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PC Repair Chapter 6
PC Repair Chapter 6
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Computer Networking
Undergraduate 1
06/08/2010

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Term

26. The "!" error can be fixed by reinstalling the device driver with the ____________________ button in the Device Manager's Driver tab. 

Definition
Update Driver
Term

27. A diagnostic troubleshooting tool in Windows is provided by the ____________________. 

Definition
Device Manager
Term

28. If the incorrect driver is installed, it can be rolled back on Windows XP using the ____________________. 

Definition
Device Manager
Term

29. To determine whether a device is supported on Windows XP, you can check the ____________________ or the ____________________. 

Definition
Hardware Compatability List (HCL), box/documentation of the device
Term

30. A driver that has been certified by Microsoft is also known as a ___________ driver. 

Definition
signed
Term

31. Drivers that have NOT been certified by Microsoft are known as __________ drivers. 

Definition
unsigned
Term

32. The properties for the device can be checked to see whether a device is disabled after you view a ____________________ error. 

Definition
red "x"
Term

33. After installing a driver, your system is starting to behave erratically. To revert to the previous driver, you would use ____________________. 

Definition
driver rollback
Term

34. After installing a new piece of hardware, it's not recognized by Device Manager. The tool used to install the hardware is ____________________. 

Definition
Add/Remove Hardware Wizard
Term

35. The mechanism that requests the CPU to stop its current function and respond to a particular device is called ____________________.

Definition
interruption
Term

 

36. If a device wants to get the CPUs attention, it lights the interrupt wires with a special pattern of ones and zeroes. These ones and zeroes are known as a(n) ________________. 

 

Definition
interrupt requests (IRQs)
Term

37. After installing a new piece of hardware, it's not recognized by Device Manager, even after running the Add/Hardware Wizard. The problem is likely a(n) ________________. 

Definition
physically damaged device
Term

38. Preset combinations of I/O addresses and IRQs are in the form of ____________________ for serial devices such as a mouse or modem.

Definition
COM ports
Term

39. Parallel devices such as printers use ____________________ ports.

Definition
LPT
Term

40. Two-way communication between the CPU and devices is enabled by ____________________. 

Definition
system resources
Term

41. What sets the speed of the expansion bus? 

Definition
expansion bus crystal
Term

42. IBM established industry standards and created the clone market by enabling others to reproduce the ____________________ bus technology.

Definition
expansion
Term

43. I/O addressing is the process of using the ____________________ bus to communicate with devices. 

Definition
address
Term

44. The Intel 8088 CPU used a wire called ____________________ to notify devices of using the address bus to specify an address in memory.

Definition
input/output or memory (IO/MEM) wire
Term

45. The ____________________ in Windows 9x/2000/XP enables a user to view the I/O address used in the PC. 

Definition
Device Manager
Term

46. The ____________________ manages the requests from devices for the CPU's attention. 

Definition
I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IOAPIC)
Term

47. An extension of the address bus and data bus to the expansion slots and cards is provided by the ____________________. 

Definition
chipset
Term

48. I/O addresses and IRQs enable devices to communicate with the ____________________. 

Definition
CPU
Term

49. The process of accessing memory directly without using the CPU is known as ____________________. 

Definition
direct memory access (DMA)
Term

50. The system can run background applications without interfering with the CPU using ____________________.

Definition
direct memory access???
Term

51. Direct memory access is useful for transferring data from floppy and hard drives into ____________________.

Definition
RAM
Term

52. To perform a DMA data transfer, a device must activate the assigned ____________________. 

Definition
DMA channel
Term

53. Newer systems use a type of DMA called ____________________, which doesn't require a DMA controller.

Definition
bus mastering
Term

54. Modern hard drives take advantage of a special type of DMA that is totally automatic and invisible. It's known as ____________________.

Definition
Ultra DMA / bus mastering
Term

55. A specialized slot for video is known as ____________________.

Definition
AGP
Term

56. You access the Driver Rollback function via ____________________.

Definition
Device Manager
Term

57. The flexibility to coexist with other buses as well as scaled-up speed was provided by the ___________________________________ bus. 

Definition
PCI
Term

58. Efficient data transfer is enabled by the ____________________ feature of the PCI bus. 

Definition
burst mode
Term

59. The CPU uses the ____________________ to access devices and data in RAM. 

Definition
MCC??????????
Term

60. System resources used by devices such as the keyboard can be viewed using the ____________________. 

Definition
Device Manager
Term

61. The tool that would first be used to diagnose and troubleshoot a device that isn't working is the ____________________.

Definition
Device Manager
Term

62. The range of I/O addresses is always implied by referring to the first address known as the ____________________. 

Definition
I/O base address
Term

63. Four-digit hexadecimal values starting with 0000 can represent all the ____________________ addresses.

Definition
I/O
Term

64. Common devices such as the hard-drive controller in the computer have preset ____________________. 

Definition
ports??? I/O addresses???
Term

65. Commands notifying the hard drive to perform a certain function are answered by the ____________________. 

Definition
????????
Term

66. The numbering system that provides a shorthand method for describing a series of binary values is called the ____________________ system. 

Definition
hexadecimal
Term

67. The PCI version that allows multiple lanes to be used together for faster throughput with a possible bandwidth of 16 GBps is ____________________. 

Definition
PCIe
Term

68. Unlike many previous expansion bus types, ____________________ functions independently of other expansion buses.

Definition
PCI
Term

 

69. Technicians should always ____________________ the PC before inserting an expansion card. 

 

Definition
unplug
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