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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
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1. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.






2. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.






3. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






13. 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






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






15. A number assigned to a logical device (such as a tray in a CD changer) that is part of a physical SCSI device - which is assigned a SCSI ID.






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?






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






23. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.






24. 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.






25. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.






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






27. This is how the BIOS communicates errors during POST






28. A computer's ability to respond to a fault or catastrophe - such as a hardware failure or power outage - so that data is not lost.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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?






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






40. 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.






41. A fast interface between a host adapter and the CPU that can daisy chain as many as 7 or 15 devices on a single bus.






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






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






44. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.






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






46. 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.






47. POST means __________________.






48. Is a type of drive imaging. It duplicates data on one drive to another drive and is used for fault tolerance.






49. 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.






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







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