Chapter 4

Question 1

Any I/O bus designed to interact closely with a processor or its throughput is called a _________________ I/O bus

Answer 1

local

Question 2

A microATX board can be mounted in an ATX case

Answer 2

true

Question 3

The author recommends getting a processor that includes integrated video and a motherboard with a video slot when purchasing a processor and motherboard.

Answer 3

true

Question 4

Making __________ cache a part of the processor caused manufacturers to move from sockets to slots in the late 1990s(use acronymn)

Answer 4

L2

Question 5

Name 6 improvements of the ATX motherboard over the motherboard standards it replaced.

Answer 5

Built in double high io connector
single main keyed internal power supply connector
relocated cpu and memory
relocated internal io connectors
improved cooling
lower cost to manufacturing

Question 6

Because the PCI bus adds another layer to the bus configuration of the computer, it is often called a _______________________ bus.

Answer 6

mezzanine

Question 7

Devices attached to the lowest-numbered interrupt have the highest priority

Answer 7

true

Question 8

What is the purpose of DMA?

Answer 8

communications devices that must communicate at high speeds (Direct Memory Access)

Question 9

What three differences exist between a microATX and an ATX board?

Answer 9

Reduced Width
Fewer IO bus expansion slots
smaller power supply (optional)

Question 10

Name 4 architectures and busses that the PCIe is expected to replace

Answer 10

Intel hub architecture
HyperTransport
AGP
PCI

Question 11

Which of the motherboards listed has the smallest physical size?

Answer 11

Pico-ITX

Question 12

What was included in the 82C206 chip?

Answer 12

Friggin' everything.
Clock controller
system timer
bus controller
dual 8259 interrupt controller

Question 13

HyperTransport is a popular technology supported by Intel for connecting processors and chipset chip

Answer 13

false

Question 14

The author spends the most time analyzing the processor when deciding on a motherboard

Answer 14

false, chipsets

Question 15

When using a dual-color LED as a power indicator, a steady yellow LED power indicator indicates that the PC is ___

Answer 15

sleeping

Question 16

What are the 3 official versions of the ATX standard?

Answer 16

ATX
microATX
flexATX

Question 17

What are the advantages of the Hub Architecture?

Answer 17

faster
reduced PCI loading
reduced board wiring

Question 18

What two advantages did the first chipset bring to the motherboard building when it was introduced in 1986?

Answer 18

Made building a pc cheaper

made designing a motherboard easier

Question 19

The PCIe standard is essentially a serial bus

Answer 19

true

Question 20

When was the standard for front panel connections published and by what company?

Answer 20

oct 2000

intel

Question 21

FlexATX motherboards have the __________________physical standard dimensions of any of the ATX standard motherboard and might not even include expansion slots on the motherboard.

Answer 21

smallest

Question 22

Which two obsolete form factors is the ATX form factor based upon?______________ AT [x] and ___________[y] Is it compatible with them(Yes/No)__________[z]?

Answer 22

Baby AT

LPX

Question 23

Hub architecture chipsets have narrower busses that actually have higher data rates than North/South architecture chipsets

Answer 23

true

Question 24

It is very easy to run out of I/O addresses (ports) on a computer

Answer 24

false

Question 25

How do you tell, without opening the case, that an ATX motherboard is installed in a computer

Answer 25

Expansion boards plug directly into the motherboard | no riser card (perpendicular to motherboard)

Question 26

For the ATX standard, match the port to the corresponding color

Answer 26

MIDI - gold | DVI - white

Question 27

The PnP standard was later replaced by__________________

Answer 27

ACPI (Advanced Control and Power Interface

Question 28

What two components control the speed and width of the processor bus on a motherboard?

Answer 28

processor snd chipset combo

Question 29

The EISA bus was NOT designed to be backward compatible with the ISA bus

Answer 29

false

Question 30

PCIe permits data to move both directions simultaneously ( full-duplex ) on each of its lanes

Answer 30

true

Question 31

Match the terms associated with the North/South Bridge architecture with its definintion

Answer 31

North Bridge - connects the processor bus to AGP and PCI busses South Bridge - bridges PCI and ISA busses Super IO Chip - commonly used peripheral items in a single chip

Question 32

Name 3 reasons why I/O bus speed must keep increasing

Answer 32

Faster CPUs increasing software demands greater multimedia requirements

Question 33

Major computer vendors stopped using proprietary motherboard designs for their computers (true/false)?

Answer 33

true

Question 34

PCI was the first PC bus to automatically configure adapters by using the ________________ specification (use acronym)

Answer 34

pnp