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Computer Repair

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






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






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






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






5. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






19. POST means __________________.






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






25. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






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






32. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






34. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






35. 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.






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. The one bootable partition.






47. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






48. 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.






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






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