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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.






2. Applet or small program created by Microsoft to control interactivity on web pages that has to be downloaded to gain access to the full functionality.






3. Temporary drop in AC power.






4. Protocol suite to network Macintosh computers. It is comprised of a comprehensive set of protocols that span the seven layers of the OSI reference model.






5. Formatting performed by means of the DOS or Windows Format program (for example - FORMAT C:/S creates the boot record - FAT - and root directory on drive C and makes the drive bootable). Also called OS formatting.






6. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






7. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)






8. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.






9. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.






10. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.






11. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






12. Stripes data across three or more drives and uses parity checking - so that if one drive fails - the other drives can re-create the data stored on the failed drive. Data is not duplicated - and - therefore - THIS makes better use of volume capacity.






13. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.






14. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.






15. Method for encrypting data on a network. Uses a private key for writing messages and a public key to decode the messages. Only the private key needs to be kept secret. Public keys can be distributed openly.






16. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






17. Generally the label for the first hard drive in a computer system. Drive A and Drive B are reserved for floppy drives. Drive B is rarely used on current computers.






18. This can be divided into one or more logical drives. Each logical drive is assigned a drive letter (such as drive G:) and is formatted using its own file system.






19. Hardware or software systems that can use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system or with other systems. Also known as backward-compatible or backwards compatible.






20. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.






21. The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition; it contains information about the disk or logical drive. On a hard drive - if the THING is in the active partition - then it is used to boot the OS. Also called boot sector.






22. Network with each computer






23. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.






24. Commonly called the host adapter. The host adapter is inserted into an expansion slot on the motherboard and is responsible for managing all devices on the SCSI bus. A host adapter can support both internal and external SCSI devices - using one conne






25. When troubleshooting a failed boot - if you do not see any lights or hear any noises - what hardware system do you first assume is at fault?






26. The circuit board that controls a SCSI bus supporting as many as seven or fifteen separate devices. This device controls communication between the SCSI bus and the PC.






27. POST means __________________.






28. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.






29. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.






30. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.






31. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






32. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.






33. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.






34. Media through which data is transferred from one part of a computer to another. The bus can be compared to a highway on which data travels within a computer.






35. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.






36. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.






37. The latest SCSI standard - serial SCSI - also called serial attached SCSI - allows for more than 15 devices on a single SCSI chain - uses smaller - longer - round cables - and uses smaller hard drive form factors that can support larger capacities th






38. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.






39. This tool can be used to test a USB port.






40. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.






41. Discovers the local address (MAC address) of a station on the network when the IP address is known. End stations as well as routers use ARP to discover local addresses:






42. The volume is assigned a drive letter (such as drive C: or drive D:) and is formatted using a file system. Also called simple volume.






43. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.






44. The term__________refers to the computer bringing itself up to a working state without the user having to do anything but press the on button.






45. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.






46. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






47. An interface standard - part of the IDE/ATA standards - that allows tape drives - CD-ROM drives - and other drives to be treated like an IDE hard drive by the system.






48. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.






49. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.






50. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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