MODULE 5 - 6

Question 1

The CPU is housed in a single chip called

Answer 1

Microprocessor

Question 2

A component of CPU which performs arithmetic and logical operations

Answer 2

ALU

Question 3

A component of CPU which extracts instructions from memory and decodes and executes them, calling on the ALU when necessary.

Answer 3

CU

Question 4

Uses more advanced architectures for their processors at the moment.

Answer 4

INTEL

Question 5

Focuses more on including more cores, making budget
friendly CPUs, and allowing users to overclock heavily.

Answer 5

AMD

Question 6

is AMD CPUs where the pins are on the CPU. It has larger pins
and allows for higher voltages and stability.

Answer 6

PGA

Question 7

Is Intel chips where the pins are in the motherboard socket. It has
smaller pins thus allows for higher and faster current.

Answer 7

LGA

Question 8

Required only 60 lbs. of insertion force for a 169-pin chip.

Answer 8

LIF

Question 9

This sockets are handle-actuated:

Answer 9

ZIF

Question 10

The original OverDrive socket, is
a 169-pin PGA socket.

Answer 10

Socket 1

Question 11

Called the Pentium
OverDrive processor, adds a special active heatsink to solve the problem of the chip ran too hot for many systems

Answer 11

Socket 2

Question 12

Is the most flexible upgradeable 486
design. Provides for better keying.

Answer 12

Socket 3

Question 13

is a 273-pin socket designed for the original Intel Pentium processors.

Answer 13

Socket 4

Question 14

has the 320 pins
configured in a staggered PGA, in
which the individual pins are
staggered for tighter clearance.

Answer 14

Socket 5

Question 15

has 235 pins and accepts only 3.3V 486 or OverDrive processors.

Answer 15

Socket 6

Question 16

same as Socket 5 with one additional key pin therefore, has 321 pins total

Answer 16

Socket 7

Question 17

A special SPGA socket featuring
whopping 387 pins.

Answer 17

Socket 8

Question 17

was originally designed to directly
compete in the lower-end system market along with the Super7
platform supported by AMD and Cyrix.

Answer 17

Socket 370 or PGA-370

Question 18

A ZIF type socket that uses a
unique heatsink mounting method that requires standoffs attached either to the chassis or to a special plate that mounts underneath the
motherboard.

Answer 18

Socket 423

Question 19

A ZIF type socket that was specially designed to support additional pins for future Pentium 4 processors and speeds over 2GHz

Answer 19

Socket 478 or Socket N

Question 20

Also called Socket 462 that has
the same physical dimensions and
layout as Socket 370

Answer 20

Socket A

Question 21

is used with the
Intel Xeon processor in DP
(dual processor) and MP
(multiple processor)
configurations.

Answer 21

Socket 603

Question 22

is used with the initial
releases of the AMD Athlon 64
processors.

Answer 22

Socket 754

Question 23

Have different pin arrangements and processors for each and are
not interchangeable.

Answer 23

Socket 939 and 940

Question 24

The easiest way to categorize memory

Answer 24

Form Factor

Question 25

memory chips are soldered onto a modular printed circuit board (PCB), which inserts into a socket on the system board.

Answer 25

SIMM

Question 26

closely resemble SIMMs, it is install vertically into expansion sockets.

Answer 26

DIMM

Question 27

A type of memory commonly used in notebook computers

Answer 27

SO DIMM

Question 28

is the trademarked name for a Direct Rambus memory module. Look similar to DIMMs, but have a different pin count.

Answer 28

RIMM

Question 29

looks similar to an SO DIMM, but it uses Rambus technology.

Answer 29

SO RIMM

Question 30

is a solid-state, non-volatile, rewritable memory that functions like RAM and a hard disk drive combined. Also works like a hard-disk drive in that when the power is turned off, the data remains in memory.

Answer 30

Flash Memory

Question 31

uses multiple transistors, is used primarily for cache.

Answer 31

SRAM

Question 32

It has memory cells with a paired transistor and capacitor requiring constant refreshing.

Answer 32

DRAM

Question 33

It was the most common form of DRAM found in computers. It enabled faster access to data located within the same row.

Answer 33

FPM

Question 34

enabled the CPU to access memory 10 to 15% faster than with FPM.

Answer 34

EDO

Question 35

is designed to synchronize itself with the timing of the CPU.

Answer 35

SDRAM

Question 36

Is a next-generation SDRAM technology. It allows the memory chip to perform transactions on both the rising and falling edges of the clock cycle.

Answer 36

DDR SDRAM

Question 37

Has two ports instead of one, which allows the memory to allocate one channel to refreshing the screen while the other is focused on changing the images on the screen.

Answer 37

VRAM

Question 38

Its dedicated display port is smaller and it supports EDO features.

Answer 38

WRAM

Question 39

is a video-specific extension of SDRAM that allows data to be retrieved and modified in blocks, instead of individually.

Answer 39

SGRAM

Question 40

Before it even became a contender for main memory, it was actually used in video memory.

Answer 40

Rambus Technology

Question 41

also known as firmware

Answer 41

ROM

Question 42

can only be programmed once.

Answer 42

PROM

Question 43

requires a special tool that emits a certain frequency of ultraviolet (UV) light.

Answer 43

EPROM