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Computer Repair

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






2. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.






3. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. POST means __________________.






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Another name for the primary volume.






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






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






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






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






25. Discovers the local address (MAC address) of a station on the network when the IP address is known. End stations as well as routers use ARP to discover local addresses:






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






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






32. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.