A ____ CD can be used to boot a system and repair or reinstall the Windows operating system.
What is a recovery?
100
A ____ is used to test a serial, parallel, USB, network, or other port.
What is a loop-back plug?
100
Although not an essential tool, a POST ____ can be of great help to discover and report computer errors and conflicts at POST.
What is a diagnostic card?
100
To verify that Windows XP is automatically maintaining updates when connected to the Internet, click Start, right-click ____, and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
What is My Computer?
100
In Windows XP, you should choose the ____ setting for updates.
What is an Automatic?
200
True or False: "Don’t leave the PC turned off for weeks or months at a time"
What is True?
200
A preventive maintenance plan tends to evolve from a history or pattern of ____ within an organization.
What are malfunctions?
200
In a normally clean environment, you should make sure that air vents are clear on a(n) ____ basis.
What is yearly?
200
You should delete temporary files and empty the Recycle Bin on a(n) ____ basis.
What is monthly?
200
You should perform regular backups of the hard drive at least ____.
What is weekly?
300
You should write down or backup changes to CMOS setup ____.
What is "whenever changes are made"?
300
Alkaline batteries ____.
What is "can be disposed in the regular trash"?
300
Button batteries used in digital cameras, Flash Path, and other small equipment ____.
What is "can contain silver oxide, mercury, lithium, or cadmium and are considered hazardous waste"?
300
____ is an electrical charge at rest.
What is an ESD?
300
____ are a type of Faraday Cage.
What is a Static shielding bags?
400
A floppy drive cable has ____ pins and a twist in the cable. IDE cables have ____ pins.
What are 34, 40?
400
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.
What is booting?
400
A hard boot is also called a(n) ____ boot.
What is cold?
400
The ____ is a series of tests performed by the startup BIOS to determine if it can communicate correctly with essential hardware components required for a successful boot.
What is POST?
400
At the beginning of the boot drive is the OS ____, which loads the first program file of the OS.
What is boot record?
500
Programming contained on the firmware chip on the motherboard that is responsible for getting a system up and going and finding an OS to load
What is a Startup BIOS?
500
Involves using the operating system to reboot
What is Warm Boot?
500
Involves turning on the power with the on/off switch
What is Hard Boot?
500
Hardware or software that prevents hackers or malicious software from getting into your computer without your knowledge
What is firewall?
500
Monitors the boot process and reports errors, usually as coded numbers on a small LED panel