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Subject
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it-skills
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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. 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.
Boot sequence
RAID 5
External SATA: eSATA
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
2. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Byte
Buffer
Bridge
Spanning
3. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Block mode
Attention (AT) command set
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
4. 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
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Bus topology
Buffer
Hot-swapping
5. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Read/write head
Automatic
ActiveX
ReadyDrive
6. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Buffer
80-conductor IDE cable
Computer Preventive Maintenance
RAID 0
7. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Last worked
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Attention (AT) command set
8. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
Booting
Boot record
File system
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
9. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Cable tie
Bootable disk
New Technology file system: NTFS
10. 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?
Cluster
Booting
Loop-back plug
The electrical system
11. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Terminating resistor
Read/write head
Buffer
Category 5
12. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Power-On Self-Test
Attention (AT) command set
Post Diagnostic
Loop-back plug
13. 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.
Host adapter
The electrical system
CMOS/BIOS
Cable tie
14. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
ReadyDrive
ActiveX
Host adapter
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
15. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Access Control List (ACL)
Host adapter
Bus topology
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
16. 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
Access Control List (ACL)
Bus topology
Loop-back plug
17. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Recovery
Loop-back plug
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Read/write head
18. The overall structure an OS uses to name - store - and organize files on a drive. In it - a cluster is the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or more sectors. A it tracks how these clusters are used for each fil
Computer Preventive Maintenance
File system
FAT12
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
19. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
File Allocation Table: FAT
Read/write head
20. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Booting
Active partition
Bus topology
21. 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
Adapter card
Cable
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
22. 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.
Boot record
Bridge
Power-On Self-Test
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
23. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Category 5
CMOS/BIOS
Byte
Cable
24. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Byte
Automatic
Hard boot
25. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Extended partition
Whenever changes are made
Fault tolerance
Adapter card
26. To power up a computer from the off position.
Cable
Cold boot
CMOS/BIOS
Byte
27. 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.
FAT12
Logical Unit Number: LUN
ReadyDrive
Last worked
28. 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:
High-level formatting
Soft boot
Bit rate
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
29. 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.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cache
Bus
Drive image
30. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Buffer
Basic disk
AppleTalk
File Allocation Table: FAT
31. 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.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
ActiveX
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Whenever changes are made
32. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Last worked
Drive image
SCSI ID
33. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Post Diagnostic
Cold boot
Hard boot
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
34. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Copy backup
POST
35. 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
Cable
Read/write head
Category 5
36. 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.
RAID 5
Bridge
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
37. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Head
Magnetic hard drive
Buffer
Spanning
38. 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.
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Recovery CDs
Hybrid hard drives
CHKDSK
39. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
POST
Recovery CDs
Block mode
Solid State Device: SSD
40. 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?
Last worked
Bus topology
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
41. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Bus topology
Basic disk
Nonvolatile Memory
ReadyDrive
42. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
Autodetection
Booting
Backward compatible
POST
43. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Booting
Block mode
Fault tolerance
Buffer
44. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Category 5
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Hard boot
45. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
POST
Basic disk
Hot-swapping
Cache
46. 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.
High-level formatting
Asymmetric encryption
Recovery
FAT12
47. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
External SATA: eSATA
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
48. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Cable tie
File Allocation Table: FAT
Byte
Soft boot
49. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
SCSI host adapter card
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Backplane
50. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
External SATA: eSATA
Application Programming Interface (API)
Recovery
Block mode