FC0-U71 Applications and Software Practice Question
A user downloads a software installer from the internet. On Windows, which file extension is most likely to be used for the installer?
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.exe
.exe and .msi are common Windows installer file extensions.
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.pkg
Why it's wrong here
.pkg is used for macOS installers.
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.deb
Why it's wrong here
.deb is used for Debian-based Linux systems.
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.exe
Why this is correct
.exe is a common Windows executable installer.
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.dmg
Why it's wrong here
.dmg is used for macOS disk images.
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