Question

brian is a new employee on the development team. as part of his job, he runs three virtual machines (vms) on his computer. each vm runs a different windows version. after a while, brian notices that his vms are not running as fast as he thought. he has asked you to explore the issue. which of the following would be the best first step to resolve the issue with the vms running slowly?

add more ram

overclock the processor

run a benchmark test

install a processor with double the cache

i want to remove this question later. (optional)

Explanation:

To troubleshoot slow - running VMs, first check the resource utilization. Overchecking the processor helps identify if it is overloaded or not working optimally, which could be causing the slowness. Adding more RAM is a later step after identifying the actual bottleneck. Running a benchmark test is for performance comparison and not the first - step fix. Installing a new processor is an extreme and premature step without proper diagnosis.

Answer:

Overcheck the processor.