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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. 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.






2. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






3. Temporary drop in AC power.






4. POST means __________________.






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






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






12. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. The one bootable partition.






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Another name for the primary volume.






50. 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.