WorksheetsModule 7 Motherboards 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Shapes and layouts of motherboards that are designed to work in particular cases with particular Power Supplies are referred to as...
Chipsets
Dongles
Expansion slots
Form factors
Architectural Design
Shorter wires that were easy to shield were an improvement for ATX motherboards and they could handle double & quadruple the _______________ speed of the motherboard.
connection
RAM
clock
performance
Hard Drive
A microATX motherboard has these dimensions....
9.6 x 9.6 inches
12 × 9.6 inches
6.7 × 6.7 inches
4.7 × 4.7 inches
5.5 x 7.8 inches
FlexATX motherboards can vary in size but the largest dimension is....
9.6 × 9.6 inches
9 × 7.5 inches
9 × 7 inches
9 × 5.6 inches
9 x 6.2 inches
ATX motherboard come in several different versions the smallest of which is called the ...
AT
FlexATX
MicroATX
LPX
MiniATX
Is the FlexATX currently used in today's Motherboards?
Yes
No
ITX has three different Form factors. Which one is the largest?
Mini-ITX
Micro-ITX
Pico-ITX
Nano-ITX
zero-ITX
MicroATX competes against this ITX form factor ...
Mini-ITX
Micro-ITX
Pico-ITX
Nano-ITX
zero-ITX
The Nano-ITX's dimensions are ...
3.8 × 2.8 inches
4.7 × 4.7 inches
6.7 × 6.7 inches
9.6 × 9.6 inches
5.6 x 6.2 inches
A Pico-ITX form factor has the following dimensions...
3.8 × 2.8 inches
4.7 × 4.7 inches
6.7 × 6.7 inches
9.6 × 9.6 inches
5.2 x 5.2 inches
An example of a "newer" video port on your computer is.....
DIN
USB
HDMI
VGA
AGP
What does RAID stand for?
radical array for indirect drives
redundant array of independent disks
responsible application of interconnected disks
reliable application of independent data
redo all isolated disks
What is the speed of the crystal that times a 200-MHx motherboard?
100-MHz
200-MHz
100-GHz
200-GHz
150 MHz
How wide was the original PCI bus that ran at 33 MHz?
8 bits
16 bits
24 bits
32 bits
64 bits
An AGP slot is unique in that it is classified as a PCI slot BUT, it has a direct connection to what?
Southbridge
Northbridge
CMOS
CPU
BIOS
Which expansion bus is the most popular today?
ISA
AGP
PCI
PCIe
PCI-X
Your PCIe connection uses how many wires to send and receive data?
One for sending and one for receiving
1 for sending and 16 for receiving
16 for sending and 8 for receiving
32 for sending and 32 for receiving
16 for sending and 12 for receiving
What name has been given to the pair of wires that go between the PCIe controller and any device on the computer?
bus
Lane
bank
array
DIMM
Most all video cards use this size PCIe slot....
The 1-lane (×1) version
The 4-lane (×4) version
The 8-lane (×8) version
The 16-lane (×16) version
The 32-land (x32) version
Can you name the small connectors that a person will use to mount a Motherboard to a Computer Case...
fire wires
standouts
nylon bolts
standoffs
pushouts
This type of light is included on the motherboard and has both a positive and negative side...
Power buttons
Reset buttons
LEDs
Chips
incandescent
If your brand new computer system fails when you turn it on, then you probably have manufacturing defects that are commonly referred to as ________________ failure.
burn-out
burn-in
ESD
system
BSOD
This symptom of a computer problem is the absolute hardest to diagnose.
latency
catastrophic
ethereal
component
partial
The correct term for bulging capacitors that somehow were put on computers around 2005 but failed at an alarming rate is....
Fatcat capacitors
Blistered capacitors
Lethargic capacitors
Distended capacitors
Hot capacitors
When you "Flash The BIOS" you run a small command-line program that writes new BIOS information in the what chip?
Northbridge
Southbridge
ROM
RAM
Cache
