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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Extended partition
Loop-back plug
Active partition
The primary partition
2. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Post Diagnostic
New Technology file system: NTFS
3. 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.
Bus
Booting
RAID 5
Cache
4. A feature of system BIOS and hard drives that automatically identifies and configures a new drive in CMOS setup.
File Allocation Table: FAT
Cold boot
80-conductor IDE cable
Autodetection
5. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Solid State Device: SSD
FAT12
Recovery
80-conductor IDE cable
6. 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.
Category 5
RAID 5
Recovery CDs
AppleTalk
7. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Active partition
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Application Programming Interface (API)
Hot-swapping
8. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Read/write head
Cold boot
Host adapter
SCSI host adapter card
9. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Loop-back plug
Nonvolatile Memory
Recovery CDs
10. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Basic disk
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Loop-back plug
11. The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition; it contains information about the disk or logical drive. On a hard drive - if the THING is in the active partition - then it is used to boot the OS. Also called boot sector.
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Boot record
ReadyDrive
12. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
ROM BIOS program
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Bit rate
File Allocation Table: FAT
13. 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.
Buffer
Cache
POST
Loop-back plug
14. Temporary drop in AC power.
Booting
Brownout
Last worked
External SATA: eSATA
15. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Bus
ReadyDrive
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
16. A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Basic disk
Magnetic hard drive
Extended partition
17. 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.
C: drive
Booting
Bootable disk
Simple volume
18. 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.
Computer maintenance
High-level formatting
Backplane
Soft boot
19. The one bootable partition.
CHKDSK
Active partition
RAID 0
Drive image
20. 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.
Host adapter
Whenever changes are made
Brownout
Cluster
21. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
Last worked
RAID 1
CMOS/BIOS
Cable tie
22. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
POST
File Allocation Table: FAT
Read/write head
Head
23. 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.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Backplane
ActiveX
24. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
RAID 5
Copy backup
Automatic
The primary partition
25. Expansion card that increases the number of controllers and ports available on a computer.
Autodetection
Cold boot
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Adapter card
26. 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?
RAID 1
The electrical system
Hot-swapping
Automatic
27. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Cable tie
Bootable disk
80-conductor IDE cable
Automatic
28. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Power-On Self-Test
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Cable
Recovery CDs
29. Five possible questions that should be asked of a user who is experiencing computer problems: What had just happened? What recent changes did the user make? When did the computer __________? What error message do you see?
Last worked
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Brownout
Head
30. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
File system
The electrical system
FAT12
Copy backup
31. 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
Bus
Computer Preventive Maintenance
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
32. To power up a computer from the off position.
Cold boot
Head
Buffer
Basic disk
33. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Attention (AT) command set
Brownout
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Hard boot
34. One or more sectors that constitute the smallest unit of space on a disk for storing data (also referred to as a file allocation unit). Files are written to a disk as groups of whole clusters.
Hot-swapping
ActiveX
Cluster
Backplane
35. A transfer mode used by devices - including the hard drive - to transfer data to memory without involving the CPU.
Extended partition
ReadyDrive
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Application Programming Interface (API)
36. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Cluster
The electrical system
Boot sequence
Bus topology
37. 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.
RAID 5
Basic disk
Brownout
Hybrid hard drives
38. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.
SCSI host adapter card
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
CMOS/BIOS
Post Diagnostic
39. A drive with no moving parts. Uses nonvolatile flash memory.
Loop-back plug
Solid State Device: SSD
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
40. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
Brownout
Nonvolatile Memory
SCSI host adapter card
External SATA: eSATA
41. 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
RAID 0
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Autodetection
External SATA: eSATA
42. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
ReadyDrive
CHKDSK
Logical Unit Number: LUN
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
43. 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.
Application layer
ActiveX
Cold boot
Backward compatible
44. 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.
Bridge
Byte
Recovery
Logical Unit Number: LUN
45. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Automatic
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Recovery
46. 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
Buffer
Copy backup
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Adapter card
47. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
File system
FAT12
Extended partition
Hybrid hard drives
48. 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.
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Recovery
Fault tolerance
49. A Data Link layer device that connects and passes frames between two network segments. The frames are filtered and forwarded using MAC addresses.
Bridge
ROM BIOS program
The electrical system
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
50. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Head
Recovery
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX) power connector