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Subject
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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. Another name for the primary volume.
Bus topology
Adapter card
Boot sequence
Simple volume
2. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Hot-swapping
Extended partition
Whenever changes are made
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
3. 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
Formatting
Bit rate
Autodetection
Buffer
4. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Post Diagnostic
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Hard boot
Hot-swapping
5. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Formatting
Active partition
Autodetection
Nonvolatile Memory
6. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Block mode
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The electrical system
7. 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.
ROM BIOS program
Autodetection
FAT12
ReadyDrive
8. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
The primary partition
80-conductor IDE cable
ActiveX
Autodetection
9. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Boot sequence
Bus topology
External SATA: eSATA
Whenever changes are made
10. 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.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Backplane
11. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Boot record
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Fault tolerance
Magnetic hard drive
12. 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.
Fault tolerance
C: drive
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
ReadyDrive
13. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Buffer
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Cable tie
14. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Read/write head
Drive image
AppleTalk
Basic disk
15. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
High-level formatting
CHKDSK
Adapter card
Drive image
16. 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
File Allocation Table: FAT
Formatting
ActiveX
Application layer
17. 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.
Bit rate
Active partition
Head
Low-level formatting
18. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Direct Memory Access: DMA
AppleTalk
Hybrid hard drives
19. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Block mode
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Cluster
20. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Cluster
Solid State Device: SSD
Cache
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
21. To power up a computer from the off position.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Loop-back plug
Cold boot
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
22. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
FAT12
Spanning
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Recovery CDs
23. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Attention (AT) command set
Application Programming Interface (API)
Head
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
24. 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
File system
RAID 5
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Head
25. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Bootable disk
Cold boot
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
80-conductor IDE cable
26. 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?
Bus topology
Adapter card
The electrical system
Nonvolatile Memory
27. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Drive image
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Cold boot
28. 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
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
New Technology file system: NTFS
Drive image
29. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Attention (AT) command set
Basic disk
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
30. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Nonvolatile Memory
Extended partition
Loop-back plug
High-level formatting
31. 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.
SCSI ID
Read/write head
Category 5
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
32. POST means __________________.
Power-On Self-Test
Terminating resistor
Active partition
Recovery CDs
33. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Block mode
Automatic
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
CMOS/BIOS
34. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Hard boot
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Fault tolerance
Bootable disk
35. 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
Category 5
The primary partition
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Head
36. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Buffer
Copy backup
Bit rate
File Allocation Table: FAT
37. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
Beep codes
Fault tolerance
Computer maintenance
RAID 5
38. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
SCSI host adapter card
39. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
CMOS/BIOS
Spanning
Access Control List (ACL)
Hybrid hard drives
40. 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.
POST
External SATA: eSATA
ReadyDrive
Loop-back plug
41. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
Simple volume
SCSI ID
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Application layer
42. 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.
The primary partition
Basic disk
Simple volume
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
43. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Copy backup
Boot record
Access Control List (ACL)
Extended partition
44. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Bridge
Soft boot
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Loop-back plug
45. 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.
Automatic
Terminating resistor
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
High-level formatting
46. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Post Diagnostic
Simple volume
Loop-back plug
AppleTalk
47. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
Copy backup
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
New Technology file system: NTFS
Recovery CDs
48. 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.
Fault tolerance
Block mode
Drive image
Byte
49. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Bit rate
Whenever changes are made
Bridge
Asymmetric encryption
50. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Simple volume
RAID 1
External SATA: eSATA
Application Programming Interface (API)