Census History
Hardware
Networking
Storage
Software
100

When was the Census Bureau established

1942

100

What is the primary component in a laptop that acts as its "brain"?

CPU-Central Processing Unit

100

This device, often restarted when there is no internet connection?

Router

100
What is the command line to verify and repair the files system on a disk

chkdsk

100

This action performed from the task manager is used to stop an unresponsive program

What is ending the task

200

The Economic Census measure the nation's economy every what

5 years

200

Which laptop hardware component is responsible for temporarily storing data and running applications? 

Random Access Memory-RAM

200

This is the term for the unique identifier assigned to every device connected to a network

 what is a MAC ADDRESS

200

this storage component failure is often preceded by slow performance

Hard-drive

200

This mode starts windows with only essential programs and drivers to troubleshoot issues

 what is safe mode

300

The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality

Data

300
What controls communication between the processor, memory, and other components on a laptop motherboard?

Chipset

300

This protocol is used to securely transfer files over a network

SFTP (secure file transfer protocol)

300

This storage related term describes when a computer slows down because the ram is full and data is being written to disk

Paging or Virtual memory usage

300

This window tool checks and repairs corrupted file system files

What is system file checker

400

Who directed the first census in 1790 

Thomas Jefferson

400

What type of storage technology uses flash memory in modern laptops?

Solid State Drive-SSD

400

This protocol allows for secure remote management of network devices and uses port 22 by default.

What is SSH? Secure shell

400

This RAID level uses both striping and parity to provide redundancy and improved performance

RAID 5
400

This utility records detailed information about the system

Event Viewer

500

Who is the current Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

Robert Santos

500
What is the term for integrated component in many laptops that combines GPU/CPU into a single chip?

System-on-a-chip (SoC)

500

This protocol ensures reliable delivery of packets over an IP network, handling retransmissions and reordering if necessary.

What is TCP? Transmission control protocol

500

This command allows you to manually mount a partition to access its data

Mount

500

This troubleshooting method involves analyzing system performance using built in data collector sets in Windows

Performance Monitor

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