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Subject
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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 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.
Hot-swapping
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Recovery CDs
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
2. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
POST
Hot-swapping
Post Diagnostic
Category 5
3. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
External SATA: eSATA
80-conductor IDE cable
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Access Control List (ACL)
4. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Automatic
Block mode
Whenever changes are made
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
5. 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
ROM BIOS program
Cable tie
File system
Nonvolatile Memory
6. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Read/write head
Adapter card
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
7. 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.
Boot sequence
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Basic disk
RAID 5
8. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Block mode
Autodetection
ReadyDrive
Recovery CDs
9. 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.
Block mode
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Cache
Byte
10. 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.
Cable
FAT12
Autodetection
Backward compatible
11. Another name for the primary volume.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Simple volume
SCSI ID
ReadyDrive
12. 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
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Adapter card
Head
Application layer
13. 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
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
SCSI host adapter card
ROM BIOS program
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
14. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Loop-back plug
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
RAID 5
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
15. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Asymmetric encryption
Loop-back plug
ROM BIOS program
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
16. 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.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Drive image
Formatting
ROM BIOS program
17. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Soft boot
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
File system
18. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Active partition
Boot sequence
Automatic
19. 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
Asymmetric encryption
Autodetection
Active partition
20. 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.
Beep codes
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
RAID 0
Recovery
21. 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:
Bus
ROM BIOS program
Cable
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
22. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
File Allocation Table: FAT
New Technology file system: NTFS
Spanning
Backward compatible
23. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Terminating resistor
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Formatting
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
24. 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.
Soft boot
New Technology file system: NTFS
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
RAID 5
25. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
CHKDSK
Head
Bit rate
Hot-swapping
26. 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.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
RAID 0
Spanning
27. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Backplane
POST
CHKDSK
Computer maintenance
28. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Post Diagnostic
80-conductor IDE cable
Host adapter
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
29. 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.
Drive image
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
ActiveX
Booting
30. 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.
Category 5
C: drive
Backplane
High-level formatting
31. 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.
ActiveX
Solid State Device: SSD
ReadyDrive
The primary partition
32. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Magnetic hard drive
Category 5
C: drive
33. 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?
Block mode
Cache
The electrical system
Adapter card
34. 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.
Block mode
Copy backup
Backward compatible
Cluster
35. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Adapter card
Low-level formatting
Hard boot
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
36. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Bus
Cable
Copy backup
Cluster
37. POST means __________________.
Loop-back plug
Backward compatible
Power-On Self-Test
AppleTalk
38. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
File system
RAID 5
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Hard boot
39. 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
Booting
Hot-swapping
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
The electrical system
40. Temporary drop in AC power.
AppleTalk
File system
Brownout
Recovery CDs
41. 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
C: drive
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Autodetection
Bus topology
42. 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.
Cluster
Active partition
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
43. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Last worked
Cluster
Cable tie
Formatting
44. 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.
Hybrid hard drives
Boot record
Bus
Asymmetric encryption
45. To power up a computer from the off position.
Cold boot
Hybrid hard drives
Basic disk
Hard boot
46. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
File system
Beep codes
Hot-swapping
Read/write head
47. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Solid State Device: SSD
Head
Loop-back plug
Cache
48. 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.
Attention (AT) command set
Solid State Device: SSD
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Asymmetric encryption
49. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Hybrid hard drives
C: drive
Bridge
SCSI ID
50. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Computer maintenance
Formatting
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Access Control List (ACL)