DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. Several common form factors are used for PC motherboards. What does "form factor" refer to?
2. What was the name of an obsolete form factor that was very common? How can you distinguish it from a newer form factor?
3. Name a modern form factor used today. What are its distinguishing features?
4. What is meant by a passive backplane? Where is this type of PC commonly used?
5. Name five motherboard chipset manufacturers. Give one example chipset name.
Chipset Manufacturer Chipset 1 2 3 4 5
6. Name the three types of expansion slots found in PCs today. What kind of cards plug into it?
Slot type What cards plug into it? 1 2 3
7. List the four system resources used by hardware devices to communicate on the bus. Are these resources shareable?
Resource type Shareable? 1 2 3 4