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Computer Repair

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Another name for the primary volume.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 20-pin or 24-pin internal power supply connector.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. 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?






17. 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.






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






19. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.






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. 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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. 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?






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Used to repair and reinstall Windows






31. 4- - 6- - or 8-pin connector that supplies extra voltage to the motherboard from the power supply.






32. Network with each computer






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






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






35. Standard computer case form factor for modern computers.






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






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






38. 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.






39. Temporary drop in AC power.






40. Having the ability to connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Also called hot-plugging.






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






42. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.






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






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