Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What
device must be mounted on top of every CPU in order to prevent it from burning out? a. | heater | c. | fan | b. | heatsink | d. | both b and c | | | | |
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Which
of the following is NOT another name for the main board that all of the component parts connect to?
a. | system
board | c. | motherboard | b. | planar board | d. | hard board | | | | |
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3.
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What
is the advantage of having the BIOS located in flash memory? a. | it can be
updated by just using software | c. | it takes up less
space | b. | it is faster than a regular BIOS
chip | d. | all of these are
correct | | | | |
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4.
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Which
of the following ports is the fastest? a. | serial | c. | firewire | b. | parallel | d. | USB | | | | |
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5.
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The
memory that is located on the actual CPU chip is called a. | SDRAM | c. | BIOS | b. | L1 Cache | d. | L2 Cache | | | | |
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Which
of the following is NOT a way to connect a peripheral device to a PC a. | USB | c. | CPU
Bus | b. | Firewire | d. | Parallel
Port | | | | |
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What
device would be connected to the female 25-pin D shell connector
a. | printer | c. | USB
mouse | b. | modem | d. | keyboard | | | | |
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Which
of the following busses supports up to 127 different devices? a. | Firewire | c. | Infrared | b. | USB | d. | Serial | | | | |
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9.
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Which
of the following would be best for capturing live video? a. | Firewire | c. | Infrared | b. | USB | d. | Serial | | | | |
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Which
of the following chips is the brain of the PC? a. | BIOS | c. | CMOS | b. | Bridge | d. | CPU | | | | |
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What
kind of device does not require the use of cords or cables to transmit information from the PC to the
device?
a. | Firewire | c. | Infrared | b. | USB | d. | Serial | | | | |
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The
386 CPU developed by Intel provided significant improvements over the 286. Which of the following is
one of those major improvements? a. | Used a different socket | c. | Used fewer instructions | b. | Could access
more memory | d. | All of these are
correct | | | | |
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13.
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Which
Intel CPU made use of the SECC (Single Edge Contact Connector) and required a new motherboard that
had a Slot 1 connector for the CPU.
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14.
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Intel’s competitor that makes the K6, Athalon and XP is
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The
chip on the motherboard that stores the startup instructions for the computer is referred to as the
a. | RAM | c. | L2
Cache | b. | BIOS | d. | Bridge | | | | |
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Matching
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Use
the following key to match the correct answer with the correct description. Each letter may only be
used once. a. | RAM | d. | L2
Cache | b. | L1 Cache | e. | DIMM | c. | ROM | | | | |
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16.
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Memory of this type is volatile
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17.
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Found
on the CPU and runs at the clock speed of the CPU
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18.
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Accessed from the backside bus
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19.
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BIOS
is permanently stored here
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20.
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Most
common style of memory module in use today
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