PCTECH – Preliminary Examination

Name: ________________________ Instructor: _______________

C/Y/S:_________________________ Date: ____________________

I Identification (R X 3)

_________1. Refers to the shape and general physical layout of a components.

_________2. It supplies the same amount of regulated voltage to the PC components.

_________3. The main printed circuit board that resides inside the Personal Computer.

_________4. Is a group of micro chip on motherboard that controls the flow of data and
instructions.

_________5. Designed the Apple 1. a single-board computer.

_________6. A. secondary storage that is used when large amounts of data have to be
stored, particularly if some of the data need not be accessed very
frequently.

_________7. A secondary storage device that can read and write to a floppy disk.

_________8. It is a high-capacity removable media, optical storage device of the

system.

_________9. It supplies the same amount of voltage to the Personal Computers

components.

_________10. A common pathway across which data can travel within a computer.

_________11. A group of lines on the system bus the allow data to flow back-and-forth
between devices.

_________12. Communicates memory addresses and Input/Output devices to tell devices

where data flowing on the data bus should travel.

_________13. Coordinates activity between various devices to prevent data collision.

_________14. It is a 3 pin connector used for connecting processor fan and front/rear
chassis fan.

_________15. It provides connection between the high-speed processor bus. It is also

connected to the microprocessor, Dual channel memory slots, AGP slots,
and PCI slots.

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_________16 It is a newer asynchronous serial bus standard designed to bring Plug and
Play capability for connecting external peripherals.

_________17. It is a low-level software that controls the system hardware.

_________18 The case usually makes room for the power supply unit, expansion slots/
bays and Input/Output ports connected to the motherboard.

_________19. It interfaces the PCI bus to the 8MHz ISA bus. It also contains ATA/IDE
interface controllers, USB interface, CMOS RAM, and real-time clock
functions.

_________20 It is also a 10-pin connector used to connect IEEE 1394 compatible

devices.

II Data Bank: (R X 2)

_________1. This form factor is considered a space saver and typically used in office
workplace.

_________2. This form factor was created by Intel in 1995. In this type of case, the AT
keyboard and metal plates were eliminated.

_________3. This form factor was introduced later in 1984.

_________4. This is a scaled down model/ version of number 3. It also used the same
port position and connection.

_________5. The case usually makes room for the power supply unit, expansion slots/
bays, and I/O ports connected to the motherboard.

_________6. Enables the PC to generate complex and sophisticated sounds.

_________7. Graphics adapter which controls the information displayed on the monitor.

_________8. The first true general-purpose microprocessor was first manufactured by

Intel Corporation in 1971.

_________9. In 1978, a microprocessor that doubled the size of its registers again to 16-
bits and promised ten times the performance of the 8080.

__________10. BONUS

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III. ENUMERATION (R X 2)

1. Four Devices/ Components that are connected to the North Bridge Chipset
2. Five Devices/Components that are connected to the South Bridge
3. Three types of Internal Bus. (3 points)
4. Examples of External Bus (2 points)
5. Examples of System Bus (3 points)
6. Examples of modern PC motherboard form factor (3 points)

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