Motherboards

The first expansion slots on early PC's were __________________ slots which had an 8 bit data path size and ran at 4.77 MHz.

• PCI
• PCIe
• ISA
• AGP

The process of upgrading or refreshing the firmware stored on the ROM BIOS chip is called ________________.

• Flashing ROM
• Renewing The ROM
• Renewing The RAM
• Flashing RAM

A bus that does NOT run in sync with the system clock is called a(n) ________________ bus.

• Synchronized 
• Expansion
• Data
• Memory 

When one port fails, the entire motherboard must be replaced.

• True 
• False

A device issues a _________________, which is a command to the processor to wait for slower devices to catch up.

• Wait State
• Pause Command
• Stop Commansd
• Synchronized command 

Which of the following is most likely NOT a symptom that a motherboard or processor is failing?

•  The system begins to boot but then powers down.
• The power button on the tower quits working.
• An error message displays during the boot.
•  Intermittent Windows or hard drive errors occur.

The PCI Express bus currently comes in how many different slot sizes?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Embedded components are almost always configured through ________________.

• The Task Bar
•  The Start Menu
• The Control Panel
  
• CMOS Setup

A component on the motherboard is called an embedded or __________________ component.

• Hard wired
• On- Board
• Included
•  Functioning

PCI uses a 32 bit or 64 bit parallel bus, ____________ uses a serial bus, which is faster than ta parallel bus because it transmits data in packets.

• PCIe
• AGP
• ISA
• PCI-X