System Bus

Which of the following bus systems is used to designate the source or destination of the data on the bus itself?

• control bus
• data bus
• address bus
• system bus

Internal bus also known as expansion bus, is made up of the electronic pathways that connect the different external devices, such as printer etc., to the computer.

• True

• False

Second-level system bus that connects the memory subsystem to the chipset and the processor is referred to as ____________.

• cache bus

• processor bus

• standard I/O bus

• memory bus

What is Backside Bus within Bus Hierarchy?

• The highest-level bus that the chipset uses to send information to and from the processor.

• Higher-level architectures which employ a dedicated bus for accessing the system cache

• Second-level system bus that connects the memory subsystem to the chipset and the processor

• High-speed input/output bus used for connecting performance-critical peripherals to the memory, chipset, and processor

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) support bus mastering and burst mode

• true
• false

Which of below can solve issue with propagation delay? (Note: Propagation delay is the amount of time it takes for the head of the signal to travel from the sender to the receiver.)

• Use Multiple buses

• Minimize number of I/O module within a system

• Increase number of lines for each type of bus.

Bandwidth, or throughput refers to the total amount of data that can theoretically be transferred on the bus in a given unit of time.

• TRUE

• FALSE

_____ is the most common and slowest expansion bus

• AGP

• VESA

• EISA

• ISA

X is faster than PCI bus. It is dedicated to the acceleration of graphics performance. What is X?

• PCI express

• AGP

• VESA

• ISA

Expansion buses provide faster transfer speeds and wider bit widths for higher data transfer rates to the many peripheral devices. The common expansion buses include PCI and PCI Express (PCIe) buses, Universal Serial Bus (USB) and FireWire.

• TRUE

• FALSE