Exam Essentials
Know the types of system boards. Know the characteristics of and differences between ATX, micro ATX, and ITX motherboards.
Know the components of a motherboard. Be able to describe motherboard components, such as chipsets, expansion slots, memory slots, and external cache; CPUs and processor sockets; power connectors; BIOS (firmware); CMOS batteries; jumpers; and DIP switches.
Understand the purposes and characteristics of processors. Be able to discuss the different processor packaging, old and new, and know the meaning of the terms hyperthreading, cores, cache, speed, virtualization support, and integrated GPU.
Understand the purposes and characteristics of memory. Know about the characteristics that set the various types ...
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