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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. The one bootable partition.






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. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. POST means __________________.






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Another name for the primary volume.






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.






41. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Temporary drop in AC power.






48. 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.






49. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






50. 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