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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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?






8. 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.






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






10. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. The ________________makes sure the computer meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly before starting the remainder of the boot process.






21. 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.






22. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






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






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






25. 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






26. Another name for the primary volume.






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






28. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.






29. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.






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






31. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






32. The one bootable partition.






33. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. POST means __________________.






41. To power up a computer from the off position.






42. 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.






43. Network with each computer






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.