MidTerm Review ITE 1

Things to Know Be able to identify common computer ports by sight RJ-45 USB Firewire PS2 Be able to identify common computer ports by sight RJ-45 USB Firewire PS2

Things to Know Be able to identify common indicator lights by symbol Battery HD Activity Wireless Bluetooth Be able to identify common indicator lights by symbol Battery HD Activity Wireless Bluetooth

Things to Know What power-management control is used to extend laptop battery life? ACPI Where can you find setting to control the amount of time before a laptop goes into hibernate mode? Under “Power Options>Power Schemes” What power-management control is used to extend laptop battery life? ACPI Where can you find setting to control the amount of time before a laptop goes into hibernate mode? Under “Power Options>Power Schemes”

Things to Know With Laptops it’s important to keep the vent holes clear to avoid overheating. (Duh!)

Things to Know What you can do to increase the strength of passwords

Things to Know What is a Characteristic of a DDoS Attack? There are many computers involved in a coordinated attack. The slave computers are called Zombies. What is a Characteristic of a DDoS Attack? There are many computers involved in a coordinated attack. The slave computers are called Zombies.

What is Spoofing? Sending data that appears to come from a different source other than where it actually originates.

Things to Know What interfaces can be “Hot Plugged” on both laptop and desktop machines.

Things to Know If you change a setting in Windows, but it has no effect, even after restart, where should you check next to see if you need to change a setting? The machine BIOS If you change a setting in Windows, but it has no effect, even after restart, where should you check next to see if you need to change a setting? The machine BIOS

Things to Know If you need to change a component that is NOT hot-swappable in a laptop what two things should you do? Unplug the power Remove the battery If you need to change a component that is NOT hot-swappable in a laptop what two things should you do? Unplug the power Remove the battery

Things to Know In Windows XP where can you set the shutdown, hibernate and standby modes? Power Options In Windows XP where can you set the shutdown, hibernate and standby modes? Power Options

Things to Know Know the steps, in order, to safely remove a hot-swappable device such as a USB drive in Windows.

Things to Know When trouble-shooting hardware remove as many devices as possible to try to isolate conflicts.

Things to Know Laptops use special processors for what reason? Laptop processors use less power. Laptops use special processors for what reason? Laptop processors use less power.

What Should Be Used to Clean Electrical Contacts? Isopropyl Alcohol

What You Need to Know What kind of adapter is used to connect multiple hard disks for redundancy? RAID What kind of adapter is used to connect multiple hard disks for redundancy? RAID

Partitioning The bootable partition is called the Primary Partition. Any additional logical drives are installed on an extended partition. Partitioning is set up using fdisk. The bootable partition is called the Primary Partition. Any additional logical drives are installed on an extended partition. Partitioning is set up using fdisk.

File Systems NTFS is more secure than FAT.

Things to Know What type of Scanner provides the highest-quality images? A Drum Scanner How much do they cost? If you have to ask you probably can’t afford one. What type of Scanner provides the highest-quality images? A Drum Scanner How much do they cost? If you have to ask you probably can’t afford one.

Connectors Molex connectors are used to for Hard Drive and DVD/CD power. What cable standard uses 9 pins and can support speeds in excess of 800 mbps? IEEE 1394b Molex connectors are used to for Hard Drive and DVD/CD power. What cable standard uses 9 pins and can support speeds in excess of 800 mbps? IEEE 1394b

Posting When a computer completes testing all adapter cards that have a BIOS what is the next step? Reading the Master Boot Record and starting to load the OS. When a computer completes testing all adapter cards that have a BIOS what is the next step? Reading the Master Boot Record and starting to load the OS.

Stuff to know In the event of a catastrophic failure what Windows XP utility tries to recover the operating system? Automated system recovery. In the event of a catastrophic failure what Windows XP utility tries to recover the operating system? Automated system recovery.

Stuff to Know What class of IP addresses is used to send broadcasts? D What class of IP addresses is used to send broadcasts? D

Stuff to Know What protocol adds security to remote connections. SSH! What protocol adds security to remote connections. SSH!

Startup Failure How does the BIOS let you know where to look for a hardware failure? A series of beeps. The number of beeps tell you where to look. How does the BIOS let you know where to look for a hardware failure? A series of beeps. The number of beeps tell you where to look.

Floppy Drives A constant “on” of a newly installed floppy drive indicates what problem? The data cable is installed wrong. A constant “on” of a newly installed floppy drive indicates what problem? The data cable is installed wrong.

That’s all folks! Good luck