What is a Windows utility that searches for bad sectors on a volume and recovers data from them if possible.
What is Chkdsk
100
This is a small circuit board inserted in an expansion slot and used to communicate between the system bus and a peripheral device.
What is an adapter card
100
This refers to a kind of memory or storage that that retains its information when power is turned off.
What is non-volatile memory
100
This is an account that grants to the administrator(s) rights and permissions to all hardware and software resources, such as the right to add, delete, and change accounts and to change hardware configurations
What is an Administrator Account
100
This is a Windows utility that is used to enter multiple commands to perform a variety of tasks.
What is the command prompt window
200
This is Windows program and command to defragment a volume.
What is defrag
200
This is a group of chips on the motherboard that controls the timing and flow of data and instructions to and from the CPU.
What is a chipset
200
This is the number system used by computers; it has only two numbers, 0 and 1
What is binary
200
This is a program stored on the hard drive that tells the computer how to communicate with a hardware device such as a printer or modem.
What is a device driver
200
This is a technology, software, or device that works with older or legacy technologies, software, or devices.
What is backward-compatible
300
This is a folder that is used as a shortcut to space on another volume which effectively increases the size of the folder to the size of the other volume.
What is mtpoint
300
This is a narrow slot on the motherboard where an expansion card can be inserted. Expansion slots connect to a bus on the motherboard.
What is an expansion slot
300
This is program in system BIOS that can change the values in CMOS RAM. Also called BIOS setup
What is CMOS setup
300
This is the properties assigned to a file. Examples are: read-only and hidden status.
What is a file attribute
300
This is the low-level part of Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, written specifically for each CPU technology, so that only this must change when platform components change.
What is the HAL (hardware abstraction layer)
400
This is a snapshot of the Windows system, that allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of system malfunction or failure.
What is system restore
400
This is the lines on the system bus that the CPU uses to send and receive data.
What is the data bus
400
This is the number of lines on a bus that can hold data, for example, 8, 16, 32, and 64 lines, which can accommodate 8, 16, 32, and 64 bits at a time.
What is data path size
400
This is the portion of an OS that is responsible for interacting with the hardware.
What is the kernel
400
This is each process that the CPU is aware of; a single task that is part of a longer task or program.
What is a thread
500
This is the group of folders and subfolders in the C:\Users folder that belong to a specific user account.
What is User Profile Namespace
500
This is another name for the system bus.
What is front side bus
500
This is software that is permanently stored in a chip. The BIOS on a motherboard is one example.
What is firmware
500
This is the main directory created when a hard drive or disk is first formatted.
What is the root directory
500
This is a database that Windows uses to store hardware and software configuration information, user preferences, and setup information.