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Exam 3 Study Guide: Chapters 8-10, 14, 17

This document provides a study guide for Exam 3 covering Chapters 8, 9, 10, 14, and 17. It lists the chapters, question types and quantities, and topics to study for each chapter. Key concepts to know include definitions of serial and parallel ATA cables, formatting, DMA, logical data units, hard drive components, external drive connections, mouse types, hardware detection, touch screens, monitor resolution, Firewire designation, CD/DVD storage surfaces, mirrored volumes, multimedia file types, pixels, device connections, stop errors, Windows repair processes, video driver repair, MBR, Windows installation types, startup program disabling utility, IP addresses, subnet masks, coax vs UTP cables, network types

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Exam 3 Study Guide: Chapters 8-10, 14, 17

This document provides a study guide for Exam 3 covering Chapters 8, 9, 10, 14, and 17. It lists the chapters, question types and quantities, and topics to study for each chapter. Key concepts to know include definitions of serial and parallel ATA cables, formatting, DMA, logical data units, hard drive components, external drive connections, mouse types, hardware detection, touch screens, monitor resolution, Firewire designation, CD/DVD storage surfaces, mirrored volumes, multimedia file types, pixels, device connections, stop errors, Windows repair processes, video driver repair, MBR, Windows installation types, startup program disabling utility, IP addresses, subnet masks, coax vs UTP cables, network types

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CIT 114R N01 Exam 3 – Study Guide

Chapters: 8, 9, 10, 14, 17

General test information Question types and quantity:


True & False: 10
Multiple Choice: 20
Matching: 20 (4 sets of 5 questions)

What to study:
Study your homework questions, lecture notes, and lecture
slides.
Chapter 8 – Hard Drives Define a serial and parallel ATA cable.
Know how many pins are on a floppy cable and hard drive
cables.
What does formatting do?
Know how many drives can connect to serial and parallel cables.
Define DMA?
Know what logical data units are called.
What are the physical parts of a hard drive?
Know what is used to connect an external hard drive.
Chapter 9 – Installing and Know different mouse types.
Supporting I/O Know the process for detecting new hardware.
Know the definition of a touch screen.
How is resolution of monitor measured?
What is the official Firewire designation?
Chapter 10 – Multimedia & Mass What surface is data written on CD’s and DVD’s?
Storage What is a mirrored volume?
Know the multimedia file types, like JPEG, MPEG, TIFF, etc.
What is a pixel?
How are multiple devices are connected?
Chapter 14 –Troubleshooting What is a stop error?
Windows 2000/XP Know how the Windows 2000 repair process works.
How can you repair a bad video driver?
Define the MBR.
How do you get to the Advanced Options Menu in Windows?
Know the different installation types of Windows.
What utility helps with disabling programs and service at
startup?
Chapter 17 – PC’s on a Network Define an IP address and subnet mask.
What is the physical difference between a coax cable and UTP
cable?
Know the difference between PAN, LAN, MAN, and WAN
Know the most popular network architecture.
Know how to test connectivity on a network.
What are devices connected to a network called?
What unit of information gets transmitted on a network?

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