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Computer Repair

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. To power up a computer from the off position.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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






8. Temporary drop in AC power.






9. 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






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






11. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.






12. Data storage area that provides high-speed access for the system.






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






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






15. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






16. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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:






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






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. 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.






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






32. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.






33. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






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






35. The one bootable partition.






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






37. 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






38. Another name for the primary volume.






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.






48. 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.






49. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






50. Used to repair and reinstall Windows