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Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz — Motherboards, CPUs, RAM, and Compatibility

Ten terms. Definition recognition, term recognition, and technician-context recognition.Practice only. Your answers and score stay in this browser session and are not submitted or stored.
  1. 1. Which definition best matches “motherboard”?
  2. 2. Which term matches this definition? A CPU socket is the physical and electrical interface that accepts a compatible processor.
  3. 3. Which term best matches this technician example? Two boards with the same CPU socket may offer different numbers of USB, storage, or PCIe features.
  4. 4. Which definition best matches “DIMM”?
  5. 5. Which term matches this definition? Error-correcting code memory can detect and correct certain memory errors to improve reliability.
  6. 6. Which term best matches this technician example? Two compatible DIMMs are installed in the paired slots recommended by the board manual.
  7. 7. Which definition best matches “PCIe”?
  8. 8. Which term matches this definition? M.2 is a compact expansion form factor commonly used for SSDs and wireless cards.
  9. 9. Which term best matches this technician example? BitLocker can use the TPM to protect encryption keys tied to the device state.
  10. 10. Which definition best matches “thermal paste”?