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Why is it important to monitor a drive's temperature? |
To counter over-heating. |
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Why might you want to test your drives? |
To make sure everything is running efficiently. |
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Does a higher capacity drive generally perform faster or slower than a lower capacity drive? |
Slower. |
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Why shouldn't you use your computer while you are testing one of its components? |
Using resources will result in non-accurate results. |
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What important information can you consistently find on the label of a hard drive? |
-Data -Storage -Usage -Warranty |
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What information about the hard drive cannot be found on the label of the hard drive? |
-Temperatures -Status -RPM |
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What four methods do you have at your disposal to learn about your hard drive? |
-Inspect it -System BIOS -Manufacturer's Website -3rd-Party Software |
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What is the advantage of an SSD or a regular, magnetic Hard drive? Are there any advantages with using a magnetic hard drive over an SSD? |
-No moving parts. -None. |
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What are some symptoms of hard drive problems? |
-Broken -Outdated -Not installed correctly. |
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What were the two most common methods used to run drive-diagnostic utilities? |
-CD -USB |
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Why is it useful to run the drive-diagnostic utility from a bootable CD rather than from Windows? |
Windows does not need to be operational. |
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(T/F) The Telnet protocol encrypts transmitted data, which therefore cannot be read by others on the network. |
False |
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(T/F) Wireless networks are either public, unsecured hotspots or private, secured hotspots. |
True |
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(T/F) A problem with virtual networks is that data transmitting through them cannot be encrypted and therefore is not secure. |
False |
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What is the name of a 32-bit or 128-bit number that is used to identify a device? |
IP Address |
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What is used to identify the network portion and the host portion of an IP address? |
Subnet Mask |
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What protocol makes a connection, checks whether the data is received, and resends it if it hasn't? |
TCP |
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What wireless networking radio frequency yields faster speeds but offers shorter range? |
5 GHz |
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A __________ is the name of a computer and can be used in place of its IP address? |
Host name |
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Describe the user datagram protocol (UDP). |
An alternative protocol to TCP, used primarily for establishing low-latency and loss tolerating connections between applications on the Internet. |
