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Computer Repair

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. The one bootable partition.






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






9. 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.






10. A process (usually performed at the factory) that electronically creates the hard drive tracks and sectors and tests for bad spots on the disk surface.






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






12. 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






13. 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.






14. Four Main Parts of the boot process: 1. BIOS checks hardware through POST. 2. The ___________ searches for and loads an OS. 3. The OS configures the system and completes its own loading. 4. The user executes application software.






15. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






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






17. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. Temporary drop in AC power.






24. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.






31. 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






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






33. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.






34. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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:






39. 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.






40. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.






46. 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.






47. POST means __________________.






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






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






50. 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