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Computer Repair

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






7. Temporary drop in AC power.






8. 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






9. 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






10. Network with each computer






11. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






12. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






13. 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.






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.






15. 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?






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. Another name for the primary volume.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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.






26. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.






27. 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.






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






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






30. Performed from the operating system - such as by pressing the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Del or by choosing a Restart option from the Shut Down dialog box. Less stressful on the computer.






31. 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.






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






33. 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:






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






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






36. The one bootable partition.






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






38. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






39. 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.






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






41. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.






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






43. 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






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






45. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.






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






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






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






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






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