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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
2. 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
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
File system
Bootable disk
Category 5
3. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Head
Recovery CDs
Active partition
Post Diagnostic
4. 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
Simple volume
Bit rate
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
5. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
RAID 1
POST
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
6. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
External SATA: eSATA
ActiveX
The electrical system
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
7. 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
Hybrid hard drives
Cold boot
Magnetic hard drive
8. 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.
Basic disk
Backward compatible
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
9. 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.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Autodetection
Fault tolerance
Beep codes
10. 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
ReadyDrive
Cable tie
Formatting
SCSI host adapter card
11. 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.
C: drive
Booting
Read/write head
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
12. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Attention (AT) command set
Cache
Hybrid hard drives
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
13. 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?
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Asymmetric encryption
The electrical system
14. 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
Magnetic hard drive
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Attention (AT) command set
Logical Unit Number: LUN
15. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
SCSI ID
FAT12
Application Programming Interface (API)
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
16. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Bridge
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Application Programming Interface (API)
Low-level formatting
17. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
FAT12
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Bridge
18. 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.
Cluster
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Loop-back plug
19. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
RAID 1
Simple volume
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Direct Memory Access: DMA
20. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Adapter card
CMOS/BIOS
Computer maintenance
21. 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.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Access Control List (ACL)
Adapter card
22. 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.
Extended partition
Block mode
Recovery CDs
RAID 0
23. Temporary drop in AC power.
Automatic
Formatting
File Allocation Table: FAT
Brownout
24. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
ReadyDrive
Beep codes
Byte
Attention (AT) command set
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.
The primary partition
Head
Hybrid hard drives
RAID 5
26. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Nonvolatile Memory
Byte
POST
Category 5
27. 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.
Fault tolerance
Asymmetric encryption
Cache
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
28. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
SCSI host adapter card
Loop-back plug
RAID 5
Recovery CDs
29. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
External SATA: eSATA
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Cable tie
Low-level formatting
30. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Cable
Hard boot
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Buffer
31. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Bootable disk
Post Diagnostic
Last worked
POST
32. 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.
Soft boot
Hybrid hard drives
Backward compatible
Cold boot
33. POST means __________________.
Byte
Power-On Self-Test
Magnetic hard drive
ROM BIOS program
34. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
ROM BIOS program
Terminating resistor
File system
Application Programming Interface (API)
35. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
CHKDSK
Cold boot
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
36. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Adapter card
ROM BIOS program
Low-level formatting
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
37. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Terminating resistor
Boot record
Direct Memory Access: DMA
ReadyDrive
38. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Bootable disk
ReadyDrive
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
39. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
ActiveX
File Allocation Table: FAT
Soft boot
SCSI host adapter card
40. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Backplane
CHKDSK
Cable
New Technology file system: NTFS
41. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
The primary partition
SCSI host adapter card
Cable
ActiveX
42. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Hybrid hard drives
Hard boot
SCSI host adapter card
Basic disk
43. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Copy backup
RAID 0
Cable
Cable tie
44. 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.
Cluster
Magnetic hard drive
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
45. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Application Programming Interface (API)
80-conductor IDE cable
Bit rate
Simple volume
46. 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
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Solid State Device: SSD
Terminating resistor
File system
47. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
Autodetection
80-conductor IDE cable
Nonvolatile Memory
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
48. A process (usually performed at the factory) that electronically creates the hard drive tracks and sectors and tests for bad spots on the disk surface.
Terminating resistor
Low-level formatting
High-level formatting
RAID 1
49. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
POST
Brownout
Cable
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
50. 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.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Beep codes
Backward compatible
Host adapter