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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






2. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






3. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






4. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.






5. 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.






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






7. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






8. Another name for the primary volume.






9. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






10. 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?






11. 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






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






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






14. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.






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






20. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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:






36. 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.






37. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






39. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.