Chapter 3—All About Motherboards

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1. When you build a computer from parts, you usually start by deciding on which processor and motherboard you will use. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 82
2. A FlexATX motherboard is larger than an ATX motherboard. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 83
3. Typically, PGA sockets give better contact than LGA sockets. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 86
4. Sandy Bridge processors house the memory controller and graphics controller. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 92
5. Motherboards contain only a single bus for I/O, video, and data. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 96 MULTIPLE CHOICE
6. Which of the following is the smallest motherboard form factor? a. MicroATX c. MicroBTX b. FlexATX d. NLX ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 84
7. Which Intel CPU socket is discontinued? a. Socket 478 c. LGA2011 b. LGA1155 d. Socket H ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 85
8. Which socket type is soldered to the motherboard, along with the CPU? a. SPGA c. BGA b. FCLGA d. PGA ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 87
9. What type of socket ensures that even force is applied to the processor when it is being installed in the socket? a. ZIF c. LGA b. FM2 d. AM3 ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 89
10. Which motherboard slot has direct access to the North Bridge? a. secondary PCIe slot c. Firewire b. ATA bus slot d. primary PCIe slot ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 90-91
11. What was the 64-bit Front Side Bus replaced with in the X58 (Nehalem) chipset? a. FSB c. QPI b. PCIe d. ICH ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 91
12. Which of the following is a technology that allows for multiple video cards to work together in one system? a. Nehalem c. Firewire b. CrossFire d. eSATA ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 91
13. Which of the following is NOT true about Ivy Bridge chipsets compared to earlier products? a. use more power c. better performance b. higher density transistors d. released in 2012 ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 93
14. What unit is used to measure the frequency of memory, FSB, and the processor? a. bps c. Hz b. mph d. MIPS ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 96
15. What was the AGP bus designed specifically for? a. CPU sockets c. memory slots b. disk controllers d. video cards ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 97
16. What type of bus does PCI Express use? a. serial c. parallel b. virtual d. logical ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 99
17. Where do today’s computers store almost all motherboard configuration data? a. BIOS ROM c. DIMM RAM b. CMOS RAM d. Solid State Disk ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 106
18. If you need to reset the BIOS password on a motherboard and the instructions say to make sure jumper J1 is open, what should you do? a. start the computer and enter BIOS setup mode c. boot Windows and start the BIOS password reset utility; choose option J1 b. open the case and remove the cover from a set of pins marked J1. d. unplug the computer and install the loopback connector from the port labeled J1 ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 108
19. Which of the following represents a method for accessing the BIOS setup program? a. boot Windows and go to Control Panel c. press a key during the BIOS POST b. set a motherboard jumper and start the computer d. boot to the BIOS setup floppy disk ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 111
20. Which of the following is a setting you can configure from the BIOS setup program? a. disable a Windows driver c. configure the screen saver timeout b. set the desktop background d. change the boot sequence ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 112

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