Easy-Peasy
Which component on the motherboard is a read-only device?
ROM
The motherboard mounts to the case via small connectors called _______________.
Standoffs
Hyper-V is a part of which OS distribution?
Windows 10
Which company was one of the earliest to make hypervisors, and arguably the one that put PC virtualization on the map?
VMware
Where are device drivers stored?
Hard Drive
Most desktop motherboards come with one _______________ jack for attaching a network cable.
RJ-45
The _______________ acts as a secure cryptoprocessor, a hardware platform for the acceleration of cryptographic functions and the secure storage of associated information.
TPM
Which term refers to industry-standardized shapes and layouts that enable motherboards to work with cases and power supplies?
Form Factors
The acronym RAID stands for _______________.
Redundant array of independent disks
What advanced BIOS feature offers support for multiple software-based machines?
Virtualization
Which chip contains the system BIOS and can hold data permanently, even without electricity?
Flash ROM
Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?
CMOS
Many CMOS setup menus allow changes to the CPU and RAM, which supports _______________.
Overclocking
One of the most common uses of TPMs is _______________
Hard Disk Encryption
Riser cards on some proprietary systems plug into a unique socket or slot on the motherboard. These are also called _______________.
_______________, which are included on the motherboard, are lights that have positive and negative sides.
LEDs
What is another term for a virtual machine?
Guest
What did Intel create to go beyond the limits of the traditional 16-bit BIOS?
UEFI
Which hypervisor runs in Windows, macOS, and Linux hosts?
VirtualBox
Software or hardware that converts the commands to and from the host machine into an entirely different platform is known as a(n) ________________.
Emulator
A physical system that runs specialized virtualization software is called a(n) ________________.
Host
A point-in-time backup of a virtual machine is called a _______________.
Snapshot
Parallels Desktop is a virtualization product that works on what operating system?
macOS
Software as a service
What company makes ESXi?
VMware