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True or False? As opposed to active cooling components such as cooling fans, heat sinks fall into the category of passive cooling components because they do not need to draw any electrical power in order to operate. |
True |
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What are the characteristics of Socket FM2? |
AMD CPU socket 904 contacts PGA-ZIF packaging |
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True or False A 64-bit CPU can be used either with a 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. |
True |
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What are the characteristic features of Socket FM2+? |
906 contacts AMD CPU socket PGA-ZIF packaging |
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Which of the terms listed below refers to a situation where a single CPU appears as two virtual CPUs to the operating system? |
Hyperthreading |
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What are the characteristic features of Socket AM3? |
AMD CPU socket 941 contacts PGA-ZIF packaging |
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True or False? The most notable difference between Pin Grid Array (PGA) and Land Grid Array (LGA) packaging relates to the placement of contact pins, which in case of PGA can be found on the socket, and in case of LGA on the CPU |
False |
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What is used to improve CPU heat diisipation? |
Heat sink CPU fan Thermal paste Liquid-based cooling |
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What built-in functionalities allow a CPU to take over tasks normally executed by a dedicated graphics card? |
Integrated GPU |
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What are the characteristic features of Socket FM1? |
AMD CPU socket PGA-ZIF packaging 905 contacts |
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In CPU cooling, thermal compound is applied to fill in the narrow space between: |
CPU and heat sink |
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What refers to the area of implementation of No-eXecute bit (NX bit)? |
Malware protection |
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What are the characteristic features of Socket AM3+? |
AMD CPU socket PGA-ZIF packaging 942 contacts |
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A security feature used by CPUs for isolating areas of memory in order to prevent the execution of code from non-executable memory locations is known as: |
No-eXecute bit (NX bit) |
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What CPU models are compatible with the LGA 775 socket. |
Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron, Celeron D, Pentium XE, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Xeon |
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What are the data transfer rates of USB 1.1 standard? |
1.5 Mb/s 12 Mb/s |
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True or False? USB version 1.1 offers two data transfer speeds: 1.5 Mbps designed for low data rate peripherals such as joysticks (sometimes referred to as "Low-Speed USB"), and 12 Mbps designed for higher-speed devices such as disk drives (sometimes referred to as "Full-Speed USB"). |
True |
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USB 2.0 (aka "Hi-Speed USB") specifies the maximum data transfer rate of: |
480 Mbps |
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What are the characteristics of USB 3.0 standard? |
Maximum practical cable length of 3 meters USB 3.0 is also commonly referred to as SuperSpeed USB Speed of up to 5 Gbps Backward compatibility with all preceding USB standards |
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The Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard specifies that type A connectors can be attached to: |
Host devices Devices that supply power |
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What is the maximum number of USB devices that can be connected to a single USB host controller? |
127 |
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The Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard specifies that type B connectors can be attached to: |
Target devices Devices that receive power |
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What is the maximum allowable cable length for USB devices? |
5 meters |
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"FireWire" is another term for which of the following standards? |
IEEE 1394 |
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True or False? USB is a serial communication interface. |
True |
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True or False? USB is a parallel communication interface? |
False |
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True or False
USB devices are both hot-pluggable and bootable. |
True |
