SANS Foundation: SEC275 Exam
Questions and Answers
Motherboard - Answers -The central piece to which all other components connect.
Motherboard size: E-ATX - Answers -The largest size, known as 'extended ATX'.
Motherboard size: ATX - Answers -The 'standard' size.
Motherboard size: micro-ATX - Answers -Smaller than ATX.
Motherboard size: mini-ITX - Answers -Even smaller still.
What motherboard size do most desktop computers use? - Answers -An ATX or E-ATX
motherboard
What motherboard size do laptops or other small form-factor applications use? -
Answers -A micro-ATX motherboard
What are motherboards often classified based on? - Answers -The 'socket' type with
which they are compatible.
What is a socket? - Answers -The kind of connector that the CPU processor has.
What are buses? - Answers -Physical connections between the components that
connect to the motherboard.
What are buses responsible for? - Answers -Moving data between components.
What does CPU stand for? - Answers -Central Processing Unit
What is the CPU/processor responsible for? - Answers -Executing the instructions
contained in computer programs.
What is the core responsible for? - Answers -Executing instructions.
What is clock speed? - Answers -A measure of how many CPU cycles can be
performed in a second.
Questions and Answers
Motherboard - Answers -The central piece to which all other components connect.
Motherboard size: E-ATX - Answers -The largest size, known as 'extended ATX'.
Motherboard size: ATX - Answers -The 'standard' size.
Motherboard size: micro-ATX - Answers -Smaller than ATX.
Motherboard size: mini-ITX - Answers -Even smaller still.
What motherboard size do most desktop computers use? - Answers -An ATX or E-ATX
motherboard
What motherboard size do laptops or other small form-factor applications use? -
Answers -A micro-ATX motherboard
What are motherboards often classified based on? - Answers -The 'socket' type with
which they are compatible.
What is a socket? - Answers -The kind of connector that the CPU processor has.
What are buses? - Answers -Physical connections between the components that
connect to the motherboard.
What are buses responsible for? - Answers -Moving data between components.
What does CPU stand for? - Answers -Central Processing Unit
What is the CPU/processor responsible for? - Answers -Executing the instructions
contained in computer programs.
What is the core responsible for? - Answers -Executing instructions.
What is clock speed? - Answers -A measure of how many CPU cycles can be
performed in a second.
