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| Software stored in a hardware device that controlles the operation of the system |
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| What is the main portion of any PC system? |
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| What are the three components required to have a functional compter? |
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-Input devices (keyboard and mouse)
-Processing system (system unit)
-Output device (monitor) |
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| Give one major drawback to the tower case design |
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| The ventilation is poor and the adapter cards are mounted horizontally allowing the heat to rise past the upper boards |
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| What two components are added to advanced microprocessors to help with excessive heat buildup? |
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| What support structures are inside the case to help with mounting disk drives? |
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| A drive cage is used to provide standard size mounting structures called bays |
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| What three points of interest are on the back panel of a case? |
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-Power supply connection/ventilation openings
-I/O port connections
-Expansion slot openings |
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| Additional circuitry that snap into the slot connections on a system board |
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| What are the four subunits of a system unit? |
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-Power supply
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-System board
-Adapter cards |
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| It contains the portions of the system that define its computing power and speed as well as host a number connection ports and expansion cards |
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| Discribe the EPS power suppy specification |
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| The EPS (entry-level power supply) specification adds a additional 12-V supply to the ATX specification to allow higher current capabilities |
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| The connection that allows the system software to turn off the power supply |
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| What power supply allows for a soft switch? |
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| What are SATA connectors used for? |
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| To supply power to the serial ATA disk drives |
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| What are PCIe connectors used for? |
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Supply additional power to adapter cards mounted in the system boards PCIe expansion slots
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What are EPS connectors used for?
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To provide full implementation of the EPS specification.
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| What two specifications are important to consider when buying a power supply? |
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-The form factor
-Wattage rating |
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| A discription of the physical layout and interconnection abilty of devices |
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| List three standard form factors |
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What is the most widely used form factor?
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| What is the main goal of the BTX form factor? |
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| To establish component positions that optimize cooling |
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| What power supply standard can be used on a different system board? |
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| You can use ATX power supplies with a BTX system board |
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| Advanced technology extended |
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| Balanced technology extended |
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| What is the main goal of the NLX standard? |
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| It is designed to support newer technologies and mount adapter cards horizontally |
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| What are the components of interest on a system board? |
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-The microprocessor
-The ROM
-The RAM
-The cache memory
-Disk drive connectors
-Expansion slot connectors |
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| What are the PATA connectors used for? |
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The PATA (parallel ATA) connectors act as the signal cable for PATA hard disks
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| What functions do the microprocessor perform for the system? |
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| It reads, interprets, and executes software instructions and carries out arithmetic and logical operations |
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| What system board structure makes it easy to install microprocessors? |
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The zero insertion force (ZIF) socket allows the microprocessor to be set in place and clamped in place
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| On a microprocessor, what needs to be lined up for proper insertion and how do you identify it? |
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The number 1 pin which can be found by locating the soder spot or notch on the chip itself
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| How do you calculate a system's power rating? |
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| Add all the power requirements of the various devices. This is the lowest power rating needed to run the system |
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| IDE disk drive connector and a PATA signal cable |
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| ROM is memory that contains the computers permanent start up programs |
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| RAM is memory that is quick enough to operate directly with the microprocessor and can be read from and written to as often as desired |
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| Cache memory is a fast RAM system used to hold information that the microprocessor is likely to use |
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| Memory that can be lost if power is interruped |
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| What kind of memory is volatile? |
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| What kind of memory is non-volatile? |
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| How many bits make a byte? |
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| 8 bits (binary-digits). A bit is the smallest unit of information |
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| What is a flash ROM device? |
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| It enables new BIOS information to be written into the ROM |
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A DIMM (dual in-line memory modules) are the RAM modules used with pentium-class boards.
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| The area of RAM that holds some of the systems advanced configuration information |
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| What can happen if the configuration settings for the systems options are not set accurately? |
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| PnP (plug and play) automatically sets and reconfigures the configuration settings through the system software |
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