Chapter 9: Motherboards

Question 0

Name three variants of ITX

Answer 0

Mini-ITX, Nano-ITX, Pico-ITX

Question 1

Name three variants of the ATX form factor

Answer 1

Standard ATX, microATX(uATX), FlexATX

Question 2

Big benefit of the ITX form factor

Answer 2

Power saving

Question 3

The chipset determines what

Answer 3

Type of CPU, RAM and the sort of internal and external devices

Question 4

Intel refers to the northbride as

Answer 4

Memory Controller Hub (MCH)

Question 5

Intel refers to the southbridge as

Answer 5

I/O Controller Hub (ICH)

Question 6

PCI-X

Answer 6

PCI Extended

Question 7

PCI-e

Answer 7

PCI-Express

Question 8

Four steps to install expansion cards

Answer 8

Knowledge, physical installation, device drivers, verification

Question 9

How do verify drivers

Answer 9

In the device manager applet

Question 10

hdwwiz.exe runs what on Windows 7

Answer 10

Add Hardware Wizard

Question 11

A black ! on a yellow circle indicates what

Answer 11

That a device is missing, not recognized or driver problem

Question 12

A black ! on a yellow triangle indicates what

Answer 12

That a device is missing, not recognized or driver problem

Question 13

Black downward pointing arrow on a white field indicates what

Answer 13

A device has been manually disabled

Question 14

Standouts are used for

Answer 14

Motherboard installations