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






2. 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.






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.






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






5. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






19. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.






33. This tool can be used to test a USB port.






34. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. 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?






39. 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






40. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. 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:






48. 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.






49. Temporary drop in AC power.






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