3. CPUs & Motherboards

Question 1

What are the dimensions of a standard ATX motherboard?

Answer 1

12” x 9.6” | 305mm x 244mm

Question 2

What are the dimensions of a mini-ATX motherboard?

Answer 2

11.2” x 8.2” | 284mm x 208mm

Question 3

What are the dimensions of a micro-ATX motherboard?

Answer 3

9.6” x 9.6” | 244mm x 244mm

Question 4

What was the intended replacement for ATX that never got produced?

Answer 4

ITX (Information Technology eXtended)

Question 5

How many expansion card slots does micro-ATX have?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

What are the dimensions of a mini-ITX motherboard?

Answer 6

6.7” x 6.7” | 170mm x 170mm

Question 7

What is the max RAM that an x86 CPU can support?

Answer 7

4 GB

Question 8

What processors do smaller. low-power devices use?

Answer 8

ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)

Question 9

What mechanism allows a CPU to be inserted onto a processor without pressing down and applying pressure to it?

Answer 9

ZIF

Question 10

What form factor positions all the pins to be able to connect CPU into the socket?

Answer 10

LGA

Question 11

In what form factor does the CPU have the pins to be inserted into holes on the socket during insertion?

Answer 11

PGA

Question 12

Which CPU socket form factors are respectively made by Intel and AMD?

Answer 12

Intel makes LGA | AMD makes PGA

Question 13

What is the CPU feature developed as a way to allow software to run multiple parallel threads at the same time, and is when a single stream of instructions is sent by the software to a processor?

Answer 13

Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) / Hyper-threading

Question 14

What is the CPU feature when traditional workstations and severs have multiple processors?

Answer 14

Symmetric Processing (SMP)

Question 15

Between Extended Page Table (EPT) and Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) in virtualization, which is used be AMD and which is used by Intel?

Answer 15

EPT is Intel | RVI is AMD

Question 16

What is it called when features of software virtualization are underlying and supported by the hardware processor?

Answer 16

Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)

Question 17

How many bits does a PCI expansion card contain and what is its max bus speed?

Answer 17

32 bits | 33 MHz / 133 MB/s

Question 18

How many bits does a PCI-X expansion card contain and what is its max bus speed?

Answer 18

64 bits | 133 MHz

Question 19

What is the bus speed range for a PCI-X 2.0 expansion card?

Answer 19

266 MHz ~ 533 MHz

Question 20

What are PCI and PCI-X used for?

Answer 20

Networking cards and audio cards

Question 21

What is the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) used for?

Answer 21

Video graphics cards

Question 22

What types of AGP are there?

Answer 22

1x, 2x, 4x, 8x

Question 23

What expansion card family replaces PCI, PCI-X, and AGP? What types are there?

Answer 23

PCI Express (PCIe) | x1, x4, x8, x16

Question 24

What is PCIe x1 used for?

Answer 24

Modems, network cards, wireless cards, I/O devices, and audio cards

Question 25

What is PCIe x16 used for?

Answer 25

Graphics cards

Question 26

What are the three PCIe bus motherboard form factors?

Answer 26

16 lanes, 24 lanes, 32 lanes

Question 27

How much power can all PCIe slots provide?

Answer 27

25 watts

Question 28

What is the maximum power a PCIe x16 card slot can provide?

Answer 28

75 watts

Question 29

What is Mini PCIe x1 used for?

Answer 29

Modems, networking cards, wireless cards, and audio cards

Question 30

What is Mini PCIe x16 used for?

Answer 30

3D graphics and video cards, and gaming systems

Question 31

What expansion card(s) give quality signal for monitors?

Answer 31

Video Card / Graphics Adapter

Question 32

What speed does the RJ45 sound/audio card port support?

Answer 32

1 Gb/s

Question 33

What speed is supported by NIC installed into a PCIe x1 slot?

Answer 33

10 Gb/s

Question 34

What card does ST, SC, and MT-RJ connectors support?

Answer 34

Fiber card

Question 35

What is a Riser card?

Answer 35

A special type of expansion card on a motherboard