Review Questions

The answers to the Chapter Review Questions can be found in Appendix A.

1. Which computer component contains all the circuitry necessary for other components or devices to communicate with one another?

A. Motherboard

B. Adapter card

C. Hard drive

D. Expansion bus

2. Which packaging is used for DDR SDRAM memory?

A. 168-pin DIMM

B. 72-pin SIMM

C. 184-pin DIMM

D. RIMM

3. What memory chips would you find on a stick of PC3-16000?

A. DDR-2000

B. DDR3-2000

C. DDR3-16000

D. PC3-2000

4. Which motherboard design style features smaller size and lower power consumption?

A. ATX

B. AT

C. Micro ATX

D. ITX

5. Which of the following socket types is required for the Intel Core i7-9xx desktop series?

A. LGA 1366

B. LGA 1156

C. LGA 1155

D. LGA 775

6. Which of the following is a socket technology that is designed to ease insertion of modern CPUs?

A. Socket 479

B. ZIF

C. LPGA

D. SPGA

7. Which of the following is not controlled by the Northbridge?

A. PCIe

B. SATA

C. AGP

D. Cache memory

8. Which of the following is used to store data and programs for repeated use? Information can be added and deleted at will, and it does not lose its data when power is removed.

A. Hard drive

B. RAM

C. Internal cache memory

D. ROM

9. Which socket type is required for an AMD Phenom II that uses DDR3 RAM?

A. AM2

B. AM2+

C. AM3

D. Socket 940

10. You press the front power button on a computer and the system boots. Later, you press it briefly and the system hibernates. When you press it again, the system resumes. You press and hold the button and the system shuts down. What is this feature called?

A. Programmable power

B. Soft power

C. Relay power

D. Hot power

11. Which of the following are the numbers of pins that can be found on DIMM modules used in desktop motherboards? (Choose three.)

A. 168

B. 180

C. 184

D. 200

E. 204

F. 232

G. 240

12. To avoid software-based virtualization, which two components need to support hardware-based virtualization?

A. Memory

B. Hard drive

C. CPU

D. BIOS

13. You find out that a disgruntled ex-employee’s computer has a boot password that must be entered before the operating system is ever loaded. There is also a password preventing your access to the BIOS utility. Which of the following motherboard components can most likely be used to return the computer to a state that will allow you to boot the system without knowing the password?

A. Cable header

B. Power supply connector

C. Expansion slot

D. Jumper

14. Your Core i5 fan has a four-pin connector, but your motherboard only has a single 3-pin header with the CPU_FAN label. Which of the following will be the easiest solution to get the necessary cooling for your CPU?

A. Plug the four-pin connector into the three-pin header.

B. Buy an adapter.

C. Leave the plug disconnected and just use the heat sink.

D. Add an extra chassis fan.

15. What is the combined total speed of a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot?

A. 500MBps

B. 16Gbps

C. 8GBps

D. 16GBps

16. Which of the following allows you to perform the most complete restart of the computer without removing power?

A. Start > Restart

B. Start > Hibernate

C. Reset button

D. Power button

17. Which of the following is most helpful when flashing the BIOS on a desktop computer system?

A. Floppy diskette drive

B. Uninterruptible power supply

C. An Internet connection

D. The Windows administrator password

18. Which of the following have Intel and AMD integrated into their Atom and Fusion processor lines that hasn’t been integrated before?

A. A GPU

B. A math coprocessor

C. The frontside bus

D. The memory controller

19. You have just purchased a motherboard that has an LGA775 socket for an Intel Pentium 4 processor. What type of memory modules will you most likely need for this motherboard?

A. DIP

B. SIMM

C. RIMM

D. DIMM

20. What type of expansion slot is preferred today for high-performance graphics adapters?

A. AGP

B. PCIe

C. PCI

D. ISA