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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Formatting performed by means of the DOS or Windows Format program (for example - FORMAT C:/S creates the boot record - FAT - and root directory on drive C and makes the drive bootable). Also called OS formatting.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?






7. POST means __________________.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. Network with each computer






13. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. 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






21. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.






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






24. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






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






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






27. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.






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






29. 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.






30. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. 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?






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.






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






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






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






45. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.






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






47. 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.






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






49. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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