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Subject
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Block mode
Simple volume
Loop-back plug
Adapter card
2. 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.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Extended partition
Simple volume
Low-level formatting
3. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
The primary partition
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Cold boot
4. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Recovery CDs
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Backward compatible
Application layer
5. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Boot sequence
Cable
Automatic
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
6. POST means __________________.
Power-On Self-Test
Brownout
Nonvolatile Memory
Boot record
7. 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.
Nonvolatile Memory
Application Programming Interface (API)
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
8. 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.
POST
Brownout
Low-level formatting
SCSI host adapter card
9. 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.
Cable
Formatting
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
File Allocation Table: FAT
10. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Nonvolatile Memory
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Solid State Device: SSD
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
11. 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
Magnetic hard drive
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Backplane
Bus
12. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
Asymmetric encryption
ROM BIOS program
Copy backup
Cable tie
13. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Autodetection
Attention (AT) command set
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
14. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Cable tie
Beep codes
AppleTalk
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
15. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
RAID 0
Bus topology
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
16. 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.
Beep codes
Low-level formatting
High-level formatting
SCSI ID
17. 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
Cold boot
Logical Unit Number: LUN
ActiveX
18. 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
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
The primary partition
Hot-swapping
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
19. 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
Backward compatible
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Category 5
Direct Memory Access: DMA
20. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Soft boot
Hard boot
21. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Basic disk
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Application layer
22. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Recovery
Application Programming Interface (API)
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Computer Preventive Maintenance
23. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
Asymmetric encryption
Copy backup
Bus topology
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
24. 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.
Nonvolatile Memory
Bootable disk
Recovery
ROM BIOS program
25. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
Autodetection
Booting
Bootable disk
RAID 5
26. 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.
Cable tie
Direct Memory Access: DMA
RAID 5
Boot record
27. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
POST
Low-level formatting
Bus
Formatting
28. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Byte
Drive image
Automatic
29. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Whenever changes are made
Copy backup
SCSI ID
Hybrid hard drives
30. 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.
ReadyDrive
POST
RAID 0
Bridge
31. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Brownout
Block mode
32. 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.
Boot record
SCSI host adapter card
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
33. 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:
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Read/write head
RAID 5
Cable tie
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.
ActiveX
AppleTalk
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Access Control List (ACL)
35. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Loop-back plug
Bus topology
Read/write head
Computer maintenance
36. 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.
SCSI host adapter card
Loop-back plug
The primary partition
Asymmetric encryption
37. 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.
RAID 5
Backward compatible
Active partition
Drive image
38. 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.
SCSI ID
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
File system
Boot sequence
39. 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
SCSI ID
RAID 0
Host adapter
Category 5
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.
80-conductor IDE cable
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Adapter card
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
41. 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.
Booting
The primary partition
Logical Unit Number: LUN
AppleTalk
42. You should write down or backup changes to CMOS/BIOS setup ____________________.
Loop-back plug
Automatic
Whenever changes are made
Formatting
43. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Post Diagnostic
CHKDSK
ActiveX
44. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
File system
Backward compatible
Asymmetric encryption
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
45. 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?
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
The electrical system
46. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
Boot record
Loop-back plug
Cold boot
CHKDSK
47. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Power-On Self-Test
External SATA: eSATA
Asymmetric encryption
Nonvolatile Memory
48. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Active partition
Spanning
Copy backup
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
49. 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.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Byte
Cold boot
Hard boot
50. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
New Technology file system: NTFS
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Brownout
Buffer