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________________ is running a processor, memory, motherboard, or video card at a higher
speed than the manufacturer recommends - Answer overclocking
What configuration can you find for PCIe slots? - Answer All of these
What socket do Rocket Lake processors use? - Answer .LGA 1200
If a BIOS/UEFI firmware update is interrupted, you might be able to revert to the earlier version,
which is called a _______ flash. - Answer USB
The Coffee Lake LGA1151 socket is not backward compatible with 7th or 6th generation
processors that use the first version of LGA1151 - Answer True
system clock - Answer a device dedicated to timing the activities on the motherboard
riser card - Answer installs in a PCI slot and provides another slot at a right angle
protocol - Answer a set of rules and standards that any two entities use for communication
virtualization - Answer when one physical machine hosts multiple activities that are normally
done on multiple machines
chipset - Answer a set of components on the motherboard that works closely with the
processor tocontrol the memory, buses, and peripherals
data bus - Answer the system of pathways used for communication which carry data
jumper - Answer two small posts or metal pins on the motherboard that are either open or
closed
CMOS battery - Answer If disconnected, this component causes setup information in the
CMOS to be lost
CMOS stands for - Answer complementary metal oxide semiconductor
, A Mini PCIe slot can have how many pins - Answer 52 pins
54 pins
Broadwell chipsets use less power than Haswell Chipset - Answer False
The chipset must be compatible with the ____________ it serves - Answer processor
What types of Power-On passwords can be set to lock down a computer from unauthorized
access? - Answer supervisor password
user password
What should you do if you want to be able locate your laptop in the event of loss or theft and
give it a command through the Internet to lock it or delete data - Answer Subscribe to LoJack
for Laptops
Device drivers are small programs stored on the hard drive and installed in Windows that tell
Windows how to communicate with specific ___________ devices - Answer hardware
PCIe is backward compatible with PCI and PCI-X - Answer False
What type of socket ensures that even force is applied to the processor when it is being
installed in the socket? - Answer ZIF
Coffee Lake chipsets are also by what series number chipset - Answer 300
Speed of memory, Front Side Bus, and processor are measured in _____________, which is one
cycle per second - Answer hertz
All current processor sockets have one or two levers on the sides of the socket. These sockets
are called _________________ socket - Answer zero insertion force
Where must virtualization be enabled for VM (virtual machine) software to work - Answer
BIOS/UEFI
A technician might need to change boot __________ in the EWUFI/BIOS setup from hard drive
to DVD for a new Windows install. - Answer sequence