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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. 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.
Backward compatible
Hard boot
Asymmetric encryption
Active partition
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.
Bus
Backplane
Backward compatible
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
3. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
4. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Active partition
RAID 0
Bridge
Cache
5. 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
Cable tie
Last worked
SCSI host adapter card
Application layer
6. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Cache
Cable tie
Autodetection
Block mode
7. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Bit rate
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Nonvolatile Memory
8. 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.
Buffer
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Fault tolerance
External SATA: eSATA
9. 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.
Booting
External SATA: eSATA
FAT12
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
10. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Loop-back plug
C: drive
Cable tie
11. 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.
Autodetection
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Bridge
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
12. Network with each computer
Bus topology
RAID 0
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Autodetection
13. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.
CMOS/BIOS
RAID 1
The primary partition
High-level formatting
14. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Adapter card
Hot-swapping
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Buffer
15. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Cluster
Backward compatible
Drive image
Autodetection
16. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Autodetection
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Loop-back plug
Asymmetric encryption
17. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
Byte
Terminating resistor
RAID 0
External SATA: eSATA
18. 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.
New Technology file system: NTFS
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Application Programming Interface (API)
AppleTalk
19. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Brownout
CMOS/BIOS
RAID 0
20. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Bus topology
Spanning
Automatic
SCSI ID
21. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Read/write head
C: drive
Loop-back plug
22. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Low-level formatting
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Loop-back plug
23. 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?
Byte
Last worked
Boot record
Cluster
24. 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
Recovery CDs
Formatting
Buffer
FAT12
25. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
RAID 5
Basic disk
SCSI ID
Asymmetric encryption
26. The one bootable partition.
Terminating resistor
Soft boot
Active partition
Cold boot
27. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Computer maintenance
SCSI ID
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Post Diagnostic
28. 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.
ROM BIOS program
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
RAID 5
Bootable disk
29. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
ReadyDrive
80-conductor IDE cable
Solid State Device: SSD
CHKDSK
30. 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.
Read/write head
Extended partition
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
31. To power up a computer from the off position.
Adapter card
Cold boot
Cable
Byte
32. 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.
Soft boot
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Nonvolatile Memory
Solid State Device: SSD
33. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Brownout
Read/write head
File Allocation Table: FAT
Adapter card
34. 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.
Spanning
Low-level formatting
Formatting
Bit rate
35. 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)
Byte
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
File Allocation Table: FAT
36. POST means __________________.
Power-On Self-Test
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Hybrid hard drives
Post Diagnostic
37. 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?
File Allocation Table: FAT
The electrical system
Read/write head
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
38. 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.
Application layer
Recovery
Host adapter
Logical Unit Number: LUN
39. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Host adapter
SCSI ID
40. 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.
Beep codes
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Cluster
41. 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
Magnetic hard drive
Boot record
Buffer
POST
42. Temporary drop in AC power.
Brownout
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Whenever changes are made
Head
43. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Whenever changes are made
Bootable disk
Nonvolatile Memory
Bus
44. 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.
Computer maintenance
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
CHKDSK
Block mode
45. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Formatting
Hard boot
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
46. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
C: drive
Category 5
Cable tie
Spanning
47. 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.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Nonvolatile Memory
Head
Formatting
48. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Host adapter
Active partition
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
49. 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.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Host adapter
Head
Application layer
50. 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.
High-level formatting
Hard boot
Hybrid hard drives
RAID 1