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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






2. 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.






3. 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:






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






8. Network with each computer






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






15. A hard drive whose disk controller is integrated into the drive - eliminating the need for a controller cable and thus increasing speed - as well as reducing price.






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. Another name for the primary volume.






29. 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.






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






31. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






32. 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?






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






48. POST means __________________.






49. This tool can be used to test a USB port.






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