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Computer Repair
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. POST means __________________.
RAID 5
Power-On Self-Test
Computer maintenance
Application layer
2. The one bootable partition.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Access Control List (ACL)
Bridge
Active partition
3. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Power-On Self-Test
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Block mode
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
4. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Simple volume
Cable tie
Hot-swapping
Category 5
5. Operating system feature that enables a computer to assign itself an address if it is unable to contact a DHCP server. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved private IP addresses in the range of 169.254.0.0 -169.254.255.255 for A
Access Control List (ACL)
Application layer
Whenever changes are made
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
6. 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?
Application layer
The electrical system
Bit rate
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
7. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
High-level formatting
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Cable tie
Bit rate
8. A unit of measure that describes the size of a data file - the amount of space on a disk or other storage medium - or the amount of data being sent over a network. One byte consists of 8 bits of data.
Byte
Post Diagnostic
FAT12
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
9. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
New Technology file system: NTFS
High-level formatting
Recovery
Automatic
10. 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
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Recovery CDs
Automatic
11. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Backward compatible
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Terminating resistor
Extended partition
12. Uses space from two or more physical disks to increase the disk space available for a single volume. THIS writes to the physical disks evenly across all disks so that no one disk receives all the activity - and therefore improves performance. Windows
RAID 0
FAT12
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Formatting
13. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Bootable disk
ReadyDrive
Automatic
14. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Buffer
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Solid State Device: SSD
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
15. 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.
RAID 1
ActiveX
Formatting
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
16. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Beep codes
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Formatting
Backplane
17. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Whenever changes are made
Cable tie
Formatting
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
18. The ________________makes sure the computer meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly before starting the remainder of the boot process.
Cluster
Terminating resistor
Loop-back plug
POST
19. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
Recovery
Asymmetric encryption
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
20. To power up a computer from the off position.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Application layer
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cold boot
21. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Cable
Access Control List (ACL)
80-conductor IDE cable
Basic disk
22. Also known as redundant array of independent disks: Technology uses an array of hard drives used to provide fault tolerance and/or improvement in performance.
Computer maintenance
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Drive image
23. A standard for managing the interface between secondary storage devices and a computer system. A system can support up to six serial ATA and parallel ATA IDE devices or up to four parallel ATA IDE devices such as hard drives - CD-ROM drives - and DVD
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
C: drive
Byte
Automatic
24. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cable tie
Boot record
Bridge
25. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Backplane
Soft boot
Simple volume
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
26. Temporary drop in AC power.
CMOS/BIOS
Cluster
Brownout
Soft boot
27. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
Automatic
New Technology file system: NTFS
Cable tie
Bit rate
28. Layer 7 of the OSI reference model. This layer provides services to application processes such as electronic mail - file transfer - and terminal emulation that are outside of the OSI model. The application layer identifies and establishes the availab
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Loop-back plug
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Application layer
29. 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.
ROM BIOS program
Recovery
Booting
Boot sequence
30. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Boot sequence
The electrical system
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
31. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Boot sequence
Spanning
Cable tie
Block mode
32. 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
Cache
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Boot sequence
SCSI host adapter card
33. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
Block mode
Terminating resistor
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Asymmetric encryption
34. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Buffer
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Recovery CDs
POST
35. A number assigned to a logical device (such as a tray in a CD changer) that is part of a physical SCSI device - which is assigned a SCSI ID.
RAID 1
ROM BIOS program
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Low-level formatting
36. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Nonvolatile Memory
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Application Programming Interface (API)
Backplane
37. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Magnetic hard drive
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Hybrid hard drives
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
38. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Hard boot
Bit rate
Access Control List (ACL)
Hybrid hard drives
39. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
ROM BIOS program
Application layer
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Autodetection
40. 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.
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Active partition
Head
Boot record
41. Most often called a hard drive - comes in two sizes for personal computers: the 2.5" size is used for laptop computers and the 3.5" size is used for desktops. In addition - a smaller 1.8" size (about the size of a credit card) hard drive is used in s
Cable
Head
Soft boot
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
42. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Attention (AT) command set
C: drive
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
43. 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.
File system
Boot record
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
80-conductor IDE cable
44. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
Beep codes
CHKDSK
Post Diagnostic
New Technology file system: NTFS
45. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Read/write head
Computer maintenance
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Autodetection
46. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Cable
Host adapter
Backplane
Hybrid hard drives
47. A computer's ability to respond to a fault or catastrophe - such as a hardware failure or power outage - so that data is not lost.
SCSI host adapter card
Fault tolerance
RAID 1
Simple volume
48. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Hard boot
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
The primary partition
Application layer
49. The 12-bit wide - one-column file allocation table for a floppy disk - containing information about how each cluster or file allocation unit on the disk is currently used.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Whenever changes are made
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
FAT12
50. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Nonvolatile Memory
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
The electrical system