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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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1. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






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






3. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






4. 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.






5. 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






6. 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






7. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






8. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.






9. POST means __________________.






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.






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






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






17. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






39. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. Another name for the primary volume.






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.







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