Section: Core

5) On legacy motherboards the Northbridge chipset controls the communication between the CPU and which of the choices given? (Choose two.)

1. Memory
2. AGP bus
3. USB bus
4. IDE controller
5. Serial Ports

The Northbridge chipset controls communications between the CPU, memory, PCI and AGP busses. The Southbridge actually uses the PCI bus to handle the I/O ports, USB and the IDE controller.

Exam Objective: 1.2 Differentiate between motherboard components, their purposes, and properties.