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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.






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.






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






19. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






21. 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.






22. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.






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






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






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






30. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.






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






32. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






33. 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.






34. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.






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






41. 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?






42. 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.






43. 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






44. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






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






46. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.






47. 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






48. The one bootable partition.






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






50. 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.