ICT 11 April 28, 2020 Exams

I – Write True if the statement is correct. Write False if the statement is incorrect.
False 1. The system box is the main component of a computer.
False (motherboard) 2. The sound card is often referred to as the main board.
False (bus) 3. The bin slots are also known as the expansion slots.
False (chipset) 4. The Northbridge and Southbridge chips are also known as the chickset.
False (Southbridge) 5. The Northbridge chip has been replaced by the Perform Controller Hub chip.
False (motherboard) 6. Form tractor refers to the size and shape of the hard disk.
False (ATX) 7. The very common motherboard form factor is AT.
False (CPU) 8. Hyperthreading increases the performance of the GPU.
False (Extended) 9. ATX stands for Advanced Technology Exempted.
False (Input/Output) 10. BIOS stands for Basic Indoor/Outdoor System.
False (Intel) 11. Hyperthreading is a technology developed by Lntel.
False (Power-On Self Test) 12. POST stands for Power-On Self Text.
False (firmware) 13. BIOS is a hardware that is built into the motherboard.
False (passed) 14. The internal speaker will make a short beep which indicates that your PC has failed the test.
True 15. The BIOS is stored on the BIOS chip on the computer’s video board.
False (Unified) 16. The new type of BIOS is called Unidentified Extensible Firmware Interface.
False (secure) 17. UEFI has a built-in feature called sensure boot that helps to stop malicious software.
False (Old BIOS doesn’t have GUI. It’s text-based) 18. The old BIOS has a graphical user interface.
False (CMOS chip only stores mobo settings) 19. The CMOS chip has the same function as the BIOS chip.
True 20. A dual-core CPU has two (2) physical processing units on a single chip.
True 21. A dual-core CPU is faster than a single-core CPU.
True 22. The expansion slots are used to install various components such as video card, sound card, etc.
False (Northbridge) 23. The Southbridge chip acts like a middleman between CPU and PCI Express bus and
memory.
False (AT mobo is larger than ATX mobo) 24. The AT motherboard is smaller than the ATX motherboard.
True 25. Another name for motherboard is “mobo.”

II – Fill in the blanks.

1. The motherboard is the main component of a computer.
2. The motherboard is often referred to as the main board.
3. The bus slots are also known as the expansion slots.
4. The Northbridge and Southbridge chips are also known as chipset.
5. The Southbridge chip has been replaced by the Platform Controller Hub chip.
6. Form factor refers to the size and shape of the motherboard.
7. The very common motherboard form factor is ATX.
8. Hyperthreading increases the performance of the CPU.
9. ATX stands for Advanced Technology Extended.
10. BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System.
11. Hyperthreading is a technology developed by Intel.
12. POST stands for Power-On Self Test.
13. BIOS is a firmware that is built into the motherboard.
14. The internal speaker will make a short beep which indicates that the computer has passed the test.
15. The BIOS is stored on the BIOS chip on the computer’s motherboard.
16. UEFI stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.
17. UEFI has a built-in feature called secure boot that helps to stop malicious software.
18. The AT form factor is an old type of motherboard size and shape. AT stands for Advanced Technology.
19. CMOS means Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. (Bonus).
20. The core is a single unit Inside the CPU that reads and executes instructions.
21. The Northbridge chip acts like a middleman between CPU and PCI Express bus and memory.
22. Integrated video means that the motherboard has a built-in video adapter.
23. The CMOS chip is where the date and time settings are stored.
24. Modern motherboards are shipped with a new type of BIOS called UEFI.
25. Integrated audio means that the motherboard has a built-in audio adapter. (On-board audio pwde rin)