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Subject
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Bridge
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Attention (AT) command set
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
2. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
Bridge
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Adapter card
SCSI ID
3. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Computer maintenance
Booting
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
CMOS/BIOS
4. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
The electrical system
Drive image
Bridge
Automatic
5. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Loop-back plug
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Hard boot
RAID 0
6. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Post Diagnostic
The primary partition
Hot-swapping
Spanning
7. 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.
Cluster
SCSI ID
ReadyDrive
Host adapter
8. 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
Automatic
RAID 0
Boot record
Read/write head
9. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
CMOS/BIOS
Beep codes
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
RAID 0
10. POST means __________________.
Soft boot
Spanning
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Power-On Self-Test
11. 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
Cache
Nonvolatile Memory
Power-On Self-Test
12. 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.
Computer maintenance
Fault tolerance
Last worked
The electrical system
13. 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.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Solid State Device: SSD
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Logical Unit Number: LUN
14. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
The electrical system
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Cache
15. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
New Technology file system: NTFS
Booting
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
16. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Automatic
File Allocation Table: FAT
Simple volume
Bus topology
17. 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.
Boot sequence
Byte
Boot record
Whenever changes are made
18. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Recovery CDs
The electrical system
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Computer Preventive Maintenance
19. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Simple volume
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Buffer
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
20. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Last worked
Access Control List (ACL)
Computer Preventive Maintenance
80-conductor IDE cable
21. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
CMOS/BIOS
Bus topology
Recovery CDs
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
22. 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.
Computer maintenance
Copy backup
Last worked
Extended partition
23. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Byte
Fault tolerance
Solid State Device: SSD
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
24. 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.
Loop-back plug
Booting
Application layer
POST
25. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Magnetic hard drive
Booting
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Boot sequence
26. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
ReadyDrive
Hybrid hard drives
RAID 5
Solid State Device: SSD
27. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
Bridge
New Technology file system: NTFS
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
28. A hard drive whose disk controller is integrated into the drive - eliminating the need for a controller cable and thus increasing speed - as well as reducing price.
Adapter card
80-conductor IDE cable
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
CHKDSK
29. 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.
Recovery CDs
FAT12
C: drive
File system
30. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Simple volume
Terminating resistor
Boot sequence
Application Programming Interface (API)
31. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
RAID 0
Brownout
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Last worked
32. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Boot sequence
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Copy backup
Soft boot
33. 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.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The primary partition
Fault tolerance
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
34. One or more sectors that constitute the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing data (also referred to as a file allocation unit). Files are written to a disk as groups of whole clusters.
Cluster
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Asymmetric encryption
Attention (AT) command set
35. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Cable tie
Loop-back plug
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
FAT12
36. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Boot record
Formatting
Backplane
Application Programming Interface (API)
37. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Adapter card
Basic disk
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Attention (AT) command set
38. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
RAID 0
Brownout
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Basic disk
39. 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
ActiveX
Basic disk
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Beep codes
40. Temporary drop in AC power.
Brownout
Formatting
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
41. 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
SCSI host adapter card
Drive image
Category 5
Low-level formatting
42. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Cluster
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Extended partition
43. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Whenever changes are made
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Low-level formatting
File Allocation Table: FAT
44. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Bootable disk
Fault tolerance
Spanning
Autodetection
45. Storage area used for handling data in transit. Buffers are used in internetworking to compensate for differences in processing speed between network devices. Bursts of data can be stored in buffers until they can be handled by slower processing devi
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Buffer
Cable
46. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
80-conductor IDE cable
Autodetection
CHKDSK
External SATA: eSATA
47. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
RAID 0
Bootable disk
Loop-back plug
Hot-swapping
48. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
ActiveX
Whenever changes are made
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
49. 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
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Cluster
ReadyDrive
50. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)