1. Explain how the Quick Path Interconnect technology replaced the Front Side Bus in the Nehalem chipset.

2. List some of the AMD chipsets available and the different purposes served by each.
3. Explain how a data bus passes data, and how the data path size determines how many bits wide a data bus is.

4. Describe how the system clock or system timer is used to synchronize and time tasks that occur on the computer.

5. Explain how a riser card allows PCI cards to be installed at a right angle to the motherboard.

6. Explain the purpose of the I/O shield in covering up excess space around the on-board ports exposed at the back of a computer case.

7. Explain the use of virtualization technology, and show what settings (if available) in the BIOS enable built-in virtual optimizations such as Intel VT.