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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Loop-back plug
Backward compatible
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Cable tie
2. 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
Attention (AT) command set
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Formatting
Recovery
3. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Cable tie
Recovery CDs
Cable
4. 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.
Boot sequence
Fault tolerance
Low-level formatting
RAID 0
5. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Autodetection
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Access Control List (ACL)
Byte
6. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Bus topology
Recovery CDs
Application layer
Bridge
7. The one bootable partition.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Active partition
Computer Preventive Maintenance
8. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Recovery CDs
Byte
Cache
9. 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.
Magnetic hard drive
Cold boot
Extended partition
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
10. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Head
Byte
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
11. 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
Asymmetric encryption
Low-level formatting
Cable tie
File system
12. 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.
Access Control List (ACL)
Boot sequence
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Asymmetric encryption
13. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Loop-back plug
RAID 1
80-conductor IDE cable
14. To power up a computer from the off position.
Asymmetric encryption
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cold boot
ActiveX
15. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
Whenever changes are made
New Technology file system: NTFS
CHKDSK
FAT12
16. 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.
The primary partition
Cable
Cluster
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
17. 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.
SCSI ID
C: drive
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
18. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Boot sequence
Brownout
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
New Technology file system: NTFS
19. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Solid State Device: SSD
Autodetection
ROM BIOS program
Spanning
20. 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.
Basic disk
Attention (AT) command set
CMOS/BIOS
The primary partition
21. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Backward compatible
Adapter card
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Nonvolatile Memory
22. Temporary drop in AC power.
Brownout
Autodetection
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
POST
23. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Booting
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Loop-back plug
Terminating resistor
24. 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.
ROM BIOS program
Booting
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
SCSI host adapter card
25. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Post Diagnostic
Boot sequence
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Host adapter
26. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
Category 5
Bridge
CMOS/BIOS
Extended partition
27. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Cluster
Hard boot
File Allocation Table: FAT
Application layer
28. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Solid State Device: SSD
Hard boot
Automatic
Nonvolatile Memory
29. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Copy backup
30. 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
Low-level formatting
Cable tie
SCSI host adapter card
Extended partition
31. 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.
Hot-swapping
Bridge
Soft boot
Loop-back plug
32. Another name for the primary volume.
Bootable disk
Simple volume
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Copy backup
33. 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:
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Simple volume
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
CMOS/BIOS
34. 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
ActiveX
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Asymmetric encryption
35. 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.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Whenever changes are made
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
36. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Cold boot
Cache
Active partition
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
37. 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
Boot record
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Category 5
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
38. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Terminating resistor
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Block mode
Formatting
39. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Terminating resistor
Bit rate
40. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Terminating resistor
Automatic
Active partition
41. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Booting
Cold boot
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Extended partition
42. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Loop-back plug
Hard boot
Logical Unit Number: LUN
43. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Fault tolerance
Magnetic hard drive
Basic disk
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
44. 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.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Magnetic hard drive
RAID 1
Whenever changes are made
45. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Hybrid hard drives
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Solid State Device: SSD
46. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
Bus topology
External SATA: eSATA
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
47. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Bus topology
Power-On Self-Test
Last worked
Direct Memory Access: DMA
48. 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.
Backward compatible
Host adapter
Access Control List (ACL)
Bit rate
49. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Recovery
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
AppleTalk
The primary partition
50. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Bootable disk
Whenever changes are made
Soft boot
Adapter card