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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






18. 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.






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.






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






21. POST means __________________.






22. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.






23. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.






24. 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.






25. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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






30. To power up a computer from the off position.






31. 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






32. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.






33. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. The one bootable partition.






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






40. Another name for the primary volume.






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






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






43. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.






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






45. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.






46. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






48. 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






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






50. 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