The Motherboard

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The Motherboard

• Questions

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1. Which of the following is not a common form
factor?
a. AT b. ATI c. ATX d. FlexATX
Answer b. ATI is a video card company
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2. What ports were integrated into the AT
motherboard?
a. Serial ports, parallel ports, USB ports and
mini-din ports b. Keyboard port c. Serial
ports d. A mouse port
Answer b.
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3. What type of connector attaches the ATX power
supply to the ATX motherboard?
a. P1 b. P2 c. P8 d. P9
Answer a.
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4. In this graphic, identify the AGP port
a. b. c. d.
Answer b.
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5. In the graphic identify the PCI expansion slot.
a. b. c. d.
Answer c.
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6. How many sticks of RAM can you have on the
motherboard displayed below?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
Answer d.
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7. Sylvia has installed a new battery in her
motherboard. What does she need to do now?
a. Set the correct date and time b. Partition the
hard drive c. Reseat the CPU d. Add more RAM
Answer a.
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8. The first component affected by a motherboard
battery failure is
a. BIOS b. POST c. CMOS d. DMA
Answer c.
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9. Which type of motherboard uses the soft power
switch?
a. AT b. ATX c. EISA d. XT
Answer b.
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10. Identify the IDE ports in this graphic
a. b. c. d.
Answer b.
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11. Flash ROM chips can be __________________
a. Upgraded if necessary b. Used as read/write
memory c. Erased by the disk operating system d.
None of the above
Answer a.
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12. Timmy notices a shunt on one of his
motherboards jumpers hanging by only one pin. The
system seems to be running properly. Whats wrong?
a. Nothing, the jumper is parked b. He needs to
check the motherboard book c. He should shut down
the system immediately d. Nothing, the jumper is
closed
Answer a.
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13. Which of the following is not required for a
system to pass POST successfully?
a. Functional floppy drive b. Functional RAM c.
Functional CPU d. Functional graphics card
Answer a.
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14. In the graphic, identify the ISA slot.
a. b. c. d.
Answer d.
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15. What does the ROM chip on the motherboard
store?
a. DOS b. IRQs c. BIOS d. DMAs
Answer c.
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16. In the graphic, what is the expansion card
shown?
a. Video b. Network Interface Card c. Sound d.
Modem
Answer a.
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17. Which connector ports can mice use? (Choose
all that apply)
a. Parallel port b. Serial port c. USB port d.
PS/2 port
Answer b., c. and d.
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18. What type of expansion card is shown in the
graphic?
a. Video b. Network Interface Card c. Sound d.
Modem
Answer d.
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19. In the graphic, identify the floppy drive
controller.
a. b. c. d.
Answer a.
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20. Sylvia has noticed that the clock on her PC
is running slower than it should. After watching
it for several days, she notices that the clock
is several hours behind the correct time. What
could be the problem?
a. She is running low on system resources b. Her
power supply is dying c. Her hard drive is
full d. Her CMOS battery is running low
Answer d.
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21. System BIOS is stored
a. In the ROM chip b. In RAM c. In reserved
memory address F000-FFFF d. In CMOS
Answer a.
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22. Joey stepped into her office on a Monday
morning and discovered that her 2-week-old PC was
dead as a doornail. After running through many
hours of troubleshooting, she determined that the
motherboard was at fault and replaced it. Now the
system runs fine. What was the most likely cause
of the failure of the first motherboard?
a. Burn-in failure b. Electro-static discharge c.
Component failure d. Power supply failure
Answer a. the motherboard most likely had a
manufacturing fault and failed during the burn in
phase
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23. When booting a PC, you hear a long string of
beeps and the PC fails to boot. What is the first
step you should take to troubleshoot the problem?
a. Replace the motherboard b. Unplug the PC, then
plug it back in and try to boot again, to see if
the problem continues c. Look up the beep codes
in the documentation from the BIOS
manufacturer d. Replace the CPU
Answer c.
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24. What procedure should not be a part of
preventative maintenance?
a. Cleaning motherboard with duster b. Backing
up important file c. Defragmenting files d.
Update the antivirus software
Answer a.
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25. What are the dimensions of the Advanced
Technology Extended (ATX) motherboard?
a. 11.2 inches wide and 8.2 inches deep b. 12
inches wide and 9.6 inches deep c. 12 inches
wide and 13.8 inches deep d. 9 inches wide and
13 inches deep
Answer b.
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26. Stevens computer includes a hard disk that
connects to the motherboard by a 7-wire cable
with a single interface. What drive interface is
used by Stevens disk drive ?
a. IDE b. EIDE c. SCSI d. Serial ATA
Answer d.
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27. Which statement is true about Advanced
Technology Extended (ATX) motherboards ?
a. An ATX motherboard has a 12-pin power
connector b. The processor, memory and expansion
slots in an ATX board are in line with each
other c. An ATX motherboard can support a maximum
of 7 expansion slots d. An ATX motherboard can
support Extended Data Out (EDO) Random Access
Memory (RAM)
Answer c.
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28. You have been called to a customers
residence to fix a new motherboard. On arriving
at the premises, you find that the carpet of the
computer room has become damp due to moisture.
Which of the following precautions should you
take? ?
a. Wear rubber sole shoes b. Wear an anti-static
wrist strap c. Ask the customer to remove the
damp carpet d. Place the computer and all the
components on an anti static bag e. Use rubber
handled needle nose pliers for all tasks
Answer a.
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29. You have been asked to replace the
motherboard in a customers computer. You must
carry the replacement motherboard to the
customers residence. What is the best method for
carrying the motherboard ?
a. Wrap the motherboard in a piece of lint-free
cloth b. Carry the motherboard in an anti-static
bag c. Carry the motherboard in a metal lined
wooden box d. Carry the motherboard in a paper
bag lined with styrofoam
Answer b.
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30. Which of the following components on an ATX
motherboard is used to support communication
between the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and
random access memory (RAM) ?
a. Southbridge chip b. Northbridge chip c.
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface
d. Firmware
Answer b.
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31. You replaced a processor with a newer
processor that runs at much greater speed.
However, your system does not identify the
processor correctly, and the processor runs at
the same speed as the old processor. What could
you do to correct this problem? ?
a. Update the BIOS b. Reseat the processor c.
Flip the turbo switch on the motherboard d.
Change the voltage setting for the processor
Answer a.
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32. Where are the memory slots located on an ATX
motherboard? ?
a. Parallel to the Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) slots b. Parallel to the
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) slots c.
Parallel to the Integrated Drive Electronics
(IDE) slots d. Parallel to the Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) slot
Answer c.
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33. You are assembling a personal computer. You
remove the packaging material of different
hardware components, such as memory chips and
motherboard. Where should you place these
hardware components to prevent damage from
positive and negative charges ?
a. Place them on an anti-static bag b. Place
them on a wooden table c. Place them in your
hands while wearing a pair of lint free gloves d.
Place them on a tile floor e. Place them on a
piece of newspaper
Answer a.
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34. What is the name of this processor socket?
a. Socket 462 b. Socket 939 c. Socket AM2 d.
Socket LGA 1366
Answer c.
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35. You are the desktop administrator for your
company and maintain all computers in your
organisation. To properly upgrade one of the
computers, you must upgrade the motherboard.
While upgrading this computer, you should choose
the appropriate form factor that is suitable for
the motherboard of the existing computer. Which
two specifications should you consider while
selecting the appropriate form factor? (choose
two)
a. Physical size b. Power supply c. Number of PCI
slots d. Supported amount of memory
Answer a. and b.
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36. You are helping a friend build his new home
computer. After completing the assembly you
discover that none of the unused expansion slots
have covers, and you cannot find the slot covers
anywhere. You suspect that your friend threw them
away along with the packing materials for the
case, thinking that they were un-needed metal
punch-outs. Why should you go through the trouble
of finding new slot covers and installing them in
the unused slots? (Choose two)
a. To keep foreign objects out of the case b. To
keep radiation exposure at a minimum c. To
properly ground the computers motherboard d. To
dampen the noise coming from inside the computer
e. To keep air circulating properly inside the
computer case
Answer a. and e.
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37. Which tool should you use to pick up a screw
that has fallen accidentally on a computers
motherboard ?
Answer 3-pronged parts retriever
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34. What is the name of this processor socket?
a. Socket 462 b. Socket 939 c. Socket AM2 d.
Socket LGA1366
Answer d.
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38. Which connector on the IDE ribbon cable
connects to the motherboard ?
Answer Blue connector
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39. Which type of non-volatile memory enables
users to easily update the ROM or firmware in
their motherboards ?
Answer Flash memory
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40. Which hardware component is installed using
the Pin Grid Array (PGA) architecture in a
motherboard ?
Answer Processor
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41. What is the commonly used form factor for the
computer case and motherboard design ?
Answer Advanced Technology Extended (ATX)
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42. What is the name of this processor socket?
a. Socket 462 b. Socket 939 c. Socket AM2 d.
Socket LGA1366
Answer b.
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43. Which component on a motherboard supports
slower devices, such as USB ports, IDE
controllers and PCI slots ?
Answer Southbridge
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44. Which type of socket design has a lever that
allows easy insertion and removal of a CPU in a
motherboard ?
Answer ZIF socket
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45. What should you do to upgrade the firmware on
a motherboard ?
Answer Flash the BIOS
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46. How are the memory slots and expansion slots
situated on an ATX motherboard??
Answer At a right angle to each other
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Write down the names of the items numbered on the
motherboard below
1. ____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________
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Write down the names of the items numbered on the
motherboard below
8. ____________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________
10. ____________________________________________
11. ____________________________________________
12. ____________________________________________
13. ____________________________________________
14. ____________________________________________
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Write down the names of the items numbered on the
motherboard below
15. ____________________________________________
16. ____________________________________________
17. ____________________________________________
18. ____________________________________________
19. ____________________________________________