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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 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.
Whenever changes are made
Byte
Cluster
Category 5
2. 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.
Whenever changes are made
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Magnetic hard drive
High-level formatting
3. A number from 0 to 15 assigned to each SCSI device attached to the daisy chain.
RAID 5
Fault tolerance
C: drive
SCSI ID
4. 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.
Last worked
Terminating resistor
Asymmetric encryption
Boot sequence
5. 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.
Boot record
RAID 0
Cluster
CHKDSK
6. 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.
Solid State Device: SSD
POST
Brownout
Bridge
7. 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
Recovery
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Access Control List (ACL)
RAID 0
8. The advantages of ______________: To reduce the likelihood that the events that causes PC failures will occur and to lessen the damage if they do.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
ReadyDrive
Application Programming Interface (API)
Computer Preventive Maintenance
9. 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)
Category 5
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Booting
10. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
Nonvolatile Memory
The electrical system
New Technology file system: NTFS
FAT12
11. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Recovery CDs
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Head
Boot record
12. 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
Computer Preventive Maintenance
SCSI host adapter card
Byte
Loop-back plug
13. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
The primary partition
Hybrid hard drives
Category 5
Loop-back plug
14. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Cold boot
Access Control List (ACL)
Nonvolatile Memory
File Allocation Table: FAT
15. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.
Asymmetric encryption
Autodetection
Solid State Device: SSD
RAID 1
16. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
New Technology file system: NTFS
Backplane
Recovery CDs
Solid State Device: SSD
17. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Bit rate
Formatting
Bus topology
Logical Unit Number: LUN
18. 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.
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Boot record
Buffer
Brownout
19. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
FAT12
Head
Byte
Access Control List (ACL)
20. 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
Hybrid hard drives
Cold boot
Formatting
21. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
Brownout
RAID 1
The electrical system
Terminating resistor
22. 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.
C: drive
Fault tolerance
ROM BIOS program
FAT12
23. 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.
C: drive
Application layer
Loop-back plug
Automatic
24. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Automatic
Cable
Cold boot
SCSI host adapter card
25. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Cable
External SATA: eSATA
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Backplane
26. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
High-level formatting
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Beep codes
Bridge
27. Another name for the primary volume.
Simple volume
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Hard boot
Autodetection
28. 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.
Fault tolerance
ActiveX
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Extended partition
29. 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.
Recovery CDs
AppleTalk
Whenever changes are made
Direct Memory Access: DMA
30. A set of tools - routines and protocols used to develop software applications that will be compatible with an operating system.
Extended partition
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Solid State Device: SSD
Application Programming Interface (API)
31. 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.
Recovery CDs
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Extended partition
SCSI ID
32. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
ROM BIOS program
33. 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
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
File system
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
FAT12
34. 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.
Recovery CDs
Soft boot
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Extended partition
35. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Boot sequence
Active partition
Bootable disk
36. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Drive image
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Bus topology
Recovery
37. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
CHKDSK
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
File Allocation Table: FAT
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
38. Temporary drop in AC power.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Brownout
Booting
File system
39. A method of data transfer between hard drive and memory that allows multiple data transfers on a single software interrupt.
Block mode
Application Programming Interface (API)
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Extended partition
40. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Last worked
Bootable disk
Terminating resistor
AppleTalk
41. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Computer maintenance
Application Programming Interface (API)
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Cluster
42. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Byte
RAID 1
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
43. 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
Direct Memory Access: DMA
High-level formatting
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Application layer
44. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Recovery CDs
External SATA: eSATA
Read/write head
45. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Recovery CDs
Attention (AT) command set
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
46. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
ReadyDrive
Head
FAT12
Attention (AT) command set
47. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Brownout
80-conductor IDE cable
SCSI host adapter card
48. 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.
Loop-back plug
Recovery
SCSI ID
The primary partition
49. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Hot-swapping
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Access Control List (ACL)
SCSI host adapter card
50. 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.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Solid State Device: SSD
Backward compatible
Nonvolatile Memory