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[Period 7] CPU & Motherboard

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which component supplies electricity to the mounted hardware?

a)

Motherboard

b)

CPU

2.

What's a nickname for the CPU?

a)

The "heart" of a computer

b)

The "brains" of a computer

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

3.

What does the motherboard hold?

a)

Processor

b)

CPU

c)

Audio

d)

Video

4.

What are the three major components of the CPU?

a)

Random Access Memory (RAM)

b)

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

c)

Expansion Slots

d)

Control Unit (CU)

e)

Cache Memory

5.

What features of a motherboard allow you to upgrade its capabilities easily?

a)

Ethernet

b)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

c)

Random Access Memory (RAM)

d)

Expansion Slots

6.

How can you avoid harming the motherboard from electrostatic discharge(ESD)?

a)

Mineral Oil

b)

ESD Strap

c)

Touching the Computer Case

d)

Unplugging your Computer

7.

What serves as information highways from the motherboard to the monitor, keyboards, etc?

a)

Trains

b)

Cars

c)

Buses

d)

Ships

8.

What keeps the processor from overheating?

a)

Fans

b)

Heatsink

c)

Liquid Cooling

d)

None of the Above

9.

What configuration of a motherboard is the largest, in terms of size and expandability?

a)

miniATX

b)

ATX

c)

microATX

d)

macroATX

10.

What stores frequently used programs, applications, and data?

a)

ROM

b)

SDRAM

c)

SDDRAM

d)

Cache Memory

e)

RAM

11.

Performs logical and arithmetic operations.

a)

CU

b)

ALU

c)

RAM

d)

Cache Memory