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Subject
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
FAT12
Application layer
2. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
ReadyDrive
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
3. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Beep codes
Block mode
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Attention (AT) command set
4. 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
Low-level formatting
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Power-On Self-Test
5. 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
Application layer
Booting
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
6. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Host adapter
Cache
Nonvolatile Memory
Access Control List (ACL)
7. 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.
RAID 1
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Bit rate
File system
8. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
CMOS/BIOS
The primary partition
Attention (AT) command set
ROM BIOS program
9. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Cable
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Logical Unit Number: LUN
SCSI host adapter card
10. 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.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Category 5
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
11. 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
Loop-back plug
File system
Buffer
Simple volume
12. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
SCSI ID
Spanning
RAID 5
Low-level formatting
13. 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.
Block mode
Beep codes
Adapter card
ROM BIOS program
14. 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.
Cable
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Low-level formatting
15. 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.
80-conductor IDE cable
Fault tolerance
CHKDSK
SCSI ID
16. 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
Cluster
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Asymmetric encryption
Recovery CDs
17. 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.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
FAT12
Low-level formatting
Bridge
18. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
External SATA: eSATA
Recovery CDs
Post Diagnostic
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
19. 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.
Cable tie
C: drive
Soft boot
Cluster
20. 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.
Basic disk
Backward compatible
FAT12
Active partition
21. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
C: drive
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
The electrical system
80-conductor IDE cable
22. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Loop-back plug
Active partition
Bus
Read/write head
23. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Simple volume
Whenever changes are made
File Allocation Table: FAT
SCSI host adapter card
24. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Drive image
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Recovery
Soft boot
25. Temporary drop in AC power.
Basic disk
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Brownout
Beep codes
26. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Bridge
Hybrid hard drives
File Allocation Table: FAT
Application layer
27. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
The electrical system
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Formatting
Whenever changes are made
28. 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.
Loop-back plug
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
External SATA: eSATA
Asymmetric encryption
29. 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.
Attention (AT) command set
Drive image
Backward compatible
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
30. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Head
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Bus
31. 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.
POST
Simple volume
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
The primary partition
32. 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.
Adapter card
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Computer maintenance
RAID 5
33. 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?
Last worked
Extended partition
C: drive
Computer Preventive Maintenance
34. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Hybrid hard drives
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Bootable disk
Whenever changes are made
35. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
FAT12
Hard boot
Backplane
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
36. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
Terminating resistor
Formatting
Loop-back plug
Attention (AT) command set
37. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Bridge
Formatting
Simple volume
Extended partition
38. 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.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Byte
Asymmetric encryption
39. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Recovery
Drive image
Cable tie
Soft boot
40. 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
Spanning
CMOS/BIOS
Brownout
SCSI host adapter card
41. 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.
File system
Bus topology
High-level formatting
The primary partition
42. 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.
RAID 0
Basic disk
Boot record
Fault tolerance
43. 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.
Last worked
AppleTalk
RAID 0
File system
44. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Hybrid hard drives
Fault tolerance
Simple volume
Backplane
45. 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
Boot sequence
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
RAID 5
46. The one bootable partition.
Bit rate
RAID 5
ROM BIOS program
Active partition
47. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Bit rate
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
FAT12
Cluster
48. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Bridge
Bus topology
Application Programming Interface (API)
File system
49. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Boot sequence
AppleTalk
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Beep codes
50. 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
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Active partition
Whenever changes are made
Post Diagnostic