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1. 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
Bus topology
The primary partition
Asymmetric encryption
2. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Formatting
SCSI host adapter card
Post Diagnostic
3. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Magnetic hard drive
CMOS/BIOS
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
4. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
External SATA: eSATA
Backward compatible
Cache
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
5. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Drive image
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Buffer
Boot record
6. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
CHKDSK
Boot sequence
Head
Hard boot
7. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Buffer
AppleTalk
Attention (AT) command set
Asymmetric encryption
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.
Spanning
Recovery
RAID 1
ROM BIOS program
9. 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.
Byte
Bus topology
Magnetic hard drive
AppleTalk
10. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
SCSI ID
Block mode
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Basic disk
11. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
POST
Bus topology
RAID 5
Terminating resistor
12. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
Hybrid hard drives
AppleTalk
Basic disk
Beep codes
13. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Bus
Direct Memory Access: DMA
RAID 1
14. 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.
Fault tolerance
RAID 1
Backward compatible
Solid State Device: SSD
15. 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.
RAID 5
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Terminating resistor
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
16. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Magnetic hard drive
Bit rate
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Buffer
17. Another name for the primary volume.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Simple volume
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Loop-back plug
18. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Loop-back plug
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Bootable disk
Brownout
19. 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.
Active partition
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Loop-back plug
Cluster
20. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Attention (AT) command set
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
ROM BIOS program
Head
21. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
SCSI ID
ActiveX
Brownout
Adapter card
22. 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.
Byte
Hot-swapping
ActiveX
Host adapter
23. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Attention (AT) command set
Loop-back plug
Head
Autodetection
24. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Recovery CDs
Whenever changes are made
Head
Cold boot
25. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Hot-swapping
Terminating resistor
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
26. 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.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
ActiveX
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
27. 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
Recovery
Simple volume
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Booting
28. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Booting
Cache
Brownout
29. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Fault tolerance
Asymmetric encryption
Application Programming Interface (API)
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
30. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
ActiveX
Boot sequence
Hot-swapping
Direct Memory Access: DMA
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
Application layer
Cable
Hybrid hard drives
Terminating resistor
32. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Post Diagnostic
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Computer maintenance
33. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
C: drive
Nonvolatile Memory
Copy backup
CHKDSK
34. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Bootable disk
File system
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
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
Hot-swapping
Cluster
Backplane
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
36. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Buffer
Loop-back plug
Block mode
Whenever changes are made
37. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Automatic
Application Programming Interface (API)
Block mode
Spanning
38. 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
Buffer
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Formatting
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
39. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Access Control List (ACL)
Recovery CDs
Application layer
40. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Cold boot
ROM BIOS program
Beep codes
Nonvolatile Memory
41. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Cache
Bus topology
Cluster
Bootable disk
42. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
CHKDSK
RAID 1
Loop-back plug
External SATA: eSATA
43. 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.
Formatting
Beep codes
Booting
Cache
44. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Loop-back plug
Backward compatible
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Bridge
45. Temporary drop in AC power.
Brownout
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
The electrical system
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
46. 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
Block mode
Magnetic hard drive
Bus
Access Control List (ACL)
47. 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.
Low-level formatting
Hybrid hard drives
File system
ROM BIOS program
48. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
The primary partition
Hybrid hard drives
Whenever changes are made
Bridge
49. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Formatting
Copy backup
Access Control List (ACL)
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
50. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Boot sequence
Application layer
Loop-back plug
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