Vocabulary practice

Week 4 Vocabulary Quiz — Power, Cooling, Expansion, and Displays

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 “PSU”?
  2. 2. Which term matches this definition? The ATX main power connector supplies primary motherboard power from the PSU.
  3. 3. Which term best matches this technician example? A system may not POST if the CPU power connector near the socket is disconnected.
  4. 4. Which definition best matches “PCIe power”?
  5. 5. Which term matches this definition? A surge protector helps protect equipment from brief voltage spikes.
  6. 6. Which term best matches this technician example? A server stays online long enough to shut down safely when building power fails.
  7. 7. Which definition best matches “heatsink”?
  8. 8. Which term matches this definition? Thermal throttling is automatic performance reduction used to control excessive component temperature.
  9. 9. Which term best matches this technician example? A dedicated GPU drives multiple high-resolution displays.
  10. 10. Which definition best matches “DisplayPort”?