1.

The classic case with four drive bays and around six expansion slots that sits o
n your desktop doing double duty as a monitor stand is called a ____ case.
A) Tower
B) notebook
C) compact
D) desktop
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Correct Answer(s): D

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2.
A ____ is an electronic device that can serve as a gate or switch for an electri
cal signal and can amplify the flow of electricity.
A) fuse
B) short
C) transistor
D) capacitor
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Correct Answer(s): C

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3.
Temporary voltage reductions are called ____.
A) spikes
B) sags
C) swells
D) blackouts
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Correct Answer(s): B

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4.
____ is the ability of a system to do more than one thing at a time.
A) Multibusing
B) Multiprocessing
C) Online processing
D) Batch processing
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Correct Answer(s): B

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5.
In ____ processing, the processor housing contains two processors that operate a
t the same frequency, but independently of each other.
A) dual-core
B) dual-platform
C) cache
D) linked
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Correct Answer(s): A

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6.
A memory cache on the processor chip is called a(n) ____ cache.
A) external
B) internal
C) secondary
D) execution
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Correct Answer(s): B

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7.
A ____ is a clip-on device that mounts on top of the processor; fingers or fins
at its base pull the heat away from the processor.
A) fan
B) cooler
C) refrigerator
D) heat sink
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Correct Answer(s): D

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8.
Instructions which are permanently built into the processor chip are called ____
.
A) processor code
B) cache code
C) microcode
D) dual-code
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Correct Answer(s): C

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9.
A motherboard ____ determines the size of the board and its features that make i
t compatible with power supplies, cases, processors, and expansion cards.
A) battery
B) form factor
C) switch
D) jumper
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Correct Answer(s): B

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10.
If the processor requests something from a device and the device is not ready, t
he device issues a ____.
A) wait state
B) wait order
C) halt state
D) halt order
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Correct Answer(s): A

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11.
A bus that does not run in sync with the system clock is called a(n) ____ bus.
A) local
B) expansion
C) local I/O
D) local video
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Correct Answer(s): B

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12.
With PCI Express, each PCI Express slot for a PCIe card has its own link or bus
to the ____.
A) RAM
B) drives
C) North Bridge
D) South Bridge
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Correct Answer(s): D

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13.
When a PC boots, ____ indicate(s) that all is well after POST.
A) one beep
B) two beeps
C) three beeps
D) four beeps
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Correct Answer(s): A

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14.
PCI Express uses a ____ bus.
A) streaming
B) peripheral
C) parallel
D) serial
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Correct Answer(s): D

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15.
DIMM technologies have a ____ data path.
A) 4-bit
B) 16-bit
C) 32-bit
D) 64-bit
Points Earned: 1.0/1.0
Correct Answer(s): D

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16.
SDRAM has ____ notch(es).
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
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Correct Answer(s): B

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17.
DDR SDRAM uses ____ pins.
A) 112
B) 164
C) 184
D) 240
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Correct Answer(s): C

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18.
A ____ is an area on the motherboard that holds the minimum number of memory chi
ps or memory modules that must work together as a unit.
A) pool
B) bundle
C) bank
D) farm
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Correct Answer(s): C

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19.
Today s memory uses a new method of error checking called ____ that can detect and
correct an error in a single bit.
A) CAS
B) RAS
C) ECC
D) parity
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Correct Answer(s): C

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20.
When looking at an advertisement for DIMMS, ____ of the module indicate(s) the w
idth of the data bus.
A) size
B) weight
C) density
D) rings
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Correct Answer(s): C