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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






7. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.






8. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.






9. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






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






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






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






13. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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






25. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.






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






27. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






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






29. Another name for the primary volume.






30. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






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






32. 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?






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.






41. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.






42. Network with each computer






43. 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.






44. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.






45. 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.






46. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.






47. 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






48. The one bootable partition.






49. 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






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