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Computer Repair
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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. 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
Copy backup
Hard boot
Buffer
ActiveX
2. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Computer maintenance
Spanning
Basic disk
Extended partition
3. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
Category 5
The electrical system
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
High-level formatting
4. 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.
Host adapter
The primary partition
Asymmetric encryption
Backplane
5. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
The electrical system
Asymmetric encryption
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
File system
6. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
RAID 5
Attention (AT) command set
Bootable disk
Recovery CDs
7. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Bus
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Booting
Brownout
8. 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.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Adapter card
Head
RAID 5
9. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
External SATA: eSATA
Attention (AT) command set
Bus
Post Diagnostic
10. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Boot sequence
Backward compatible
CMOS/BIOS
Computer maintenance
11. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Bridge
Head
Formatting
Terminating resistor
12. 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.
Bit rate
Cluster
Low-level formatting
Cable
13. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Copy backup
80-conductor IDE cable
Block mode
POST
14. 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.
Copy backup
AppleTalk
Automatic
FAT12
15. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
Autodetection
Backplane
Read/write head
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
16. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
Power-On Self-Test
Low-level formatting
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Access Control List (ACL)
17. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Boot record
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Computer Preventive Maintenance
The primary partition
18. 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.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Brownout
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
19. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Recovery CDs
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Hybrid hard drives
Whenever changes are made
20. 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.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Asymmetric encryption
Boot record
Cold boot
21. 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.
Hybrid hard drives
Power-On Self-Test
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Asymmetric encryption
22. 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
Whenever changes are made
Cache
Extended partition
File system
23. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Byte
Attention (AT) command set
Recovery CDs
Logical Unit Number: LUN
24. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?
Post Diagnostic
Access Control List (ACL)
Last worked
Cable tie
25. 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.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The primary partition
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Drive image
26. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Copy backup
Bootable disk
Cold boot
27. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Spanning
Backplane
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
28. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Boot sequence
Adapter card
Cluster
Cache
29. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
SCSI ID
Cache
Application layer
30. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
RAID 0
Head
Buffer
Post Diagnostic
31. 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
SCSI host adapter card
Power-On Self-Test
File Allocation Table: FAT
Automatic
32. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
FAT12
Recovery
Spanning
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
33. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Bit rate
Category 5
Whenever changes are made
Read/write head
34. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Head
Cable
80-conductor IDE cable
Soft boot
35. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Loop-back plug
Low-level formatting
ReadyDrive
Buffer
36. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Read/write head
Hybrid hard drives
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
37. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
RAID 1
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
The primary partition
Bus topology
38. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
Cable tie
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
New Technology file system: NTFS
39. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Category 5
Terminating resistor
ReadyDrive
Boot record
40. Temporary drop in AC power.
Bus topology
Bus
Brownout
ROM BIOS program
41. 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
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
File Allocation Table: FAT
Bus topology
42. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Hard boot
The electrical system
Cold boot
Cable tie
43. 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
Drive image
ROM BIOS program
Copy backup
Application layer
44. 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.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Spanning
Buffer
POST
45. 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.
The electrical system
Post Diagnostic
Cable
High-level formatting
46. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Power-On Self-Test
Formatting
Head
Buffer
47. 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.
Cold boot
The electrical system
ActiveX
Bridge
48. 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
Backward compatible
Hybrid hard drives
RAID 0
Power-On Self-Test
49. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Application layer
Boot record
Nonvolatile Memory
SCSI ID
50. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.
RAID 1
Recovery CDs
ROM BIOS program
Access Control List (ACL)