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MCQ on Motherboard

1. Bus word take from Latin word __________means for all.

a) Mini                       

b) Omnibus              

c) Vehicle         

d) None of these

Ans. b

2. CMOS is a type of RAM, which is constantly powered by _____.

(a) UPS battery        

(b) CMOS battery

(c) AC main              

(d) AA battery

Ans. b

3. In motherboard, BIOS is expanded as _____.

(a) Beginner Input Output System

(b) Bit Input Output System

(c) Basic Input Output System

(d) Basic Input Output Syntax

Ans. c

4. In motherboard, CNR stands for ______.

(a) Communication & Network Riser       

(b) Contact & Network Riser

(c) Communication & Network Ripper    

(d) Complementary & Networking Riser

Ans. a

5. In motherboard, AGP stands for ______.

(a) Automated Graphics Port        

(b) Accelerated Graphics Point

(c) Audio Graphics Port                 

(d) Accelerated Graphics Port

Ans. d

6. In motherboard, SATA stands for ______.

(a) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

(b) Synchronous Advanced Technology Attachment

(c) Synaptic Advanced Technology Attachment

(d) Systematic Advanced Technology Attachment

Ans. a

7. In motherboard, ___ chipset takes care of data transfer to and from the processor.

(a) Southbridge       

(b) Eastbridge

(c) Northbridge        

(d) Westbridge

Ans. c

8. In motherboard, _______ chipset takes care of data transfer to and from the secondary storage devices (like hard disk, CD/DVD drive, etc.).

(a) Southbridge       

(b) Eastbridge         

(c) Northbridge        

(d) Westbridge

Ans. a

9. Missing slot covers on a computer can cause?

a) over heat                                      

b) power surges

c) incomplete path for ESD                       

d) None of these

Ans. a

10. Which motherboard form factor use 120 pin connector?

a) ATX

b) AT

c) BABY AT

d) All of these

Ans. a

11. Which type of system board is the MOST likely candidate for processor upgrading if you want maximum performance and future compatibility?

a) ML

b) PCI

c) ISA

d) EISA

Ans. b

12. Which would you have to upgrade to install an EIDE drive?

a) RAM BIOS

b) A 286 CPU

c) Controller board

d) ISA motherboard

Ans. c

13. The DC voltage on most circuit board is:

a) -12 volts                

b) 0 volts

c) + 5 volts                

d) +12 volts

Ans. c

14. Which of the following handles the interconnection between most of the devices and the CPU?

a) Northbridge         

b) RAM

c) ROM                      

d) Southbridge

Ans. d

15. Where does the motherboard store the keyboard controller support program?

a) DRAM

b) hard drive

c) RAM

d) ROM chip

Ans. d

16. Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?

a) CMOS

b) DVRAM

c) RAM

d) ROM

Ans. a

17. Which chip is used to store information that describes specific device parameters?

a) BIOS         

b) CMOS       

c) ROM          

d) System BIOS

Ans. b

18. How can you easily clear the CMOS, including clearing the password?

a) Unplug the PC

b) Unplug the PC and remove the CMOS battery

c) Issue a ClearCMOS command from the command line

d) This can’t be done

Ans. b

19. When does the CMOS password appear?

a) after the windows desktop appears

b) at power on

c) right before the windows login screen

d) when windows appears

Ans. b

20. Several lines at the end of POST are used to find the operating system. What is this called?

a) CMOS

b) Flash ROM

c) bootstrap loader

d) boot.ini

Ans. c

21. On PC power supplies, the wire attached to pin one is usually:

a) blue or red                       

b) blue or white

c) red or black          

d) white or orange

Ans. d

22. When seeking to upgrade for a particular motherboard what do you need to know?

a) memory                

b) hard drive

c) make& model      

d) dimm

Ans. c

23. WRAM is used on a

a) modem                 

b) video card

c) motherboard        

d) ata connector

Ans. b

24. The communication device that allows the computer to access a network is called a ____card.

a) modem

b) video

c) sound

d) network

Ans. d

25. A computer electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a(n)…..

a) workstation          

b) CPU          

c) magnetic disk      

d) integrated circuit

Ans. d

26. _____ connects the computer to the network media.

a) cable

b) hub

c) NIC

d) terminator

Ans. c

27. A personal computer uses a number of chips mounted on a circuit board called

a) Microprocessor

b) System Board

c) Daughter Board

d) Mother Board

Ans. d

28. In computer, standard which governs parallel communication is

a) RS-232

b) RS-232a

c) CAT 5

d) IEEE 1284

Ans. d

29. The 34-pin connection on an I/O card is for

a) floppy drive          

b) SCSI drive

c) IDE drive              

d) zip drive

Ans. a

30. Computer expansion slots connects the interface cards to the

a) ports                      

b) peripheral devices

c) mother board       

d) system bus

Ans. c

31. A port of computer may be connected to

a) expansion card               

b) CPU

c) mother board                   

d) Both A and C

Ans. d

32. In a computer, expansion cards are inserted into

a) slots of CPU                    

b) peripheral devices

c) hard disk of CPU            

d) back of monitor

Ans. a

33. PCB stands for_______

a) print current board                      

b) printed circuit board       

c) power circuit board                     

d) None of these

Ans. b

34. In a desktop computer, the board containing micro-processor, RAM and other components is called _____board.

(a) graphics              

(b) mother

(c) white                    

(d) None of these

Ans. b

35. CMOS in motherboard is expanded as ______.

(a) Customary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

(b) Complementary Mineral Oxide Semiconductor

(c) Complete Metal Oxide Semiconductor

(d) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

Ans. d

36. In motherboard, PATA stands for ______.

(a) Peripheral Advanced Technology Attachment        

(b) Port Advanced Technology Attachment

(c) Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment             

(d) Part Advanced Technology Attachment

Ans. c

37. The Backbone of computer is called ____

a) Mouse      

b) Motherboard        

c) SMPS       

d) Monitor

Ans. b

38. What is motherboard?

a) Scanner and other things are part of motherboard

b) Keyboard otherwise known as motherboard

c) A circuit  board which connects all the elements

d) It is a type of file server

Ans. c

39. The main circuit board in the system unit is also called the:

a) Busboard             

b) Daughterboard

c) Chipboard            

d) Motherboard

Ans. d

40. Boards that are used to connect additional devices to the motherboard are called

a) Bay cards                         

b) Port cards

c) Expansion cards             

d) Bus cards

Ans. c

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