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1
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What dissipates heat through thermal conduction?

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Heat sink

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What does a heat sink do?

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Dissipates heath through thermal conduction

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What is a heat sink commonly made of? (2)

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Copper or aluminum alloy

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What is the adhesive that is between the CPU and the heat sink?

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Thermal paste

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What does thermal paste do?

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It is the adhesive between the CPU and the heat sink that creates a good contact between them

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How much thermal paste should you apply?

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A small dab. Too much and it can become counter intuitive

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What is the standard size for case fans? (3)

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80 mm / 120 mm / 200 m

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What does liquid cooling do?

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Cools the computer by circulating coolant

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What type of cooling system cools the computer by circulating coolant?

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Liquid Cooling

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What is passive cooling?

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No fans are used only heat sinks

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What type of cooling system that cools a computer by only heat sinks?

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Fanless / Passive cooling

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How many pins does a Intel LGA 775?

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775 pins

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What CPU has 775 pins?

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Intel LGA 775

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What is another name for a Intel LGA 775?

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Socket T

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What is the official name for the Socket T?

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Intel LGA 775

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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1366?

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1366 pins

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What CPU has 1366 pins?

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Intel LGA 1366

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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1366?

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Socket B

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What is the official name for the Socket B?

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Intel LGA 1366

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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1156?

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1156 pins

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What CPU has 1156 pins?

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Intel LGA 1156

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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1156?

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Socket H or Socket H1

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What is the official name for the Socket H or Socket H1?

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Intel LGA 1156

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What is special about the Intel LGA 1156?

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It integrates the Northbridge onto the chip

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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1155?
1155 pins
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What CPU has 1155 pins?
Intel LGA 1155
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1155?
Socket H2 (h21155)
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What is the official name for the Socket H2?
Intel LGA 1155
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 1150?
1150 pins
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 1150?
Socket H3 (h31150)
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What is the official name for the Socket H3?
Intel LGA 1150
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How many pins does a Intel LGA 2011?
2011 pins
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What CPU has 2011 pins?
Intel LGA 2011
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What is another name for a Intel LGA 2011?
Socket R
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What is the official name for the Socket R?
Intel LGA 2011
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 775? (2)
Pentium 4, Core 2
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1366?
Core i7 (Nehalem)
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1156? (3)
Core i3/5/7 (Nehalem)
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1155? (2)
Sandy/Ivy Bridge
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 1150? (2)
Haswell, Broadwell
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What type of CPU is supported by Intel LGA 2011? (6)
Sandy Bridge-E/EP, Ivy Bridge-E/EP, Haswell-E/EP
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How many pins does a AMD Socket AM3?
941 pins (am3941)
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What CPU has 941 pins?
AMD Socket AM3
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Can an AM3 be used in a AM2 socket?
Yes with a BIOS upgrade
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How many pins does a AMD Socket AM3+?
942 pins (am3+942)
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What CPU has 942 pins?
AMD Socket AM3+
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Is the AM3 compatible with AM3+ CPU sockets?
Yes
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How many pins does a AMD Socket FM1?
905 pins (fm1905)
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What CPU has 905 pins?
AMD Socket FM1
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How many pins does a AMD Socket FM2?
904 pins
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What CPU has 904 pins?
AMD Socket FM2
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How many pins does a AMD Socket FM2+?
906 pins (fm2+906)
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What CPU has 906 pins?
AMD Socket FM2+ (2b906)
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Which CPU is in a Micro PGA package?
AMD Socket FM2+
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What is the AMD Socket FM2+ also called?
Socket FM2b
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Which CPU has the nickname of Socket FM2b?
AMD Socket FM2+
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket AM3? (2)
Athlon II / Phenom II
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket AM3+? (2)
Athlon II / Phenom II
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket FM1?
AMD 10h
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket FM2?
Piledriver
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Which type of CPU is supported by AMD Socket FM2+?
Steamroller
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Why is a CPU cache used?
It's faster than holding it in RAM
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What is Hyper-Threading?
Takes a single CPU and makes it act like two
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What was the first Windows OS that supported Hyper-Threading?
Windows XP
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What is visualization?
Running multiple Oss on the same hardware
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What is the technology called for visualization for Intel called?
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)
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What is the technology called for visualization for AMD called?
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V)
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How much faster can a 64 bit CPU run than a 32 bit CPU?
Twice as fast
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Does software have to be optimized to take advantages of x64 architecture?
Yes
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What does Intel called the NX bit?
XD bit
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What does AMD called the NX bit?
Enhanced Virus Protection
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What is an NX bit?
Designate sections of memory where the CPU can and can not execute code
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What does Windows call the feature for the NX bit?
Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
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What is the max RAM you can have on a 32 bit system?
4 GB
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What is the max RAM you can have on a 64 bit system?
16 EB
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What is it called when a CPU is x64?
64 bit
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What is it called when a CPU is x86?
32 bit
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What is it called when a CPU is 32 bit?
x86
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What is it called when a CPU is 64 bit?
x64
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What is x86-x64?
Handles both 32 and 64 bit operations
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What is parallel execution?
When more than one command is executed at once
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What is it called when more than one command is executed at once?
Parallel execution
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What does the Arithmetic logic unit (ALU) do?
Does whole number math on a CPU
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What does whole number math on a CPU?
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
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What does the Floating Point Unit (FPU) do?
floating number math on a CPU
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What does floating number math on a CPU?
Floating Point Unit (FPU)
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What is a thread?
series of instructions for a CPU
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What is a series of instructions for a CPU called?
Thread
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What is a wait state on a CPU?
Pipeline stalls
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What is a pipeline stall called?
Wait state
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Which CPU cache is the smallest but the fastest?
L1
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Which CPU cache is the biggest but the slowest?
L4
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What is Hyperthreading?
When one CPU acts as two
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What is it called when one CPU acts as two?
Hyperthreading
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What is a Multicore processor?
When there is more than one CPU on a chip
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What does a multicore processor share?
Cache
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What does a multicore processor have on each separate CPU?
Pipelines
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What does CompTIA call a xD bit?
Disable execute bit
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Which company uses a Land Grid Array (LGA) CPU?
Intel
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What is a disable execute bit?
xD bit
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What kind of configuration does Intel use on their CPUs?
Land Grid Array (LGA)
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What kind of configuration does AMD use on their CPUs?
Pin Grid Array (PGA)
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Which company uses a Pin Grid Array (PGA) CPU?
AMD

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