Mixed Challenge
This cable type is immune to electromagnetic interference and commonly used in networking.
What is fiber optic cable?
What is a laser printer?
This device, often restarted when there is no internet connection?
Router
What is the command line to verify and repair the files system on a disk
What is chkdsk?
This action performed from the task manager is used to stop an unresponsive program
What is ending the task
A method of securing wireless networks using a pre-shared key.
What is WPA2-PSK?
This component is considered the 'brain' of a computer.
What is the CPU?
This is the term for the unique identifier assigned to every device connected to a network
what is a MAC ADDRESS
this storage component failure is often preceded by slow performance
What is Hard-drive?
This mode starts windows with only essential programs and drivers to troubleshoot issues
what is safe mode
The hard drive connector type that replaced older PATA interfaces
What is SATA?
What controls communication between the processor, memory, and other components on a laptop motherboard?
What is Chipset?
This protocol is used to securely transfer files over a network
What is SFTP (secure file transfer protocol)?
This storage related term describes when a computer slows down because the ram is full and data is being written to disk
What is Paging or Virtual memory usage?
This window tool checks and repairs corrupted file system files
What is system file checker
Who directed the first census in 1790
Thomas Jefferson
What type of storage technology uses flash memory in modern laptops?
What is Solid State Drive-SSD?
This protocol allows for secure remote management of network devices and uses port 22 by default.
What is SSH? Secure shell
This RAID level uses both striping and parity to provide redundancy and improved performance
What is RAID 5?
Windows feature that allows for automatic updating and patching.
What is Windows Update
The IPv6 address equivalent to IPv4's 127.0.0.1.
What is ::1?
This type of RAM is typically installed in laptops.
What is a SODIMM
The IEEE standard for Wi-Fi wireless networking.
What is 802.11?
This command allows you to manually mount a partition to access its data
What is Mount?
This troubleshooting method involves analyzing system performance using built in data collector sets in Windows
What is Performance Monitor?