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Computer Repair
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.
ActiveX
Host adapter
Block mode
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
2. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Post Diagnostic
Spanning
3. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
SCSI ID
Read/write head
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Boot record
4. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Head
SCSI ID
Byte
Automatic
5. 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.
Adapter card
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
AppleTalk
Cable
6. 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.
C: drive
Drive image
High-level formatting
Beep codes
7. 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.
Soft boot
POST
FAT12
CHKDSK
8. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Last worked
File Allocation Table: FAT
Loop-back plug
Boot sequence
9. 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.
Loop-back plug
Bus
Boot record
Spanning
10. 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.
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
ActiveX
Backplane
SCSI ID
11. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Hard boot
Whenever changes are made
Soft boot
Recovery CDs
12. 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.
Bit rate
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Computer maintenance
POST
13. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Attention (AT) command set
Byte
Loop-back plug
14. 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
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Recovery
FAT12
Boot sequence
15. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Autodetection
Formatting
Category 5
Loop-back plug
16. 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.
Hot-swapping
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Booting
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
17. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Recovery
Block mode
AppleTalk
File Allocation Table: FAT
18. 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
Buffer
Recovery
Hybrid hard drives
Terminating resistor
19. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
20. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
ActiveX
RAID 5
Head
21. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
ReadyDrive
Category 5
Access Control List (ACL)
22. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Copy backup
Last worked
High-level formatting
23. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Loop-back plug
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Hybrid hard drives
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
24. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.
POST
Cache
Read/write head
Bridge
25. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Boot sequence
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
ReadyDrive
Autodetection
26. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Fault tolerance
Adapter card
Boot sequence
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
27. 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
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Read/write head
28. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
External SATA: eSATA
POST
Application Programming Interface (API)
Category 5
29. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
30. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
CHKDSK
Loop-back plug
POST
Backward compatible
31. 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.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Bit rate
Asymmetric encryption
32. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Bridge
CHKDSK
Beep codes
Bootable disk
33. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Hot-swapping
Attention (AT) command set
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
34. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Read/write head
Beep codes
Spanning
Autodetection
35. 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.
Hot-swapping
Backward compatible
C: drive
SCSI ID
36. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Power-On Self-Test
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Drive image
Whenever changes are made
37. 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.
Recovery
Application Programming Interface (API)
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Cluster
38. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Bus
Formatting
Recovery CDs
Hybrid hard drives
39. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Bus
Access Control List (ACL)
Bootable disk
40. The one bootable partition.
Drive image
External SATA: eSATA
Hot-swapping
Active partition
41. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Recovery CDs
Computer maintenance
Block mode
Head
42. 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.
Block mode
Extended partition
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
SCSI host adapter card
43. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
File Allocation Table: FAT
Recovery CDs
Booting
Terminating resistor
44. 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
Boot record
File system
Bootable disk
External SATA: eSATA
45. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Copy backup
Simple volume
AppleTalk
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
46. 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.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
RAID 1
Recovery
Brownout
47. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
Autodetection
CHKDSK
Power-On Self-Test
SCSI host adapter card
48. 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.
High-level formatting
Magnetic hard drive
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Low-level formatting
49. Network with each computer
RAID 1
The primary partition
Boot sequence
Bus topology
50. POST means __________________.
Power-On Self-Test
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
New Technology file system: NTFS
Cluster