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Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Motherboard - CORRECT ANSWER - The central piece to which all other components
connect.
Motherboard size: E-ATX - CORRECT ANSWER - The largest size, known as 'extended
ATX'.
Motherboard size: ATX - CORRECT ANSWER - The 'standard' size.
Motherboard size: micro-ATX - CORRECT ANSWER - Smaller than ATX.
Motherboard size: mini-ITX - CORRECT ANSWER - Even smaller still.
What motherboard size do most desktop computers use? - CORRECT ANSWER - An
ATX or E-ATX motherboard
What motherboard size do laptops or other small form-factor applications use? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A micro-ATX motherboard
What are motherboards often classified based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - The 'socket'
type with which they are compatible.
What is a socket? - CORRECT ANSWER - The kind of connector that the CPU processor
has.
What are buses? - CORRECT ANSWER - Physical connections between the components
that connect to the motherboard.
, What are buses responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving data between
components.
What does CPU stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Central Processing Unit
What is the CPU/processor responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Executing the
instructions contained in computer programs.
What is the core responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Executing instructions.
What is clock speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - A measure of how many CPU cycles can
be performed in a second.
What is the Context Switching process? - CORRECT ANSWER - A single-core the
processor swapping back and forth between multiple applications at a speed that the human mind
cannot perceive them to keep them running.
What does RAM stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Random Access Memory
What does RAM affect? - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of things you can have
open on your computer at once.
What is the benefit of RAM? - CORRECT ANSWER - It is much faster to read data stored
in it than to read data stored on a hard disk.
Why can't we use RAM for storing everything? - CORRECT ANSWER - It's volatile,
meaning data stored in it exists only temporarily.
What are two factors to pay attention to with RAM? - CORRECT ANSWER - The type
and the speed.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Motherboard - CORRECT ANSWER - The central piece to which all other components
connect.
Motherboard size: E-ATX - CORRECT ANSWER - The largest size, known as 'extended
ATX'.
Motherboard size: ATX - CORRECT ANSWER - The 'standard' size.
Motherboard size: micro-ATX - CORRECT ANSWER - Smaller than ATX.
Motherboard size: mini-ITX - CORRECT ANSWER - Even smaller still.
What motherboard size do most desktop computers use? - CORRECT ANSWER - An
ATX or E-ATX motherboard
What motherboard size do laptops or other small form-factor applications use? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A micro-ATX motherboard
What are motherboards often classified based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - The 'socket'
type with which they are compatible.
What is a socket? - CORRECT ANSWER - The kind of connector that the CPU processor
has.
What are buses? - CORRECT ANSWER - Physical connections between the components
that connect to the motherboard.
, What are buses responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Moving data between
components.
What does CPU stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Central Processing Unit
What is the CPU/processor responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Executing the
instructions contained in computer programs.
What is the core responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Executing instructions.
What is clock speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - A measure of how many CPU cycles can
be performed in a second.
What is the Context Switching process? - CORRECT ANSWER - A single-core the
processor swapping back and forth between multiple applications at a speed that the human mind
cannot perceive them to keep them running.
What does RAM stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Random Access Memory
What does RAM affect? - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of things you can have
open on your computer at once.
What is the benefit of RAM? - CORRECT ANSWER - It is much faster to read data stored
in it than to read data stored on a hard disk.
Why can't we use RAM for storing everything? - CORRECT ANSWER - It's volatile,
meaning data stored in it exists only temporarily.
What are two factors to pay attention to with RAM? - CORRECT ANSWER - The type
and the speed.
