Motherboard MCQs GK
1. PCB stands for_______
A. print current board
B. printed circuit board
C. power circuit board
D. None of these
Answer: B
2. 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
Answer: B
3. 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
Answer: D
4. 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
Answer: C
5. The Backbone of computer is called ____
A. Mouse
B. Motherboard
C. SMPS
D. Monitor
Answer: B
6. 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
Answer: C
7. The main circuit board in the system unit is also called the:
A. Busboard
B. Daughterboard
C. Chipboard
D. Motherboard
Answer: D
8. 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
Answer: C
9. Upgrading the BIOS is also known as ____
A. URoming
B. smoothing
C. flashing
D. forcing
Answer: C
10. Different components of the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?
A. Conductors
B. Buses
C. Connectors
D. Consecutives
Answer: B
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
Answer: 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
Answer: C
13. The DC voltage on most circuit board is:
A. -12 volts
B. 0 volts
C. + 5 volts
D. +12 volts
Answer: 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
Answer: D
15. Where does the motherboard store the keyboard controller support program?
A. DRAM
B. hard drive
C. RAM
D. ROM chip
Answer: D
16. Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?
A. CMOS
B. DVRAM
C. RAM
D. ROM
Answer: A
17. Which chip is used to store information that describes specific device parameters?
A. BIOS
B. CMOS
C. ROM
D. System BIOS
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: C
23. WRAM is used on a
A. modem
B. video card
C. motherboard
D. ata connector
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: D
26. _____ connects the computer to the network media.
A. cable
B. hub
C. NIC
D. terminator
Answer: 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
Answer: D
28. In computer, standard which governs parallel communication is
A. RS-232
B. RS-232a
C. CAT 5
D. IEEE 1284
Answer: 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
Answer: A
30. Computer expansion slots connects the interface cards to the
A. ports
B. peripheral devices
C. mother board
D. system bus
Answer: C
31. A port of computer may be connected to
A. expansion card
B. CPU
C. mother board
D. Both A and C
Answer: 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
Answer: A