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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.






2. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.






3. 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.






4. Another name for the primary volume.






5. Network with each computer






6. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.






7. 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.






8. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






9. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






10. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. The one bootable partition.






14. POST means __________________.






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






16. 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






17. 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?






18. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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.






20. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.






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. The volume is assigned a drive letter (such as drive C: or drive D:) and is formatted using a file system. Also called simple volume.






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






25. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






26. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






27. 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






28. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






29. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






30. 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.






31. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. Temporary drop in AC power.






36. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.






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






38. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






43. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.






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 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