Exam 220-1102 topic 1 question 74 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's 220-1102

Question #: 74
Topic #: 1

A user reports that a PC seems to be running more slowly than usual. A technician checks system resources, but disk, CPU, and memory usage seem to be fine.
The technician sees that GPU temperature is extremely high. Which of the following types of malware is MOST likely to blame?

A. Spyware
B. Cryptominer
C. Ransomware
D. Boot sector virus

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by [deleted] at Feb. 26, 2023, 3:18 p.m.

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vshaagar

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

Cryptominer because A,B and D doesnt impact the GPU

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TeenDadAres

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

Think about why we gaymers need to pay a gizz ton of money for a GPU its because of these crypto miners freaks abusing GPUS answer is B

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Raffaelloo

1 year ago

Selected Answer: B

Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have been used in the mining process for years, simply because they were more efficient than their immediate counterparts. Today, GPUs, too, have been rendered obsolete in crypto mining by highly-efficient application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)

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insanegrizly

1 year, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: B

Only cryptomining would heat up the GPU.

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1 year, 10 months ago

Selected Answer: B

Refer to extrahop.com - "This malware uses a systems CPU and sometimes GPU to perform complex mathematical calculations that result in long alphanumeric strings called hashes. These calculations serve to verify previous cryptocurrency transactions, and successfully solving them can generate a token of currency (like bitcoin)."

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