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Computer Repair

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1. 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.






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






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?






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






5. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






11. 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.






12. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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.






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. The one bootable partition.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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







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