In the installation of a CPU onto a motherboard, how do you determine the orientation of the CPU into

the socket?
There is no need to worry as there is only one way to insert the CPU.

Pin 1 of the CPU is on the top left hand corner of the IC.

Pin 1 of the CPU is on the top right hand corner of the IC.

There is a "notch" or label indicating Pin 1 of the CPU

What is the purpose of overclocking a CPU?

To increase the useful lifetime of a CPU.

To increase the memory requirements of a CPU.

To increase the heat dissipation of a CPU.

To increase the performance of a CPU.

In the selection of a motherboard and a CPU, which of the following requirements is most important?
The motherboard must support the clock speed of the CPU.

The motherboard must have the same socket type as the CPU.

The motherboard and CPU come from the same manufacturer.

The motherboard and CPU must have the same warranty.

A student has a PC system with a Pentium 4 CPU running at 1.2GHz. In order to improve the
performance of the system, he wants to replace the CPU with another Pentium 4 running at 2.4 GHz.
Is the replacement possible and why?
Yes, both processors are from the same family and type and should be replacable.

No, although they are the same family and type, the socket mounting the processor may be
different.
No, the motherboard and other peripherals will not be able to operate at that speed.

Yes, all he has to do is to change the clock setting on the motherboard.

When would a CPU with floating-point co-processor be useful?

When processing instructions for screen display.

When processing instructions involving mathematical computations of decimal numbers.

When processing database manipulations.

When playing shoot-them-up computer games.

A student has a PC system with a Pentium 3 CPU running at 1 GHz. In order to improve the
performance of the system, he wants to replace the CPU with an AMD Athlon running at 2.4 GHz. Is
the replacement possible and why?
Yes, both processors are from the same family and type and should be replacable.
 Yes, all he has to do is to change the clock setting on the motherboard.

No, the processors are from different IC families and are not compatible.

No, the motherboard and other peripherals will not be able to operate at that speed.

The Arithmetic Logic Unit in CPU is directed by the

Control Unit

Registers

Memory

Chipsets

What is the prime advantage of overclocking a CPU?

We get an increase in heat dissipation.

We get an improvement in the computation of the instructions.

We get an improvement in performance of the CPU without extra cost.

We get an improvement in the speed at which the CPU interacts with other devices on the
system

Most microprocessor units have a small in-built memory area to allow the CPU to retrieve data
immediately. This small memory area is called the
Catchment memory

Loop-back memory

Cache memory

Random Access memory

A student has a Pentium III PC system and wishes to upgrade his computer to improve the
performance of the overall system. Which component should he change?

She could increase the amount of RAM on the system.

She could replace the CPU with a Pentium 4 processor.

She could replace the CPU with an AMD processor

She could add a better heat-sink and fan to improve the cooling of the processor.

What is the most potential problem in overclocking CPUs?

Clock Speed

Operability of other components on the motherboard

Heat
 Violation of warranty of the CPU.

What is meant by overclocking a CPU?

Changing the processor clock by replacing the crystal on the motherboard.

Improving the performance of a CPU by running it at a higher clock rate than usual.

Improving the performance of a CPU by running it at a lower clock rate than usual.

Improving the heat dissipation of a CPU by running it at a lower clock rate than usual.

Which of the following components within the CPU decodes the instruction?
Arithmetic Logic Unit

Control Unit

Instruction Register

Program Counter

Which of the following is NOT a bus interface on a Microprocessor

Control

Clock

Address

Data

Which of the following components is responsible for pointing to the instruction to be executed by the
CPU?
Arithmetic Logic Unit

Program Counter

Instruction Register

Accumalator

A student wants to DIY his own PC. Taking into consideration that he is not interested
in overclocking his system, and is only worried about overheating and reliability of his system. Which
CPU should he choose?
Pentium 4 processors

Athlon processors

Celeron processors

Any Intel or AMD processor as there are no special requirements.

How are CPUs installed on the motherboard?

 The CPU is directly soldered onto the motherboard

There is usually a socket which you have to force-insert the CPU for contact.

There is a Zero Insertion Force socket in which you use a lever to apply contact to the CPU
pins.
The CPU comes mounted on a daughter PCB which you insert into a slot.

When would a CPU with floating-point co-processor be useful?

When processing instructions for screen display.

When processing instructions involving mathematical computations of decimal numbers.

When processing database manipulations.

When playing shoot-them-up computer games.

The two factors that determine the performance of a CPU is its

clock speed and manufacturer.

clock speed and CPU architecture.

manufacturer and CPU architecture.

clock speed and number of pins.

A student purchases an Intel Pentium 4 processor with a clock speed of 2.4GHz. What is meant by
the term "clock speed"?
The speed at which the CPU processes instructions.

The speed at which the CPU transfers data.

The speed at which the CPU computes machine code

The speed at which the CPU stores information to memory

What is the purpose of the aluminium heat-sink that is mounted on top of a CPU?
To allow the cooling fan to be seated correctly.

To improve heat dissipation from the CPU by providing a larger surface area.

To indicate to users that that area is pretty hot when in operation.

For cosmetic reasons.

What is briefly meant by having Dual-Core technology in a CPU?

The CPU has two hearts i.e. having 2 clock speeds

The CPU is made up of two types of semiconductor cores.

 The CPU has two processors within a single IC.

The CPU is able to process 2 different instruction threads at the same time.

The "brains" of a computer is usually called the

The Multiprocessor Unit

The Co-processor Unit

The Control Processor Unit

The Central Processor Unit

The majority of the CPUs used in PCs are manufactured by

AMD

Motorola

Intel

Texas Instruments

What is the 'Core Voltage' of CPU?

The power supply voltage to the CPU.

The voltage level in CPU socket.

The internal voltage used by the processor chip.

The external voltage level used by the processor to interface to the motherboard

Overclocking or increasing the internal clock speed of a CPU can be done by

Changing the clock crystal.

Changing the clock factor of the motherboard.

Adding extra electronic circuit to the motherboard.

Supply a higher clock speed directly to CPU.

Which was the first processor used on IBM PCs?

Intel 4004

Intel 8086

Intel 8088

Intel 80286

What is the definition of a "bus" interface?

A grouping of signal lines which carry the same "type" of electrical signal.
 A transportation mode for data transfer on a microprocessor

A group of data lines that carry binary information.

A group of control signals that carry messages across the microprocessor

Which of the following are two of Intel's most popular CPUs used in PCs
Athlon and Pentium

Pentium and Duron

Athlon and Semperon

Pentium and Celeron

Why is thermal conductivity paste used between the CPU and the cooling system?
To ensure that heat dissippation occurs efficiently.

To ensure that the cooling fan can work properly.

To remove any grease and lubricants from the top of the CPU.

To ensure a perfect contact between the CPU and the heat-sink.

A lot of DIY PC builders perfer AMD over Intel processors because

AMD are cheaper.

AMD processors are easier to overclock.

AMD processors are less susceptable to overheating.

AMD processors are better performers in instruction processing

MMX are additional instruction sets in Intel CPU that are intended for
logical computation

floating point calculation

multimedia

3D calculation

Sometimes in overclocking a CPU, you would need to increase the _____________ in order for the
CPU to work.
Motherboard Current

CPU Voltage

Fan speed

Thermal radiation cream

 If a CPU supports hyper-threading, it can theorectically
process 2 instructions at the same time.

perform mathematical computations faster and more efficiently.

perform memory management better.

process a set of instructions, divided into two threads, in parallel.

Which of the following is not part of the CPU?

Arithmetic Logic Unit

Control Unit

Registers

BIOS

Many overclockers pay more for copper heat-sinks for their system. Select the reason for this
Copper conducts heat better than aluminium, thus dissipating heat better.

Copper conducts electricity better than aluminium allowing current to flow better.

Copper allows the CPU to operate with less vibration.

Copper heat-sinks are smaller and able to fit into smaller CPU casings.

The temporary result of computation done by CPU is stored in?

CMOS RAM

Arithmetic Logic Unit

Control Unit

Registers

A student decides to build an Intel Pentium 4 System. He must, most importantly, select the
motherboard that
is able to handle the clock speed of the processor.

is able to handle the cooling requirements of the processor.

has the same socket type as the processor.

has the same voltage requirements of the processor

What is meant by the statement that a CPU has a 32-bit data bus?
It can transfer 32-bits of data on each cycle.

It can access 32-bits of address data on each cycle.

It can read integers (which are 32-bits long) without splitting them up.
 It can process data at 32-bits per cycle.

Which family of processors support the Hyper-threading technology?

Intel Celeron

Intel Pentium 4

AMD Athlon

AMD Semperon

Name two of the leading manufacturers for CPUs for the PC

Intel and Apple

Intel and AMD

Apple and AMD

Intel and Motorola

A student wishes to build a budget PC using an AMD family processor. Which processor should she
choose?
Athlon FX

Semperon

Pentium 4

Celeron

A student wishes to build a budget PC using an Intel family processor. Which processor should she
choose?
Athlon FX

Semperon

Pentium 4

Celeron

Which of the following are two of AMD's most popular CPUs used in PCs
Athlon and Pentium

Pentium and Duron

Athlon and Semperon

Pentium and Celeron