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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






11. 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:






12. 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.






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






14. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.






15. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.






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






17. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.






18. 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.






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






20. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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






30. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.






31. Network with each computer






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






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






34. 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?






35. Uses space from two or more physical disks to increase the disk space available for a single volume. THIS writes to the physical disks evenly across all disks so that no one disk receives all the activity - and therefore improves performance. Windows






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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?






41. 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.






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






43. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.






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






50. Also known as redundant array of independent disks: Technology uses an array of hard drives used to provide fault tolerance and/or improvement in performance.