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Subject
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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. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
CHKDSK
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
AppleTalk
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
2. 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:
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Brownout
Host adapter
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
3. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Bit rate
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
ReadyDrive
Application Programming Interface (API)
4. 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
Asymmetric encryption
File system
C: drive
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
5. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Spanning
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Recovery
6. 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.
Booting
Last worked
Cold boot
Beep codes
7. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Hot-swapping
ReadyDrive
80-conductor IDE cable
Recovery CDs
8. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Recovery CDs
Head
Hot-swapping
Computer Preventive Maintenance
9. POST means __________________.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Backplane
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Power-On Self-Test
10. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Spanning
Automatic
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Application Programming Interface (API)
11. Another name for the primary volume.
Hard boot
Adapter card
Byte
Simple volume
12. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
Extended partition
The primary partition
SCSI ID
Host adapter
13. 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.
RAID 0
Soft boot
Category 5
Bridge
14. 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
RAID 1
Recovery
Application layer
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
15. 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.
C: drive
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
The primary partition
Boot sequence
16. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
RAID 5
Adapter card
Hybrid hard drives
Direct Memory Access: DMA
17. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Access Control List (ACL)
Cable tie
18. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
RAID 0
Automatic
CMOS/BIOS
19. 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.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Basic disk
AppleTalk
Application layer
20. 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.
Read/write head
RAID 5
Last worked
Asymmetric encryption
21. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
RAID 0
Head
Formatting
Hybrid hard drives
22. 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
Low-level formatting
Buffer
C: drive
Cold boot
23. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Loop-back plug
FAT12
Bootable disk
Hot-swapping
24. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Cable
New Technology file system: NTFS
Brownout
25. 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.
Soft boot
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Post Diagnostic
26. Temporary drop in AC power.
RAID 1
Loop-back plug
Brownout
C: drive
27. To power up a computer from the off position.
Computer maintenance
Head
Boot sequence
Cold boot
28. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
High-level formatting
Copy backup
Terminating resistor
29. 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.
Bus
Asymmetric encryption
The primary partition
Booting
30. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST
Beep codes
Cache
Cluster
80-conductor IDE cable
31. 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.
Copy backup
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
RAID 0
32. 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.
Cluster
Bus
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Logical Unit Number: LUN
33. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Terminating resistor
Hybrid hard drives
Hot-swapping
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
34. 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.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Adapter card
Brownout
Direct Memory Access: DMA
35. 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.
Head
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
ROM BIOS program
Magnetic hard drive
36. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Read/write head
Access Control List (ACL)
Application layer
Autodetection
37. 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.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Backward compatible
Magnetic hard drive
File system
38. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Byte
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Cable
Cable tie
39. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Whenever changes are made
Active partition
Basic disk
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?
Drive image
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Buffer
The electrical system
41. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
CMOS/BIOS
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Adapter card
Computer maintenance
42. 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.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Beep codes
POST
Category 5
43. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
ActiveX
Boot sequence
Head
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
44. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
RAID 5
Head
Application layer
45. Network with each computer
Adapter card
SCSI ID
Bus topology
ROM BIOS program
46. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Magnetic hard drive
Backplane
Solid State Device: SSD
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
47. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
SCSI ID
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Bus topology
48. 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
Attention (AT) command set
Hard boot
Beep codes
Magnetic hard drive
49. 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.
Booting
Byte
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
50. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Application layer
Hard boot
Loop-back plug
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector