PC Repair Hardware Revision 2

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1. ______ is the process of dividing one physical hard drive into separate areas of storage.

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Partitioning is the process of dividing one physical hard drive into separate areas of storage. In other words, you can create several logical hard drives out of one physical hard drive. This is useful for file storage purposes, installing multiple operating systems, and supporting multiple file system structures, such as FAT32 and NTFS (NT File System). Two partition types can be created on a hard drive: primary partitions and extended partitions:

Primary partitions: A primary partition is a partition that contains an active, bootable operating system, such as DOS or Windows. It is the partition that provides the system files necessary to boot into the operating system. A hard drive can be divided into four primary partitions, but only one of the four primary partitions can be set as the active partition. The active partition is specifically designated as the boot partition. It contains the MBR. The system BIOS looks to the active partition for boot-up commands. This partition is always labeled “C:.”

Extended partitions: Extended partitions can be separated into units called logical partitions. There can be up to 23 logical partitions on one hard drive. Each logical partition receives a different alphabetic assignment, such as D, E, or F. These partitions are used mostly for file and applications storage. Any partition other than the primary partition is considered an extended partition.

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PC Repair Hardware Revision 2 - Quiz

PC Repair Hardware Revision 2 delves into the critical components of computer hardware, exploring connections and functions such as the Front Side Bus, Chipset, and Socket. It enhances... see moreunderstanding of data communications, memory access, and I\/O processes, essential for IT professionals and students. see less

2. It controls communications between the processor and external devices:

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A chipset is usually designed to work with a specific family of microprocessors. Because it controls communications between the processor and external devices, the chipset plays a crucial role in determining system performance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipset

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3. Is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon

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Hertz is a measurement unit for vibrations or frequencies (certain amount of vibration in a certain period of time).

It is an international measure of frequency or vibration equal to 1 cycle per second. The timing of microprocessor speed is measured in hz or mhz (Mega hz) or ghz(Giga hz).

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4. The term I/O refers to

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Each I/O device connected to your computer is mapped to a unique I/O (Input/Output) address. These addresses are assigned to every I/O port on your computer, including USB, Firewire, Ethernet, VGA, and DVI ports, as well as any other ports your computer might have.

Having a unique address assigned to each port allows your computer to easily recognize and locate devices attached to your computer. Whether it is a keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, or any other device, the computer can locate it by its I/O address. Because I/O addresses are controlled by the computer's motherboard, they do not use up any system memory, or RAM.

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5. Which form factor is the fastest

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA

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6. It is used to reduce the average time to access memory.

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A CPU cache is a cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory. The cache is a smaller, faster memory which stores copies of the data from the most frequently used main memory locations. As long as most memory accesses are cached memory locations, the average latency of memory accesses will be closer to the cache latency than to the latency of main memory.

see more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache

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7. It is the gateway between the Microprocessor and the System board

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Motherboards are subcategorized by the type of processor socket they have. The processor socket (also called a CPU socket) is the connector on the motherboard that houses a CPU and forms the electrical interface and contact with the CPU. Processor sockets use a pin grid array (PGA) where pins on the underside of the processor connect to holes in the processor socket. Computers based on the Intel x86 architecture include socket processors.

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8. The main hub for data communications on the mother board connecting the CPU, memory and other devices is known as the

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A front-side bus (FSB) is a computer communication interface (bus) often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s. It typically carries data between the central processing unit (CPU) and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.[1]

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9. It allows certain hardware subsystems within the computer to access system memory independently of the central processing unit (CPU).

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Direct Memory Access (DMA) is a capability provided by some computer bus architectures that allows data to be sent directly from an attached device (such as a disk drive) to the memory on the computer's motherboard. The microprocessor is freed from involvement with the data transfer, thus speeding up overall computer operation. Usually a specified portion of memory is designated as an area to be used for direct memory access.

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10. This is high-speed memory that is used to store a small amount of data while it is waiting to be read from or written to the drive

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A buffer is a data area shared by hardware devices or program processes that operate at different speeds or with different sets of priorities. The buffer allows each device or process to operate without being held up by the other. In order for a buffer to be effective, the size of the buffer and the algorithms for moving data into and out of the buffer need to be considered by the buffer designer. Like a cache, a buffer is a "midpoint holding place" but exists not so much to accelerate the speed of an activity as to support the coordination of separate activities.

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______ is the process of dividing one physical hard drive into...
It controls communications between the processor and external devices:
Is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second...
The term I/O refers to
Which form factor is the fastest
It is used to reduce the average time to access memory.
It is the gateway between the Microprocessor and the System board
The main hub for data communications on the mother board connecting...
It allows certain hardware subsystems within the computer to access...
This is high-speed memory that is used to store a small amount of data...
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