CH 5 The CPU

Question 1

Which one of the listed processors was the last slot-based processor designed by intel?
A.Celeron…………B. Core 2 Duo
C.Pentium D……………D. Pentium III

Answer 1

Pentium III

Question 2

Which of the following processors was the first dual-core design by AMD?
A. Athlon 64 X2……….B. Athlon
C.Duron……….D.Pentium III

Answer 2

Athlon 64 X2

Question 3

Before removing the processor, what device should be removed first?
A. Power supply……….B. RAM chip(s)
C. Heat sink……….D. Thermal compound

Answer 3

Heat sink

Question 4

Which of the following are causes of overheating? (All that apply)
A. Fan failure……….B.Incorrect heat sink
C. Power supply fan too large
D. Incorrect processor

Answer 4

Fan failure and Incorrect heat sink

Question 5

Which of the following is known as FSB?
A. Base clock speed
B.External clock speed
C. Internal clock speed
D. Motherboard clock speed

Answer 5

External Clock speed.

Base and motherboard are same thing also known as system bus speed.
Internal clock is CPU clock.

Question 6

Which of the following is best described as the practice of running a processor at higher than normal speeds?
A. Hyperthreading……….B. SpeedStep
C. Processor throttling
D. Overclocking

Answer 6

Overclocking

SpeedStep is a type of processor throttling by Intel

Question 7

Which of the following types of cache is built into the processor core?
A. L1……….B. L2
C. L3……….D. L4

Answer 7

L1 cache

L2 cache is on processor but not directly in core

Question 8

Which of the following (known as extensions) allows a processor to acces more than 4GB of RAM?
A. 32-bit……….B. 64-bit
C. x64………D. Athlon 64

Answer 8

x64 extensions

4GB RAM is 32-bit

Question 9

Which type of socket allows a processor to simply be dropped into a socket?
A. ZIF……….B. Slot 1
C. Slot A……. D. LGA 771

Answer 9

ZIF- Zero Insertion Force