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Subject
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Simple volume
Autodetection
Buffer
Drive image
2. Involves restarting the computer by pressing the on/off switch. Stressful on computers.
RAID 0
Hard boot
Copy backup
Loop-back plug
3. 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
Backplane
Post Diagnostic
File system
FAT12
4. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Automatic
Recovery
Computer maintenance
Host adapter
5. 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.
The primary partition
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Bit rate
Copy backup
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.
AppleTalk
Computer Preventive Maintenance
File system
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
7. __________________cards report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
Post Diagnostic
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Power-On Self-Test
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
8. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Fault tolerance
Spanning
Power-On Self-Test
Read/write head
9. This tool can be used to test a USB port.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
Access Control List (ACL)
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Loop-back plug
10. 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
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
80-conductor IDE cable
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
RAID 0
11. 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:
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Basic disk
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
12. The process - you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.
Formatting
Block mode
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Application Programming Interface (API)
13. POST means __________________.
Boot record
Magnetic hard drive
Drive image
Power-On Self-Test
14. Speed at which bits are transmitted - usually expressed in bits per second (bps).
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
SCSI ID
Hybrid hard drives
Bit rate
15. High-speed - 32-bit bus technology designed to support the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
Cold boot
Category 5
Extended partition
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
16. 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.
Spanning
C: drive
Solid State Device: SSD
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
17. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Cable
RAID 5
Recovery
Logical Unit Number: LUN
18. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.
Byte
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Whenever changes are made
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
19. 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.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
Boot record
Basic disk
Booting
20. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Low-level formatting
Application layer
CMOS/BIOS
21. A self-monitoring technology whereby the BIOS monitors the health of the hard drive and warns of an impending failure.
Backward compatible
CMOS/BIOS
Hot-swapping
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
22. Order of drives checked for an OS. Example: Floppy (1st) - CD-ROM (2nd) Hard Drive (3rd)
Boot sequence
Spanning
Automatic
Bus topology
23. 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
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
File Allocation Table: FAT
Cable tie
Bootable disk
24. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Bit rate
Bootable disk
Power-On Self-Test
Head
25. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
ROM BIOS program
Loop-back plug
ReadyDrive
New Technology file system: NTFS
26. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
CHKDSK
Active partition
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
27. List managed by a network administrator that itemizes what a user is permitted to access and the type of access granted.
Access Control List (ACL)
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Read/write head
Host adapter
28. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Cable
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Head
Solid State Device: SSD
29. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
Bus
Bootable disk
External SATA: eSATA
Active partition
30. Issues dial - hang up - reset - and other instructions to the modem. It is based on the Hayes command set.
Extended partition
Power-On Self-Test
Attention (AT) command set
Category 5
31. 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
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Bus topology
Magnetic hard drive
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
32. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Block mode
ReadyDrive
AppleTalk
33. 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.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
Low-level formatting
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
34. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
Byte
ReadyDrive
CHKDSK
35. A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files.
Backward compatible
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
File Allocation Table: FAT
Active partition
36. 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.
Byte
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Copy backup
Power-On Self-Test
37. 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.
Magnetic hard drive
Power-On Self-Test
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Simple volume
38. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Power-On Self-Test
Backplane
Soft boot
Copy backup
39. 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.
Loop-back plug
RAID 5
Host adapter
Low-level formatting
40. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.
Spanning
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
Hot-swapping
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
41. 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.
Whenever changes are made
ROM BIOS program
Backward compatible
Byte
42. 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.
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Adapter card
FAT12
Extended partition
43. Cable that contains four pairs of wires - with a maximum data rate of 1 Gbps.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Byte
C: drive
Category 5
44. 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?
Drive image
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
The electrical system
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
45. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Auxiliary (AUX) power connector
Block mode
File Allocation Table: FAT
Spanning
46. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
Drive image
Cache
RAID 0
Booting
47. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Cable
CHKDSK
C: drive
Booting
48. 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.
Bootable disk
New Technology file system: NTFS
CHKDSK
FAT12
49. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
CHKDSK
Terminating resistor
Bus topology
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
50. To power up a computer from the off position.
Cache
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
Low-level formatting
Cold boot