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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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?






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






17. 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:






18. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






33. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






34. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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






39. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.






40. Another name for the primary volume.






41. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






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






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






45. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.






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






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






48. The one bootable partition.






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






50. 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.