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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The one bootable partition.






2. 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.






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






4. 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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.






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






10. 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.






11. One or more sectors that constitute the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing data (also referred to as a file allocation unit). Files are written to a disk as groups of whole clusters.






12. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.






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






14. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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?






30. Temporary drop in AC power.






31. 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






32. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






33. Another name for the primary volume.






34. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?






35. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






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






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






39. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.






40. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?






41. 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:






42. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






47. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






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






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






50. 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.