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1
Q

Which term refers to industry-standardized shapes and layouts that enable motherboards to work with cases and power supplies?

a. Expansion slots
b. Dongles
c. Form factors
d. Chipsets

A

c. Form factors

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2
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As an improvement of the ATX form factor over AT, shorter wires made it easier to shield them and made them capable of handling double or quadruple the _______________ speed of the motherboard.

a. RAM
b. clock
c. connection
d. performance

A

b. clock

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3
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What are the usual dimensions of a microATX motherboard?

a. 12 × 9.6 inches
b. 9.6 × 9.6 inches
c. 6.7 × 6.7 inches
d. 4.7 × 4.7 inches

A

b. 9.6 × 9.6 inches

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4
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What are the maximum dimensions of a FlexATX motherboard?

a. 9.6 × 9.6 inches
b. 9 × 7.5 inches
c. 9 × 5.6 inches
d. 9 × 7 inches

A

b. 9 × 7.5 inches

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5
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What is the smallest motherboard version in the ATX standard?

a. LPX
b. FlexATX
c. MicroATX
d. AT

A

b. FlexATX

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6
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Which ATX form factor is essentially no longer in use?

a. Mini-ITX
b. MicroATX
c. mATX
d. FlexATX

A

d. FlexATX

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7
Q

Riser cards on some proprietary systems plug into a unique socket or slot on the motherboard. These are also called _______________.

a. expansion boards
b. micro boards
c. daughter boards
d. DDR2 cards

A

c. daughter boards

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8
Q

The AT form factor _______________.

a. is now obsolete
b. came in a wide range of sizes
c. was invented by Apple
d. is still the most commonly used form factor

A

a. is now obsolete

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9
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What does ATX stand for?

a. Apple Technology Extended
b. American Technology Extended
c. Advanced Technology Express
d. Advanced Technology Extended

A

d. Advanced Technology Extended

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10
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Many motherboards have a port for connecting to audio jacks on the front of the case, which is an example of a(n) _______________.

a. expansion slot port
b. front panel connector
c. PCI port
d. riser card

A

b. front panel connector

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11
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Which port is considered to be a newer video port?

a. HDMI
b. USB
c. VGA
d. DIN

A

a. HDMI

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12
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A 200-MHz motherboard has its chipset chips all timed by a _______________ crystal.

a. 100-GHz
b. 100-MHz
c. 200-GHz
d. 200-MHz

A

d. 200-MHz

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13
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The original PCI bus was _______________ wide and ran at 33 MHz.

a. 8 bits
b. 64 bits
c. 32 bits
d. 16 bits

A

c. 32 bits

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14
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Most desktop motherboards come with one _______________ jack for attaching a network cable.

a. RJ-45
b. RAID
c. USB
d. VGA

A

a. RJ-45

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15
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What is the latest, fastest, and most popular expansion bus in use today?

a. PCI
b. AGP
c. PCIe
d. ISA

A

c. PCIe

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16
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How many wires does a PCIe connection use for sending and receiving data?

a. One for sending and one for receiving
b. 16 for sending and eight for receiving
c. 32 for sending and 32 for receiving
d. Eight for sending and 16 for receiving

A

a. One for sending and one for receiving

17
Q

Each pair of wires between a PCIe controller and a device is called a(n) _______________.

a. array
b. bus
c. lane
d. bank

A

c. lane

18
Q

What is the most common PCIe slot size used for video cards?

a. The 4-lane (×4) version
b. The 32-lane (×32) version
c. The 8-lane (×8) version
d. The 16-lane (×16) version

A

d. The 16-lane (×16) version

19
Q

The motherboard mounts to the case via small connectors called _______________.

a. nylon bolts
b. standoffs
c. fire wires
d. standouts

A

b. standoffs

20
Q

_______________, which are included on the motherboard, are lights that have positive and negative sides.

a. Power buttons
b. LEDs
c. Reset buttons
d. Chips

A

b. LEDs

21
Q

A brand new system failing due to manufacturing defects is often called a(n) _______________ failure.

a. burn-out
b. ESD
c. burn-in
d. system

A

c. burn-in

22
Q

A(n) _______________ symptom is the most difficult symptom to diagnose.

a. component
b. latency
c. ethereal
d. catastrophic

A

c. ethereal

23
Q

Which term refers to the millions of incorrectly formulated bulging capacitors that made it into computers in the mid-2000s and then failed at high rates?

a. Lethargic capacitors
b. Blistered capacitors
c. Fatcat capacitors
d. Distended capacitors

A

d. Distended capacitors

24
Q

Flashing the BIOS entails running a small command-line program to write a new BIOS in the flash _______________ chip.

a. southbridge
b. RAM
c. northbridge
d. ROM

A

d. ROM

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