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






2. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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?






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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.






13. 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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. Uses space from two or more physical disks to increase the disk space available for a single volume. THIS writes to the physical disks evenly across all disks so that no one disk receives all the activity - and therefore improves performance. Windows






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






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






27. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






39. The one bootable partition.






40. 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.






41. Also known as redundant array of independent disks: Technology uses an array of hard drives used to provide fault tolerance and/or improvement in performance.






42. 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.






43. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.






44. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






45. Network with each computer






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






47. Method for encrypting data on a network. Uses a private key for writing messages and a public key to decode the messages. Only the private key needs to be kept secret. Public keys can be distributed openly.






48. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






49. 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.






50. 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