A+ 901 Test 7

Question 1

As opposed to active cooling components such as cooling fans, heat sinks fall into the category of passive cooling components because they do not need to draw any electrical power in order to operate.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following answers describe the features of Socket FM2?

Answer 2

AMD CPU socket
PGA-ZIF packaging
904 contacts

Question 3

A 64-bit CPU can be used either with a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the characteristic features of Socket FM2+?

Answer 4

906 contacts
AMD CPU socket
PGA-ZIF packaging

Question 5

Which of the terms listed below refers to a situation where a single CPU appears as two virtual CPUs to the operating system?

Answer 5

Hyperthreading

Question 6

What are the characteristic features of Socket AM3?

Answer 6

PGA-ZIF packaging
AMD CPU socket
941 contacts

Question 7

The most notable difference between Pin Grid Array (PGA) and Land Grid Array (LGA) packaging relates to the placement of contact pins, which in case of PGA can be found on the socket, and in case of LGA on the CPU.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Which of the answers listed below refer(s) to solution(s) aimed at improving CPU heat dissipation?

Answer 8

Heat sink
CPU fan
Thermal paste
Liquid-based cooling

Question 9

Which of the following built-in functionalities allows a CPU to take over tasks normally executed by a dedicated graphics card?

Answer 9

Integrated GPU

Question 10

What are the characteristic features of Socket FM1?

Answer 10

AMD CPU socket
PGA-ZIF packaging
905 contacts

Question 11

In CPU cooling, thermal compound is applied to fill in the narrow space between:

Answer 11

CPU and heat sink

Question 12

Which of the answers listed below refers to the area of implementation of No-eXecute bit (NX bit)?

Answer 12

Malware protection

Question 13

What are the characteristic features of Socket AM3+?

Answer 13

AMD CPU socket
PGA-ZIF packaging
942 contacts

Question 14

A security feature used by CPUs for isolating areas of memory in order to prevent the execution of code from non-executable memory locations is known as:

Answer 14

No-eXecute bit (NX bit)

Question 15

Which of the CPU models listed below are compatible with the LGA 775 socket?

Answer 15

Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron, Celeron D, Pentium XE, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Xeon

Question 16

Which of the following statements list(s) data transfer rates of the USB 1.1 standard?

Answer 16

12 Mbps

1.5 Mbps

Question 17

USB version 1.1 offers two data transfer speeds: 1.5 Mbps designed for low data rate peripherals such as joysticks (sometimes referred to as “Low-Speed USB”), and 12 Mbps designed for higher-speed devices such as disk drives (sometimes referred to as “Full-Speed USB”).

Answer 17

True

Question 18

USB 2.0 (aka “Hi-Speed USB”) specifies the maximum data transfer rate of:

Answer 18

480 Mbps

Question 19

Which of the following statements apply to the USB 3.0 standard?

Answer 19

Backward compatibility with all preceding USB standards
Speed of up to 5 Gbps
USB 3.0 is also commonly referred to as SuperSpeed USB
Maximum practical cable length of 3 meters

Question 20

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard specifies that type A connectors can be attached to:

Answer 20

Devices that supply power

Host devices

Question 21

What is the maximum number of USB devices that can be connected to a single USB host controller?

Answer 21

127

Question 22

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard specifies that type B connectors can be attached to:

Answer 22

Target devices

Devices that receive power

Question 23

What is the maximum allowable cable length for USB devices?

Answer 23

5 meters

Question 24

Which of the statements listed below apply to USB?

Answer 24

Hot-pluggable devices
Bootable devices
Serial communication interface

Question 25

“FireWire” is another term for which of the following standards?

Answer 25

IEEE 1394