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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






3. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






4. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.






5. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.






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






7. 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.






8. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






10. 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.






11. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.






12. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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






14. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.






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






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






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.






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






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






20. 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






21. Temporary drop in AC power.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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?






25. 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






26. The circuit board that controls a SCSI bus supporting as many as seven or fifteen separate devices. This device controls communication between the SCSI bus and the PC.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. When troubleshooting a failed boot - if you do not see any lights or hear any noises - what hardware system do you first assume is at fault?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Another name for the primary volume.







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