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1. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.
Spanning
Solid State Device: SSD
RAID 1
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
2. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Bootable disk
Post Diagnostic
Computer maintenance
3. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
RAID 1
SCSI ID
Booting
Boot sequence
4. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Recovery CDs
Copy backup
Simple volume
5. 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
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
AppleTalk
Application layer
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
6. 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.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
C: drive
Basic disk
Copy backup
7. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Read/write head
New Technology file system: NTFS
Bootable disk
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
8. To power up a computer from the off position.
Bus topology
Cold boot
Hard boot
SCSI ID
9. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Beep codes
Buffer
Whenever changes are made
Bus topology
10. 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.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Whenever changes are made
ROM BIOS program
Booting
11. 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
Loop-back plug
Buffer
Solid State Device: SSD
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
12. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Low-level formatting
Active partition
Formatting
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
13. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Autodetection
Basic disk
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
14. 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.
Active partition
Asymmetric encryption
Solid State Device: SSD
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
15. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Loop-back plug
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Buffer
16. 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.
FAT12
Basic disk
RAID 5
Autodetection
17. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
New Technology file system: NTFS
Loop-back plug
Hard boot
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
18. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Nonvolatile Memory
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Extended partition
Soft boot
19. 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.
Hybrid hard drives
SCSI ID
Terminating resistor
Logical Unit Number: LUN
20. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
External SATA: eSATA
Byte
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
21. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
CMOS/BIOS
The electrical system
Application Programming Interface (API)
22. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
CMOS/BIOS
Byte
Nonvolatile Memory
Boot sequence
23. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Head
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Basic disk
24. 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.
Application layer
ReadyDrive
Bootable disk
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
25. 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.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
FAT12
The primary partition
Cache
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.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
RAID 5
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Bus topology
27. 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.
Asymmetric encryption
Extended partition
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Block mode
28. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Autodetection
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
ActiveX
29. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
RAID 5
CMOS/BIOS
Hot-swapping
Soft boot
30. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Cable tie
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
80-conductor IDE cable
31. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Hard boot
Fault tolerance
Access Control List (ACL)
32. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Cable tie
Logical Unit Number: LUN
FAT12
ActiveX
33. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Application layer
Bus
FAT12
Block mode
34. 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?
Nonvolatile Memory
Head
The electrical system
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
35. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
External SATA: eSATA
Drive image
Whenever changes are made
Loop-back plug
36. Another name for the primary volume.
RAID 1
Recovery CDs
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Simple volume
37. 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
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cable
Boot record
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
38. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Cache
Cable tie
Fault tolerance
39. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Access Control List (ACL)
POST
Copy backup
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
40. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Last worked
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Attention (AT) command set
41. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Attention (AT) command set
Backplane
Bus
Computer Preventive Maintenance
42. The one bootable partition.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Active partition
Basic disk
Block mode
43. Network with each computer
Bus topology
Autodetection
80-conductor IDE cable
Beep codes
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:
CMOS/BIOS
Read/write head
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
The primary partition
45. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
Recovery
Application layer
Spanning
Beep codes
46. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
CHKDSK
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
47. 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
Adapter card
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
AppleTalk
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
48. 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
Post Diagnostic
Bootable disk
Magnetic hard drive
C: drive
49. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Asymmetric encryption
Hot-swapping
Application Programming Interface (API)
Terminating resistor
50. 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.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Soft boot
ROM BIOS program
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
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