Quiz: Motherboard Mania

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Motherboard Mania

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1. What are two common names for a = motherboard?=20

Matrix board and Input board
Chipset and=20 Mainframe
Mainboard and System board
Interface board and=20 Main circuit
No Answer

2. What is the job of the = data bus?=20

To transport data to and from the chipset and=20 memory
To transport data to and from the chipset and = CPU
To transport data=20 to and from the hard drive to the CPU
To transport data=20 from the AGP slot to and ISA slot
No Answer=20

3. Which component controls access to the ISA bus, USB = ports, and=20 the IDE controllers?=20

Northbridge
Southbridge
Super=20 I/O
CPU
No Answer

4. What motherboard = component both=20 controls and coordinates access to a system's RAM, the expansion slots, = the hard=20 drive controllers, and other on-board devices?=20

CPU
PCI slots
Super I/O
Chipset
No Answer

5. Which = component=20 controls access to the CPU, memory, PCI bus, and AGP bus?=20

Northbridge
Southbridge
Super=20 I/O
Network hub
No Answer

6. The local = bus (also=20 called the front side bus), process bus, and system bus run bewteen = which two=20 components?=20

Southbridge and Northbridge
Southbridge and=20 CPU
GPU and CPU
Northbridge and CPU
No Answer=20

7. The backside bus is used to describe bus transfer = between which=20 two components?=20

CPU's core and its L2 cache
Northbridge and the=20 Southbridge
AGP slot and the Northbridge
Northbridge and=20 Memory
No Answer

8. The data bus transfers data = between what=20 two components?=20

CPU and chipset
Chipset and System=20 RAM
CPU and ISA slots
Chipset and ISA=20 slots
No Answer

9. Which type of memory module = features a=20 double-sided design in order to allow double circuit paths?=20

SIMM
TIMM
DIMM
VIMM
No Answer=20

10. Which chip keeps track of the computer's amount of = memory,=20 types of drives, and video cards installed, as well as the data and = time?=20

CPU
Northbridge
Southbridge
CMOS
No=20 Answer

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