Chapter 1

Question 1

What unit is used to measure processing speed of a CPU?

Answer 1

Megahertz MHz

Gigahertz Ghz

Question 2

What does modular mean

Answer 2

Computer components that can be removed and replaced by another piece of hardware

Question 3

What is a field replaceable unit?

Answer 3

A modular component that can be replaced

Question 4

What is the other name for Motherboard?

Answer 4

System board

Main board

Question 5

What are the most common form factors

Answer 5

ATX-Advanced Technology Extended
Micro ATX
iTX(a collection of small form factor)

Question 6

List the form factors in order of release year

Answer 6

Baby AT
ATX
Micro ATX
Mini-ITX
Nano-ITX
Pico-ITX
Mobile-ITX
Neo-ITX

Question 7

What are the 2 groups of chipsets

Answer 7

Northridge

Southbridge

Question 8

What does the Northridge do?

Answer 8

Handles communication between the CPU and internal components.
Manages high speed peripheral communication.
Front side bus
Back side bus

Question 9

What does the Southbridge do?

Answer 9

Handles the slower peripherals (ps/2, parall and serial ports, serial and parall ATA

Question 10

What are the processor sockets

Answer 10

Pin grid array(PGA)

Land grid array (LGA)

Question 11

What are the main types of expansion slots?

Answer 11

PCI
AGP
PCIe

Question 12

Which expansion slots are known mostly for legacy video card use

Answer 12

AGP

Question 13

What color are AGPs usually?

Answer 13

Brown

Question 14

Which expansion slot replaces OCI and AGP?

Answer 14

PCIe

Question 15

Give some expansion devices that might be installed in the expansion slots!

Answer 15

Video. Network. Sound and disk interface cards

Question 16

What are the speeds supported by PCIe?

Answer 16

x1
x2
x4
x8
x12
x16
x32

Question 17

How many pins does a power connector have?

Answer 17

24

Question 18

What is a firmware

Answer 18

Name given to any software encoded in hardware

Question 19

What happens when you start up a machine?

Answer 19

BIOS initialize

Runs system check routine/POST

Question 20

What does the POST routine do?

Answer 20

Verify the integrity of the BIOS
Verify and confirm the size of primary memory
Analyse and catalog other forms of hardware
Offer use a key sequence

Question 21

What happens when the time and date is incorrect

Answer 21

This is a problem with the CMOS battery

Question 22

Where would you normally find Arm processors?

Answer 22

Mobile phones

Question 23

List the 3 types of cache

Answer 23

L1-smaller and faster
L2
L3-larger and slower

Question 24

What are the advantages and disadvantages of of ROM

Answer 24

It’s reliable

Slow compared to RAM
Cannot be updated

Question 25

Is ROM memory permanent or temporary?

Answer 25

Permanent

Question 26

Where can you find SRAM?

Answer 26

Thumb drive

Question 27

What 2 connections are needed for hard drives to function properly?

Answer 27

Power

Data cable

Question 28

Which disk stores the most memory?

Answer 28

Blue ray

Question 29

What unit is used to measure power supply?

Answer 29

Watt

Question 30

Is there such a thing as a PCIe x64 expansion slot?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

What is the order of storage of optical discs?

Answer 31

Blue ray
DVD
Cd

Question 32

Give the name of the component that controls communication between the processor and memory?

Answer 32

Chipset

Question 33

What is the best way to upgrade your BIOS?

Answer 33

Flash the BIOS