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PC Hardware and Software Final Review
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This works in Active Directory on a Windows Domain to control what users and computers can do with a system or network.
Domain Policy Control
Group Policy
Windows Defender
Security Monitor
2
This error-checking utility searches for bad sectors on a volume and recovers the data from them if possible.
chkdsk c: /r
errorchk c: /u
volrpr c: /r
sysrepair c: /e
3
What port transmits digital video and audio and is often used to connect to home theater equipment?
HDMI
Loopback
SPDIF
Digimon
4
Hardware and software errors can present as error messages on a Windows ____________ and are called stop errors.
blue screen of death (BSOD)
BIOS/UEFI
Black Hole Post Error (BHPE)
post operation error (POE)
5
Run this command to use the System File Checker to verify and replace system files and device drivers.
syschk /scan
sfc /scannow
chkdsk /scan
sysrpc /r
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By pressing this key at startup, you can access the Advance Boot Options in Window 10.
F11
ALT A
F8
Windows
7
This command refreshes local group policies as well as group policies set in Active Directory on a Windows domain.
refreshgpedit
domainrefresh
gpupdate
netstate /r
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This backs up user data stored in the Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, Desktop folders and offline OneDrive files.
File Memory Recovery
System Restoration
Restore Docs
File History
9
This is made of mental that draws heat away from the processor.
fin fan
oscillator
CPU
Heat sink
10
This is a set of rules that defines the minimum length of a password, and complexity requirements:
authentication control
complexity command
Certificate Rule
Password Policy
11
What is another name for static electricity, which can damage chips and destroy motherboards.
Static Flashing
Pikachu Thunder Bolt (PTB)
Capacitor Spark Release (CSR)
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
12
This will overwrite the existing operating system and applications.
multi-install
clean install
manual install
upgrade
13
This is a program that runs in the background to support or serve Windows or an application.
appdata
prosessor
malware
service
14
This contains several small utility programs (applets) that are used to manage hardware, software, users, & the system.
File Explorer
Control Panel
Device Monitor
Disk Management
15
This helps draw air out of the case and most cases have more than one.
Heat Sink
Air drawerouter
vacuum
Case fan
16
This boot involves using the operating system to reboot. In Windows this is called a restart.
Hard
Click
Power
Soft
17
The main motherboard power connector used today.
Molex connector
24-pin connector or 20+4-pin
Serial ATA
8-pin 12-V connector
18
You can identify a problem with memory as the source of a problem using:
sfc /all
mdsched.exe
whymemory.exe
msinfo32.exe
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This is an image of an optical disc, including its file system and all its files and folders.
ISO Image
Directory
Diskette Image
Mounting file
20
This in computing is when one physical machine hosts multiple activities that are normally done on multiple machines.
Hypercomputing
Cloud computing
Virtualization
Encrypting
21
To connect to the internet, a device or a network first connects to an:
Externder Port
Identifying Subscriber (IS)
Hub
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
22
What year did Ada Lovelace write the world's first computer program?
1936
1848
1945
1967
23
This allows you to install a new OS without disturbing the old one so you can boot to either OS.
dual boot
secure boot
hyper boot
secondary boot
24
What is the square root of 152?
13.258974
14.8953462
11.9824657
12.3288280059
25
This allows you to view and manage files and folders on your computer or the network:
Control Panel
File Extention
File Explorer
Database Filter
26
For M.2 installation, make sure the motherboard _________ will boot from an M.2 device.
GUI
Expansion Slot
BIOS/UEFI firmware
RAM
27
This is assigned to a network connection and computers use these to find each other on a network.
Modem
trace route
MAP address
IP address
28
Small programs stored on the hard drive that tell the computer how to communicate with a specific hardware device:
Device Finder
Flashware
Applet
Device drivers
29
The wires leading from the front or top of the computer case to the motherboard.
Extension connectors
peripheral connectors
Front panel connectors
SATA connectors
30
Which of these is a major chipset and processor manufacturer?
Broadway
AMD
PCIe Express
Pelaton