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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.






2. 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.






3. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.






4. 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?






5. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






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






7. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. A process (usually performed at the factory) that electronically creates the hard drive tracks and sectors and tests for bad spots on the disk surface.






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






14. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.






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






16. 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






17. 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.






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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






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






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






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






35. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






37. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.






38. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.






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






40. 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






41. Another name for the primary volume.






42. 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.






43. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. POST means __________________.






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