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1. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Automatic
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Category 5
Simple volume
2. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Solid State Device: SSD
High-level formatting
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Cluster
3. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Head
ReadyDrive
Buffer
80-conductor IDE cable
4. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Booting
File Allocation Table: FAT
Cable
RAID 5
5. 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.
Extended partition
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Bus
POST
6. 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?
Asymmetric encryption
File Allocation Table: FAT
The electrical system
Power-On Self-Test
7. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Application layer
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Adapter card
Recovery
8. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
AppleTalk
Bridge
Loop-back plug
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
9. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
External SATA: eSATA
Basic disk
AppleTalk
RAID 1
10. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
The primary partition
11. To power up a computer from the off position.
Backplane
Cable
Cold boot
Access Control List (ACL)
12. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Computer maintenance
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Hard boot
RAID 0
13. 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
Backplane
The primary partition
SCSI host adapter card
Block mode
14. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Soft boot
Access Control List (ACL)
Copy backup
Recovery
15. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Attention (AT) command set
Solid State Device: SSD
Cable tie
Computer Preventive Maintenance
16. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Block mode
Computer maintenance
Copy backup
17. POST means __________________.
Extended partition
Fault tolerance
CMOS/BIOS
Power-On Self-Test
18. 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.
High-level formatting
Boot sequence
CMOS/BIOS
ActiveX
19. 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.
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Basic disk
Hybrid hard drives
Host adapter
20. 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.
RAID 0
Autodetection
Bus topology
Bus
21. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Drive image
SCSI ID
Beep codes
22. 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.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Byte
Power-On Self-Test
Drive image
23. 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
ROM BIOS program
Simple volume
Beep codes
Application layer
24. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Host adapter
Drive image
Attention (AT) command set
Bit rate
25. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
New Technology file system: NTFS
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cache
26. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
AppleTalk
Post Diagnostic
Solid State Device: SSD
Computer Preventive Maintenance
27. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Recovery CDs
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Loop-back plug
Extended partition
28. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Bus
Block mode
Application layer
29. 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.
Hybrid hard drives
AppleTalk
Low-level formatting
Byte
30. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Application layer
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Autodetection
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
31. Network with each computer
SCSI ID
Bus topology
New Technology file system: NTFS
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
32. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Terminating resistor
Extended partition
Formatting
33. 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.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
ROM BIOS program
Drive image
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
34. 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.
Boot record
Read/write head
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Power-On Self-Test
35. 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
Brownout
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Attention (AT) command set
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
36. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Boot record
POST
Read/write head
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
37. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Basic disk
High-level formatting
Magnetic hard drive
38. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
Category 5
Host adapter
Autodetection
SCSI host adapter card
39. 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.
Access Control List (ACL)
POST
Bridge
Loop-back plug
40. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Attention (AT) command set
Bootable disk
Bus topology
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
41. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Bridge
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Bit rate
Access Control List (ACL)
42. 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.
Post Diagnostic
The primary partition
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
43. 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.
Hot-swapping
Bootable disk
Bus
Soft boot
44. The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition; it contains information about the disk or logical drive. On a hard drive - if the THING is in the active partition - then it is used to boot the OS. Also called boot sector.
Booting
RAID 5
RAID 0
Boot record
45. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Spanning
The electrical system
Hybrid hard drives
Cache
46. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Beep codes
47. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.
Access Control List (ACL)
Last worked
Backplane
RAID 1
48. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
FAT12
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
ReadyDrive
49. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Bit rate
Head
Cold boot
Basic disk
50. 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.
Recovery
C: drive
80-conductor IDE cable
AppleTalk
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