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1. 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
File system
Category 5
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
2. 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.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Brownout
ROM BIOS program
Extended partition
3. 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?
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
The electrical system
C: drive
Soft boot
4. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Read/write head
CMOS/BIOS
Recovery
5. 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.
Soft boot
FAT12
Low-level formatting
SCSI host adapter card
6. Temporary drop in AC power.
New Technology file system: NTFS
Brownout
ROM BIOS program
SCSI host adapter card
7. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Adapter card
Basic disk
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Automatic
8. 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.
Nonvolatile Memory
Bus
Block mode
POST
9. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
POST
Magnetic hard drive
Autodetection
Brownout
10. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Bridge
ReadyDrive
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
11. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Bus topology
Bit rate
New Technology file system: NTFS
Bootable disk
12. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Computer maintenance
RAID 0
Low-level formatting
Computer Preventive Maintenance
13. 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.
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Bridge
Soft boot
Nonvolatile Memory
14. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Whenever changes are made
Read/write head
Solid State Device: SSD
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
15. 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.
Extended partition
Spanning
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
16. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Bus topology
Post Diagnostic
Low-level formatting
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
17. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Cache
Bus topology
Automatic
18. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Solid State Device: SSD
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Read/write head
Cable
19. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Byte
Drive image
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Formatting
20. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
Category 5
SCSI ID
Hot-swapping
External SATA: eSATA
21. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
Application Programming Interface (API)
Computer maintenance
CMOS/BIOS
Category 5
22. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Block mode
Hybrid hard drives
Host adapter
Recovery
23. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
High-level formatting
New Technology file system: NTFS
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
24. 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
Computer maintenance
Drive image
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
25. To power up a computer from the off position.
Cold boot
Recovery CDs
Simple volume
Last worked
26. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
Computer maintenance
External SATA: eSATA
The electrical system
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
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.
Post Diagnostic
Power-On Self-Test
Byte
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
28. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Adapter card
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
New Technology file system: NTFS
Drive image
29. 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.
Block mode
Boot record
Loop-back plug
FAT12
30. 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
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Whenever changes are made
Cable
31. 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.
Beep codes
The primary partition
POST
Host adapter
32. 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.
Power-On Self-Test
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Whenever changes are made
RAID 5
33. 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.
Access Control List (ACL)
SCSI host adapter card
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Backward compatible
34. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
RAID 1
Spanning
Bit rate
Adapter card
35. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Loop-back plug
Nonvolatile Memory
CHKDSK
36. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Solid State Device: SSD
Formatting
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
37. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
Hot-swapping
Solid State Device: SSD
Fault tolerance
38. 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.
CMOS/BIOS
Read/write head
AppleTalk
Bus
39. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Cache
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Backplane
40. 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.
Brownout
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Booting
Byte
41. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Cold boot
File Allocation Table: FAT
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Hot-swapping
42. 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
Application layer
Hot-swapping
The electrical system
External SATA: eSATA
43. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Hard boot
The electrical system
Computer Preventive Maintenance
44. 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.
Recovery
Buffer
Loop-back plug
ROM BIOS program
45. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
Computer maintenance
Host adapter
Terminating resistor
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
46. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
SCSI host adapter card
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Basic disk
Loop-back plug
47. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Simple volume
80-conductor IDE cable
Recovery
48. 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.
AppleTalk
Bit rate
Soft boot
POST
49. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
FAT12
Block mode
Read/write head
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
50. POST means __________________.
External SATA: eSATA
80-conductor IDE cable
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Power-On Self-Test
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