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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. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Booting
Hard boot
Bit rate
Beep codes
2. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
CMOS/BIOS
Application layer
Block mode
Cable
3. 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.
Recovery
RAID 0
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
4. 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.
Hybrid hard drives
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Cable tie
Asymmetric encryption
5. 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.
Basic disk
C: drive
Loop-back plug
AppleTalk
6. 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
Extended partition
Attention (AT) command set
New Technology file system: NTFS
Magnetic hard drive
7. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
Head
Category 5
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Read/write head
8. 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
CMOS/BIOS
Attention (AT) command set
New Technology file system: NTFS
9. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Byte
Fault tolerance
Attention (AT) command set
Hot-swapping
10. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Low-level formatting
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
ReadyDrive
11. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Loop-back plug
Hard boot
Direct Memory Access: DMA
RAID 1
12. 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
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Head
Bootable disk
80-conductor IDE cable
13. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
Drive image
CHKDSK
CMOS/BIOS
POST
14. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
High-level formatting
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
New Technology file system: NTFS
15. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
Bootable disk
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Active partition
16. 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:
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Basic disk
Host adapter
Byte
17. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
The electrical system
Boot record
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Terminating resistor
18. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
The primary partition
AppleTalk
Computer maintenance
19. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Formatting
Bootable disk
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
RAID 1
20. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Brownout
High-level formatting
SCSI ID
21. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Post Diagnostic
External SATA: eSATA
Backplane
Loop-back plug
22. POST means __________________.
Access Control List (ACL)
Backward compatible
POST
Power-On Self-Test
23. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Soft boot
Spanning
RAID 0
24. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
ROM BIOS program
80-conductor IDE cable
SCSI ID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
25. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Nonvolatile Memory
Booting
Attention (AT) command set
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
26. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Hybrid hard drives
Soft boot
Adapter card
Host adapter
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.
Hot-swapping
Backward compatible
Low-level formatting
ActiveX
28. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Basic disk
Block mode
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Beep codes
29. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
The primary partition
Application Programming Interface (API)
Recovery
Recovery CDs
30. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Application layer
The primary partition
Attention (AT) command set
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
31. 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
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Application layer
Category 5
Bootable disk
32. 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.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Application Programming Interface (API)
Read/write head
33. Temporary drop in AC power.
SCSI host adapter card
Active partition
Brownout
Bit rate
34. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
The primary partition
Application layer
Automatic
Boot sequence
35. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
RAID 1
Recovery CDs
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
File system
36. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Boot sequence
Beep codes
Cable
Loop-back plug
37. 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.
Backplane
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Cluster
Attention (AT) command set
38. 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.
Magnetic hard drive
Bootable disk
RAID 0
The primary partition
39. 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.
Backward compatible
Autodetection
Read/write head
Backplane
40. 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.
Bit rate
File system
Beep codes
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
41. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Recovery CDs
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Autodetection
Boot record
42. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Computer maintenance
Loop-back plug
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
43. 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
Bridge
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
File system
Formatting
44. 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.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Booting
ROM BIOS program
Bus
45. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
Autodetection
Bus
Power-On Self-Test
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
46. 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.
Solid State Device: SSD
Bus
Loop-back plug
Last worked
47. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Read/write head
Nonvolatile Memory
Bootable disk
80-conductor IDE cable
48. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Whenever changes are made
Loop-back plug
Terminating resistor
Fault tolerance
49. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Loop-back plug
Head
Solid State Device: SSD
Adapter card
50. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
AppleTalk
Computer maintenance
Cable tie