1178 Exam 3 Study Guide

1. Which of the following handles the interconnection between most of the devices and the CPU?
Southbridge
Page: 205

2. What are the Northbridge and the Southbridge collectively known as?
Page: 205 Chipset

3. How many MB of programs do system ROM chips store?

Page: 211 2

4. Which of the following components is read-only?

Page: 210 ROM

5. Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?
Page: 212 CMOS

6. From where can the boot option be selected?

Page: 216 Advanced BIOS Features

7. Which chip can be reprogrammed to update its contents?

Page: 210 Flash ROM

8. Where do modern PCs store CMOS settings?

Page: 210 Flash ROM

9. What’s a method of clearing the CMOS password?

Page: 226 Short a jumper on the motherboard

10. What is POST?

Page: 221 Power-on self test

11. The computer is beeping constantly after you’ve booted it. What’s a likely problem?
Page: 222 RAM

12. What is used to change or remove device drivers in Windows?

Page: 221 Device Manager

13. Where should you look to interpret different beep codes?

Page: 222 BIOS manufacturer

14. Where is POST located?

Page: 221 System ROM

15. Which is the first electrical component to “wake up” when a computer is turned on?
Page: 224 CPU

16. What are programs stored on ROM chips called?

 Page: 211 Firmware

17. Upgrading the BIOS is also known as ________________.

Page: 226, 227 flashing

18. The AT bus is also known as the ____ bus

Page: 240 16-bit ISA

19. The CPU sends an I/O address using the first 16 address bus wires after turning on the ____ wire.
Page: 245 IO/MEM

20. ANS: A Where do expansion cards plug into?

Page: 241 Bus slots

21. ANS: D Where can you check to ensure particular hardware works with your version of Windows?
Page: 256 The Windows Logo Program

22. ANS: C Where should you check to ensure you have the correct drivers for a device?
Page: 252 Manufacturer’s Web site

23. ANS: B When installing an expansion card, what should you be careful of?
Page: 253 ESD damage

24. ANS: A Connectors on PCI cards can get dull from oxidation. How should they be cleaned?
Page: 254 Contact cleaning solution

25. ANS: B What should be installed first, the USB device or the USB driver?
Page: 256 USB driver

26. ANS: C What should be installed first, the FireWire device or the FireWire driver?
Page: 256 FireWire driver

27. ANS: A Of the following, what will allow you to uninstall a program in Windows XP?
Page: 256 Add or Remove Programs

28. ANS: D Of the following, what will allow you to uninstall a device in Windows?
Page: 256 Device Manager

29. ANS: D Devices that use the ____ bus are self-configuring.
Page: 241, 242 PCI/PCIe

30. ANS: A Which slot provides support for graphically intense computer games only?
Page: 242 AGP

31. ANS: B Configuration of resources being used by devices is done through ____ in modern systems.
Page: 241, 244 plug and play

32. ANS: D Which error symbol indicates a disabled device error?

Page: 260 red “X”