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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






3. To power up a computer from the off position.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. A drive with one - two - or more platters - or disks that stack together and spin in unison inside a sealed metal housing that contains firmware to control reading and writing data to the drive and to communicate with the motherboard. The top and bot






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.






14. 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.






15. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






16. 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






17. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






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






19. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.






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






21. 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.






22. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.






23. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






24. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






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






27. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?






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






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






30. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.






31. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.






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






33. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.






34. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






35. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.






40. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.






41. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.






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






43. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.






44. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






45. The overall structure an OS uses to name - store - and organize files on a drive. In it - a cluster is the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or more sectors. A it tracks how these clusters are used for each fil






46. A fast interface between a host adapter and the CPU that can daisy chain as many as 7 or 15 devices on a single bus.






47. 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.






48. Performed from the operating system - such as by pressing the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Del or by choosing a Restart option from the Shut Down dialog box. Less stressful on the computer.






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






50. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.