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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A transfer mode that uses the CPU to transfer data from the hard drive to memory. This mode is slower than DMA mode.
Programmed Input/Output: PIO
RAID 1
Attention (AT) command set
Drive image
2. 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.
SCSI host adapter card
Category 5
POST
Loop-back plug
3. 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
SCSI host adapter card
Buffer
Hot-swapping
Extended partition
4. Troubleshooting tool that allows the computer to boot from a disk when the hard drive will not boot.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
RAID 1
RAID 0
Bootable disk
5. Temporary drop in AC power.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Brownout
Whenever changes are made
Simple volume
6. 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.
RAID 5
Backward compatible
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
Asymmetric encryption
7. 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.
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
Bus
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
8. POST means __________________.
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Bus topology
Power-On Self-Test
9. An IDE cable that has 40 pins but uses 80 wires - 40 of which are ground wires designed to reduce crosstalk on the cable.
Category 5
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Cache
80-conductor IDE cable
10. An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40-pin flat data cable or an 80-conductor cable and a 40-pin IDE connector.
RAID 5
Computer maintenance
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
POST
11. Network with each computer
Fault tolerance
Automatic
Bus topology
RAID 1
12. A___________________can be used to test a USB port.
Bus
Cache
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Loop-back plug
13. 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.
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Cluster
Asymmetric encryption
14. A________________CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall Windows.
Hot-swapping
Boot sequence
Low-level formatting
Recovery
15. 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
RAID 5
Post Diagnostic
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
16. In Windows XP - you should choose the _______________setting for updates.
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics: EIDE
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
Automatic
File system
17. 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.
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Logical Unit Number: LUN
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface: ATAPI
18. The top or bottom surface of one platter on a hard drive. Each platter has two of these.
Head
Hot-swapping
Brownout
Application layer
19. Set of conductors - bundled and sheathed together - made of insulated copper or optical fiber that transport signals and power between electrical devices.
Copy backup
Direct Memory Access: DMA
Cable
Loop-back plug
20. Command used to check the integrity of files and folders on a hard drive by scanning the disk surface for physical errors.
CHKDSK
Cluster
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
Drive image
21. A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating trade and communications standards.
Hot-swapping
Post Diagnostic
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Whenever changes are made
22. 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
SCSI host adapter card
American National Standards Institute: ANSI
Hybrid hard drives
Serial Attached SCSI: SAS
23. When two hard drives are configured as a single volume.
Backward compatible
Cache
Bridge
Spanning
24. 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
Low-level formatting
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
25. 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.
Power-On Self-Test
Solid State Device: SSD
Spanning
Extended partition
26. 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.
ROM BIOS program
Automatic
RAID 5
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks: RAID
27. Fastener used to bundle cables inside and outside of a computer.
C: drive
Cable tie
Magnetic hard drive
Application layer
28. The one bootable partition.
Byte
Active partition
Cable tie
Block mode
29. The resistor added at the end of a SCSI chain to dampen the voltage at the end of the chain.
The primary partition
Terminating resistor
Bus topology
FAT12
30. 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
Recovery CDs
Byte
Brownout
File system
31. How do you change a computer's Boot Sequence?
SCSI host adapter card
CMOS/BIOS
Recovery CDs
Bootable disk
32. 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?
The electrical system
RAID 1
Cache
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
33. Physical connection between an interface processor or card - the data buses - and the power distribution buses inside a chassis.
Backplane
Soft boot
Boot sequence
Application Programming Interface (API)
34. Used to repair and reinstall Windows
Recovery CDs
Nonvolatile Memory
Low-level formatting
Buffer
35. 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
Application Programming Interface (API)
Automatic
Fault tolerance
36. Backs up user-selected files to tape. This backup does not reset the archive bit.
CHKDSK
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
AppleTalk
Copy backup
37. The duplication of everything written to a hard drive.
ActiveX
Fault tolerance
Drive image
Read/write head
38. A drive that uses both solid state and magnetic technologies.
Magnetic hard drive
ActiveX
Solid State Device: SSD
Hybrid hard drives
39. 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.
Soft boot
Magnetic hard drive
SCSI host adapter card
Copy backup
40. A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of __________malfunctions within an organization.
Computer maintenance
ROM BIOS program
Post Diagnostic
Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
41. An ATAPI cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80-conductor cable.
Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment: PATA
Terminating resistor
Bridge
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment: SATA
42. 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.
Cache
Simple volume
Small Computer System Interface: SCSI
AppleTalk
43. Memory that does not lose its data when the power is turned off.
Magnetic hard drive
Brownout
Recovery CDs
Nonvolatile Memory
44. 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.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology: S.M.A.R.T.
ActiveX
Bit rate
80-conductor IDE cable
45. 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.
Extended partition
Integrated Device Electronics: IDE
Fault tolerance
Logical Unit Number: LUN
46. 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.
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)
ReadyDrive
Booting
Brownout
47. Standard that specifies full SATA cabling for external disks.
CHKDSK
Hard Disk Drive: HDD
SCSI ID
External SATA: eSATA
48. 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
Magnetic hard drive
Basic disk
Hot-swapping
Extended partition
49. A sealed - magnetic coil device that moves across the surface of a disk either reading data from or writing data to the disk.
Autodetection
Hard boot
Read/write head
Beep codes
50. A file system designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the FAT32 file system.
File system
AppleTalk
Loop-back plug
New Technology file system: NTFS