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Computer Repair

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






9. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






20. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






21. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






39. 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.






40. POST means __________________.






41. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






42. 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.






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






44. Another name for the primary volume.






45. 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.






46. 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






47. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






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






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