BIOS
Motherboards
FIAD Setup
Basic Computer
System Resources
100
The acronym for BIOS
What is Basic Input/output System
100
Also referred to as ISA , this legacy expansion slot is used on older motherboards.
What is Industry Standard Architecture
100
What version of windows goes on a standard build.
What is 64 bit windows 7
100
Any physical device of a computer is called this.
What is Hardware
100
A request from a device for communication with the CPU.
What is an IRQ (Interrupt Request)?
200
This type of memory retains its contents even when the computer is powered down.
What is ROM?
200
Also referred to as PCI is used on modern motherboards.
What is Peripheral Component Interconnect
200
The current standard for security software that should always be installed on a FIAD system
What is MS Forefront
200
The device that converts AC power to DC power.
What is the Power Supply
200
Transfer speeds of SATA 1, SATA 2 and SATA 3 respectively.
What is 1.5 Gb/sec, 3.0 GB/sec, 6.0 GB/sec
300
The special RAM chip BIOS is stored on.
What is CMOS?
300
A legacy expansion slot dedicated to video that went by the acronym AGP.
What is Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
300
The extension of an outlook archive file
What is a .pst file
300
The size and shape of motherboards or computer cases.
What is a form factor?
300
A unique hexadecimal memory address that’s associated with a specific device on a computer.
What is an I/O (Input/Output) port address?
400
A process that in which CMOS is updated
What is flashing
400
The chip that provides control for main and cache memory, the front side bus, and graphics. The chip also dictates the CPU and memory type supported by the motherboard.
What is the northbridge chip
400
The domain that all FIAD desktop computers should be connected to
What is ads.iu.edu
400
These are the four basic units of electricity.
What are voltage, current, power, and resistance ?
400
Channels used by high-speed devices to communicate directly with memory (bypassing the CPU).
What are DMA Channels?
500
The acronym for CMOS
What is Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductior
500
The chip that provides the real time clock, controls power management, and provides the controllers for the PCI bus and USB devices.
What is Southbridge Chip
500
Outlook access control that enables users to share resources with other users.
What is assigning delegates
500
This electronics component holds charge.
What is a capacitor?
500
The number of IRQ channels most computers have today.
What is 16?
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