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1.6 Flashcards

1
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What dissipates heat through thermal conduction?

A

Heat sink

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2
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What does a heat sink do?

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Dissipates heath through thermal conduction

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3
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What is a heat sink commonly made of? (2)

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Copper or aluminum alloy

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4
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What is the adhesive that is between the CPU and the heat sink?

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Thermal paste

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5
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What does thermal paste do?

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It is the adhesive between the CPU and the heat sink that creates a good contact between them

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6
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How much thermal paste should you apply?

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A small dab. Too much and it can become counter intuitive

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7
Q

What is the standard size for case fans? (3)

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80 mm / 120 mm / 200 m

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8
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What does liquid cooling do?

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Cools the computer by circulating coolant

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9
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What type of cooling system cools the computer by circulating coolant?

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Liquid Cooling

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10
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What is passive cooling?

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No fans are used only heat sinks

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11
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What type of cooling system that cools a computer by only heat sinks?

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Fanless / Passive cooling

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12
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 775?

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775 pins

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13
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What CPU has 775 pins?

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Intel LGA 775

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14
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 775?

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Socket T

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15
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What is the official name for the Socket T?

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Intel LGA 775

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16
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1366?

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1366 pins

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17
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What CPU has 1366 pins?

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Intel LGA 1366

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18
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1366?

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Socket B

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19
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What is the official name for the Socket B?

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Intel LGA 1366

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20
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1156?

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1156 pins

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21
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What CPU has 1156 pins?

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Intel LGA 1156

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22
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1156?

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Socket H or Socket H1

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23
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What is the official name for the Socket H or Socket H1?

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Intel LGA 1156

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24
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What is special about the Intel LGA 1156?

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It integrates the Northbridge onto the chip

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25
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1155?

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1155 pins

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26
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What CPU has 1155 pins?

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Intel LGA 1155

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27
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1155?

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Socket H2 (h21155)

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28
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What is the official name for the Socket H2?

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Intel LGA 1155

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29
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1150?

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1150 pins

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30
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1150?

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Socket H3 (h31150)

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31
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What is the official name for the Socket H3?

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Intel LGA 1150

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32
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 2011?

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2011 pins

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33
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What CPU has 2011 pins?

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Intel LGA 2011

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34
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 2011?

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Socket R

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35
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What is the official name for the Socket R?

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Intel LGA 2011

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36
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 775? (2)

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Pentium 4, Core 2

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37
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1366?

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Core i7 (Nehalem)

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38
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1156? (3)

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Core i3/5/7 (Nehalem)

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39
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1155? (2)

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Sandy/Ivy Bridge

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40
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1150? (2)

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Haswell, Broadwell

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41
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 2011? (6)

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Sandy Bridge-E/EP, Ivy Bridge-E/EP, Haswell-E/EP

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42
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How many pins does a AMD Socket AM3?

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941 pins (am3941)

43
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What CPU has 941 pins?

A

AMD Socket AM3

44
Q

Can an AM3 be used in a AM2 socket?

A

Yes with a BIOS upgrade

45
Q

How many pins does a AMD Socket AM3+?

A

942 pins (am3+942)

46
Q

What CPU has 942 pins?

A

AMD Socket AM3+

47
Q

Is the AM3 compatible with AM3+ CPU sockets?

48
Q

How many pins does a AMD Socket FM1?

A

905 pins (fm1905)

49
Q

What CPU has 905 pins?

A

AMD Socket FM1

50
Q

How many pins does a AMD Socket FM2?

51
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What CPU has 904 pins?

A

AMD Socket FM2

52
Q

How many pins does a AMD Socket FM2+?

A

906 pins (fm2+906)

53
Q

What CPU has 906 pins?

A

AMD Socket FM2+ (2b906)

54
Q

Which CPU is in a Micro PGA package?

A

AMD Socket FM2+

55
Q

What is the AMD Socket FM2+ also called?

A

Socket FM2b

56
Q

Which CPU has the nickname of Socket FM2b?

A

AMD Socket FM2+

57
Q

Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket AM3? (2)

A

Athlon II / Phenom II

58
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket AM3+? (2)

A

Athlon II / Phenom II

59
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket FM1?

60
Q

Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket FM2?

A

Piledriver

61
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket FM2+?

A

Steamroller

62
Q

Why is a CPU cache used?

A

It’s faster than holding it in RAM

63
Q

What is Hyper-Threading?

A

Takes a single CPU and makes it act like two

64
Q

What was the first Windows OS that supported Hyper-Threading?

A

Windows XP

65
Q

What is visualization?

A

Running multiple Oss on the same hardware

66
Q

What is the technology called for visualization for Intel called?

A

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)

67
Q

What is the technology called for visualization for AMD called?

A

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V)

68
Q

How much faster can a 64 bit CPU run than a 32 bit CPU?

A

Twice as fast

69
Q

Does software have to be optimized to take advantages of x64 architecture?

70
Q

What does Intel called the NX bit?

71
Q

What does AMD called the NX bit?

A

Enhanced Virus Protection

72
Q

What is an NX bit?

A

Designate sections of memory where the CPU can and can not execute code

73
Q

What does Windows call the feature for the NX bit?

A

Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

74
Q

What is the max RAM you can have on a 32 bit system?

75
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What is the max RAM you can have on a 64 bit system?

76
Q

What is it called when a CPU is x64?

77
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What is it called when a CPU is x86?

78
Q

What is it called when a CPU is 32 bit?

79
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What is it called when a CPU is 64 bit?

80
Q

What is x86-x64?

A

Handles both 32 and 64 bit operations

81
Q

What is parallel execution?

A

When more than one command is executed at once

82
Q

What is it called when more than one command is executed at once?

A

Parallel execution

83
Q

What does the Arithmetic logic unit (ALU) do?

A

Does whole number math on a CPU

84
Q

What does whole number math on a CPU?

A

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

85
Q

What does the Floating Point Unit (FPU) do?

A

floating number math on a CPU

86
Q

What does floating number math on a CPU?

A

Floating Point Unit (FPU)

87
Q

What is a thread?

A

series of instructions for a CPU

88
Q

What is a series of instructions for a CPU called?

89
Q

What is a wait state on a CPU?

A

Pipeline stalls

90
Q

What is a pipeline stall called?

A

Wait state

91
Q

Which CPU cache is the smallest but the fastest?

92
Q

Which CPU cache is the biggest but the slowest?

93
Q

What is Hyperthreading?

A

When one CPU acts as two

94
Q

What is it called when one CPU acts as two?

A

Hyperthreading

95
Q

What is a Multicore processor?

A

When there is more than one CPU on a chip

96
Q

What does a multicore processor share?

97
Q

What does a multicore processor have on each separate CPU?

98
Q

What does CompTIA call a xD bit?

A

Disable execute bit

99
Q

Which company uses a Land Grid Array (LGA) CPU?

100
Q

What is a disable execute bit?

101
Q

What kind of configuration does Intel use on their CPUs?

A

Land Grid Array (LGA)

102
Q

What kind of configuration does AMD use on their CPUs?

A

Pin Grid Array (PGA)

103
Q

Which company uses a Pin Grid Array (PGA) CPU?

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