Henry use to check whether he can connect to the server?

Jessica wants to purchase a new hard drive. She wants a drive that has fast access because she will use it to edit videos on her PC. She also needs a lot of storage and wants to have at least 4 TB available to save her videos. Jessica wants to keep the cost down as much as possible possible. What type of hard drive should Jessica purchase?

Not everyone runs a fever with infection.

James added a new video card and needs to get a power supply that will have enough power to run the new card. When researching the new power supply, what feature does James need to look for to make sure he has enough power to run his computer with the new video card?

Kevin started his 2-hour practice weighing 180 pounds and drank 32 fl oz of water during practice. After practice he weighed 178 pounds. What is his sweat rate (L/hour)? Please show your work. Note: 1 fl oz = ~30 ml; 1 L sweat = ~ 1 kg

You are tasked with securing a small network for a client in which the following requirements must be met:• If a user on the private network attempts to send confidential company information to an unauthorized entity, an alert should be triggered.• The private trusted network should not be accessible from the public untrusted network.• If attacks are coming from the external network, the system should detect and prevent malicious activity.• All incoming and outgoing email should be scanned for malware.  Which of the following would best meet the requirements of the client?

Cheyne Stokes is an abnormal breathing pattern that is most commonly associated with ketoacidosis?

Keion works as a freelancer creating websites and designing logos for clients. He recently had a hard drive failure and lost work for a client, and he would like to prevent the same type problem from happening again. Keion does not want to rely on a backup but would like a way to ensure that his data is safe on his computer. You recommend that he create a RAID array that will duplicate his work onto two disks. What RAID configuration should you recommend to Keion?