Question 1.

What does the term ISA stand for?

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Question 2.

What does the term PCI stand for?

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Question 3.

What does the term AGP stand for?

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Question 4.

An ISA card may be DMA capable. What is the equivalent of DMA for a PCI card called.

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Question 5.

What do you call an electronic path that transports data from one part of a motherboard to another

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Question 6.

A bus is

(a) a group of parallel wires, one for each bit of a word, along which data can flow

(b) a group of parallel wires, one for each word, along which data can flow

(c) a series of input/output lines only

(d) a group of serial wires, along which data bytes can flow

Question 7.

Which one of the following is FALSE? DMA allows

(a) direct transfer of data from a device into RAM

(b) direct transfer of data from a device to the CPU

(c) processing time to be used for other tasks

(d) for fast data transfer

Question 8.

What type of expansion slot would a modern graphics card most likely fit into?

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Question 9.

Which has the longest slot length, an AGP, ISA or PCI slot?

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Question 10.

Which has the fastest data transfer speed, an ISA or PCI type bus?

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Question 11.

Which provide the fastest data transfer speed for a graphics card, a PCI or AGP type bus?

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Question 12.

To display images at high resolution and allow a large number of colours, your video card requires a large amount of...

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Question 13.

Which one of the following is FALSE? An interrupt request

(a) may be sent from a device to the CPU to request a service

(b) allows a processor to stop what it is currently doing and carry out another task

(c) is sent from the CPU to a device

(d) is sent from a device to the CPU

Question 14.

What type of expansion card would you need for transferring data over a normal analogue telephone line?

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Question 15.

Devices with a PCI can be allocated the same IRQ. True or false?

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