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Computer Repair

Subject : 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. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.






2. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.






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






4. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.






5. Layer 7 of the OSI reference model. This layer provides services to application processes such as electronic mail - file transfer - and terminal emulation that are outside of the OSI model. The application layer identifies and establishes the availab






6. POST means __________________.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The one bootable partition.






15. 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.






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






17. Temporary drop in AC power.






18. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






19. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






20. Network with each computer






21. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






24. Another name for the primary volume.






25. 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.






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






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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?






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.






36. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.






37. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






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






40. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.






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






42. 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.






43. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.






44. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






45. 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.






46. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)






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






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






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






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