Install and Configure CPUs

Question 1

The principal system controller and has the greatest overall impact on system performance

Answer 1

central processing unit (CPU)

Question 2

A small block of memory that works at the speed of the CPU or close to it; Enhances performance by
storing instructions and data that the CPU is using regularly

Answer 2

Cache

Question 3

A temporary storage area available to the different units within the CPU working at the same clock speed as the CPU

Answer 3

Register

Question 4

component in the CPU that fetches the next instruction in sequence from system memory
to the pipeline

Answer 4

CPU control unit

Question 5

Control unit decodes each instruction in turn and either executes it itself or passes it to these for execution

Answer 5

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) or floating-point unit (FPU)

Question 6

CPU architecture that defines a CPU as IBM PC compatible; is a 32-bit instruction set

Answer 6

x86 cpu architecture

Question 7

x86 instruction set that has been extended for 64-bit operation

Answer 7

x64 CPU architecture

Question 8

allows the threads to run through the CPU at the same time. This reduces the amount of “idle time” the CPU spends waiting for new instructions to process. To the OS, it seems as though there are two or more CPUs installed

Answer 8

simultaneous multithreading (SMT)

Question 9

use two or more physical CPUs; OS can then make efficient use of the
processing resources available to run application processes on whichever CPU is “available.”

Answer 9

symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)

Question 10

Motherboard configuration
with multiple CPU sockets. The CPUs installed must be identical.

Answer 10

multi-socket motherboard

Question 11

CPU design that puts two chips onto the same package. Most
CPUs are this

Answer 11

multicore

Question 12

This means that no pressure is required to insert the CPU, reducing the risk of bending or breaking the
fragile pin contacts

Answer 12

zero insertion force (ZIF)

Question 13

CPU socket form factor used predominantly by Intel where connector pins are located on the socket.

Answer 13

land grid array (LGA)

Question 14

CPU socket form factor used predominantly by AMD where connector pins are located on the CPU package.

Answer 14

pin grid array (PGA)

Question 15

Limited to the same generation of CPUs; CPU must be supported by both the physical form factor of the motherboard’s CPU socket and by the motherboard’s chipset

Answer 15

motherboard compatibility

Question 16

shorthand for a basic PC as used at home or in the office

Answer 16

desktop

Question 17

a high-performance PC, such as one used for software development or graphics/video editing

Answer 17

workstation

Question 18

computers that must manage more demanding workloads than most types of desktops and operate to greater reliability standards; often multi-socket; has raw processing power it needs to service requests from hundreds or thousands of client systems

Answer 18

Server

Question 19

A CPU tends to repeat the same routines and access the same data over and over again. If these routines are stored in this type of RAM, they can be accessed more quickly than instructions and data stored in system
memory

Answer 19

cache

Question 20

T/F: CPU models must be identical. If the CPUs are not identical, the system is unlikely to boot. Even if
the system boots, it is not likely to operate reliably.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

T/F: You must verify that the CPU model supports virtualization extensions.

Answer 21

True