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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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1. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






2. POST means __________________.






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






4. 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:






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






21. 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?






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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






34. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






43. 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






44. 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






45. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Temporary drop in AC power.






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







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