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Computer Repair

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






11. 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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






20. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.






21. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






22. 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.






23. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.






24. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






25. A unit of measure that describes the size of a data file - the amount of space on a disk or other storage medium - or the amount of data being sent over a network. One byte consists of 8 bits of data.






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. The one bootable partition.






32. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






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






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






36. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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:






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






46. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






47. 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






48. 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?






49. 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.






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