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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






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






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






4. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






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






6. 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:






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






8. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. Network with each computer






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).






27. 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.






28. Temporary drop in AC power.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






38. The one bootable partition.






39. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






48. POST means __________________.






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






50. 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.