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Hardware Quiz - Basic 03 to Basic 04

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which hardware interface provides the highest theoretical bandwidth?

a)

SATA III

b)

USB 3.0

c)

PCIe 4.0 x16

d)

Thunderbolt 1

2.

Which of the following is a non-volatile memory used for permanent storage on a motherboard?

a)

SRAM

b)

Cache

c)

ROM

d)

DRAM

3.

What does “chipset” on a motherboard generally refer to?

a)

Only the CPU interface

b)

Combined functionality of the northbridge and southbridge

c)

Graphics controller

d)

RAM frequency controller

4.

How does UEFI differ from traditional BIOS?

a)

UEFI cannot use a mouse

b)

BIOS is GUI-based

c)

UEFI supports larger hard drives and faster boot

d)

BIOS supports Secure Boot

5.

Which type of RAM offers the lowest latency?

a)

DRAM

b)

SRAM

c)

DDR4

d)

DDR3

6.

Which device is responsible for managing I/O requests between CPU and peripherals?

a)

VRAM

b)

GPU

c)

Southbridge

d)

PCIe Bus

7.

Which protocol is typically used between CPU and RAM?

a)

NVMe

b)

SATA

c)

DDR

d)

USB

8.

What advantage does a modular PSU provide over a non-modular PSU?

a)

Increased voltage

b)

Higher power output

c)

Better cable management and airflow

d)

Faster data transfer

9.

What is a memory bank in RAM terminology?

a)

A CPU instruction

b)

A memory slot

c)

A group of RAM modules that work in parallel

d)

A cache location

10.

Which component typically uses GDDR6 memory?

a)

SSD

b)

CPU

c)

GPU

d)

Network Card

11.

How does ECC RAM correct errors?

a)

It ignores faulty bits

b)

It stops the system

c)

It uses parity bits and Hamming code

d)

It restarts the DIMM

12.

Which RAID level offers both redundancy and performance improvement?

a)

RAID 0

b)

RAID 1

c)

RAID 5

d)

RAID 6

13.

How many pins are there in a standard DDR4 DIMM used in desktops?

a)

168

b)

240

c)

288

d)

200

14.

Which bus is used to connect high-speed components like video cards?

a)

AGP

b)

PCI

c)

PCIe

d)

ISA

15.

Which interface is used for modern high-speed SSDs directly connected to the CPU?

a)

SATA

b)

USB

c)

PCIe/NVMe

d)

M.2 SATA

16.

Which hardware component typically has the most impact on gaming performance?

a)

SSD

b)

GPU

c)

PSU

d)

RAM

17.

Which component interprets and executes program instructions?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

CPU

d)

Chipset

18.

What is TDP in CPUs?

a)

Thermal Dissipation Prediction

b)

Total Device Power

c)

Thermal Design Power (max heat the cooling system should dissipate)

d)

Threaded Data Processing

19.

Which bus is used for connecting legacy devices?

a)

PCIe

b)

USB-C

c)

ISA

d)

M.2

20.

What does an IOMMU (I/O Memory Management Unit) provide in virtualized environments?

a)

Memory mirroring

b)

Direct access to GPU

c)

Hardware-level address translation and isolation for device memory access

d)

Network optimization

21.

Which instruction set architecture is widely used in mobile and embedded systems?

a)

x86

b)

MIPS

c)

ARM

d)

SPARC

22.

What is the primary function of a DMA controller in hardware?

a)

Performs disk encryption

b)

Manages interrupt handling

c)

Transfers data between memory and devices without CPU intervention

d)

Schedules processes in real-time

23.

Which interface supports hot-swapping and is used in enterprise storage?

a)

NVMe

b)

SCSI

c)

SATA

d)

SAS

24.

What does the acronym SoC stand for in hardware architecture?

a)

Storage-on-Chip

b)

System-on-Chip

c)

Serial-over-Controller

d)

Silicon-on-Card

25.

Which cache writing policy delays writing to main memory until block replacement?

a)

Write-through

b)

Write-around

c)

Write-back

d)

Lazy write

26.

What is the advantage of multi-channel memory architecture?

a)

Reduces heat generation

b)

Increases memory bandwidth by parallelizing access

c)

Prevents data corruption

d)

Improves cache hit rate

27.

Which instruction cycle phase fetches operands from memory?

a)

Decode

b)

Fetch

c)

Execute

d)

Operand Fetch

28.

Which technique allows a single processor to run multiple threads simultaneously?

a)

Pipelining

b)

Multitasking

c)

Hyper-Threading

d)

Branch Prediction

29.

Which subsystem handles address translation between virtual and physical memory?

a)

MMU (Memory Management Unit)

b)

DMA

c)

PCI bridge

d)

Paging controller

30.

What is the role of the microcode in a CPU?

a)

Manages boot configuration

b)

Interfaces with RAM

c)

Translates machine instructions into hardware-level operations

d)

Runs BIOS firmware

31.

In terms of lithography, what does 7nm refer to in CPU design?

a)

Length of cache

b)

Distance between two registers

c)

Transistor size on silicon

d)

Power supply rating

32.

What does NUMA architecture optimize in multi-CPU systems?

a)

Disk I/O

b)

Cache size

c)

Local memory access per CPU to reduce latency

d)

Interrupt handling

33.

Which of the following is true about ECC vs. non-ECC memory?

a)

ECC is faster

b)

ECC is cheaper

c)

ECC detects and corrects memory errors

d)

Non-ECC uses parity

34.

Which of these is a primary role of the southbridge chipset?

a)

Managing GPU interface

b)

Connecting high-speed memory

c)

Handling legacy I/O and low-speed peripherals

d)

Controlling CPU instructions

35.

Which standard defines pin configuration and communication for NVMe SSDs on M.2 interfaces?

a)

SATA 3.0

b)

PCIe 4.0

c)

NVMe 1.4

d)

M.2 Key-M specification

36.

What is Intel VT-d technology used for?

a)

Virtual GPU overclocking

b)

Virtual memory segmentation

c)

Direct I/O virtualization for better device performance in VMs

d)

Cloud hardware encryption

37.

Which power state in ACPI defines a fully powered-down system with no context retention?

a)

S1

b)

S3

c)

S4

d)

S5

38.

What is the function of a PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) in CPU design?

a)

Regulate power

b)

Match bus frequency with CPU frequency

c)

Manage thread scheduling

d)

Balance cache load

39.

Which hardware vulnerability exploits speculative execution in modern CPUs?

a)

BlueKeep

b)

Heartbleed

c)

Spectre

d)

Rowhammer

40.

In a server, what is hot-plugging commonly associated with?

a)

GPU overclocking

b)

CPU fan calibration

c)

Replacing components like disks or NICs without shutting down

d)

Cooling system replacement