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Elizabeth Copado English 11 cards

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1How can you tell if a lithium battery has been discharged?Multimeter
2A computer you are troubleshooting wont boot properly. When you power on the computer the video display is blank & you hear a series of beeps. What should you do?Consult vendor documentation for motherboard
3What does BIOS receive from the keyboard each time a key is pressed?Scan Code
4Explain the importance of motherboards components & their purposeNorthbridge: Memory Controller (works fast with higher speed buses)
Southbridge: In charge of all the secondary controllers (works slower)
5High data transfer devicesPCIe video cards, RAM
6Secondary controller devices (slower data transfer devices)USB, SATA, FireWire,
7I/O PortsIEEE 1394, USB, Audio Cluster, Rj45 LAN Port
8IEEE 1394FireWire: devices that demand the low latency serial transfer of data, usually concerning music or video
9USB Transfer Rate3.0: 5Gb/s
2.0: 480 Mb/s
10What defines the capability of the motherboard?Chipset
11When a motherboard does not have a built in video or sound, which of these features is mandatory?Expansion Bus