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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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1. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Bit rate
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Block mode
SCSI ID
2. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Bridge
Soft boot
FAT12
Head
3. POST means __________________.
Power-On Self-Test
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Last worked
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
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.
Cold boot
RAID 5
Spanning
Booting
5. 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.
Copy backup
External SATA: eSATA
POST
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
6. 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.
Boot record
Bootable disk
AppleTalk
Formatting
7. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Bus
Cluster
Boot sequence
Hard boot
8. The one bootable partition.
Active partition
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Computer maintenance
Block mode
9. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Buffer
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Cable tie
10. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Cache
80-conductor IDE cable
Autodetection
11. 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.
Formatting
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
FAT12
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
12. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Byte
Post Diagnostic
Spanning
Drive image
13. Network with each computer
SCSI host adapter card
Hybrid hard drives
File Allocation Table: FAT
Bus topology
14. 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.
Bridge
SCSI ID
Asymmetric encryption
Power-On Self-Test
15. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
Last worked
CHKDSK
External SATA: eSATA
SCSI ID
16. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Block mode
File Allocation Table: FAT
Beep codes
80-conductor IDE cable
17. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Cold boot
Drive image
Simple volume
CHKDSK
18. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Attention (AT) command set
Cache
80-conductor IDE cable
Bootable disk
19. 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.
Bootable disk
Attention (AT) command set
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
20. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Low-level formatting
80-conductor IDE cable
External SATA: eSATA
Bit rate
21. 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.
Cluster
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Cold boot
22. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
SCSI host adapter card
Bootable disk
Recovery
RAID 1
23. 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
SCSI ID
Hot-swapping
Attention (AT) command set
24. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Access Control List (ACL)
Application Programming Interface (API)
Hard boot
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
25. Temporary drop in AC power.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Brownout
Buffer
Magnetic hard drive
26. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Application Programming Interface (API)
Post Diagnostic
27. 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.
Bit rate
Booting
Soft boot
Spanning
28. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Loop-back plug
Automatic
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
FAT12
29. 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.
ROM BIOS program
SCSI ID
Booting
Cache
30. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Asymmetric encryption
Bus topology
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Spanning
31. 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.
Booting
Bus topology
High-level formatting
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
32. 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
RAID 5
Last worked
Loop-back plug
RAID 0
33. 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
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Application Programming Interface (API)
Buffer
RAID 1
34. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Block mode
Nonvolatile Memory
Brownout
Hybrid hard drives
35. 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.
Block mode
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
36. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
CMOS/BIOS
ActiveX
Hot-swapping
Basic disk
37. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Loop-back plug
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
CHKDSK
RAID 1
38. 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
Application layer
Block mode
Recovery CDs
C: drive
39. 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.
RAID 0
FAT12
File Allocation Table: FAT
Category 5
40. 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.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Extended partition
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
41. 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.
Cold boot
Drive image
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Attention (AT) command set
42. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
The primary partition
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Asymmetric encryption
Computer Preventive Maintenance
43. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
Booting
Backplane
Beep codes
44. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Bridge
Cold boot
Backward compatible
45. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
ActiveX
Attention (AT) command set
Recovery CDs
Autodetection
46. 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.
Recovery
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Post Diagnostic
Bus
47. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Attention (AT) command set
Recovery
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Block mode
48. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Computer Preventive Maintenance
RAID 5
Cache
49. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Bit rate
C: drive
Read/write head
Nonvolatile Memory
50. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
Attention (AT) command set
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Bridge
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA