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Chapter 5 - BIOS and CMOS
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1
Which of the following handles the interconnection between most of the devices and the CPU?
A)Northbridge
B)RAM
C)ROM
D)Southbridge
2
Which of the following is a special database that holds key information about your system including the device drivers?
A)BOOT.INI
B)CONFIG.SYS
C)Registry
D)SYSTEM.INI
3
Where does the motherboard store the keyboard controller support program?
A)DRAM
B)hard drive
C)RAM
D)ROM chip
4
How many MB of programs do system ROM chips store?
A)1.44
B)2
C)4
D)65,536
5
Which of the following components is read-only?
A)DRAM
B)hard disk
C)RAM
D)ROM
6
Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?
A)CMOS
B)DVRAM
C)RAM
D)ROM
7
Which chip is used to store information that describes specific device parameters?
A)BIOS
B)CMOS
C)ROM
D)system BIOS
8
How can you easily clear the CMOS, including clearing the password?
A)Unplug the PC
B)Unplug the PC and remove the CMOS battery.
C)Issue a ClearCMOS command from the command line.
D)This can’t be done.
9
From where can the boot option be selected?
A)Advanced BIOS Features
B)Advanced Chipset Features
C)CPU Soft menu
D)Power management Setup
10
About 99 percent of the BIOS business is controlled by two companies. Of the following, which one is not a major BIOS manufacturer?
A)Intel
B)American Megatrends (AMI)
C)Award Software
D)Phoenix Technology
11
Which chip contains the system BIOS and can hold data permanently, even without electricity?
A)Flash ROM
B)NVRAM
C)RAM
D)ROM
12
Which chip can be reprogrammed to update its contents?
A)Flash ROM
B)RAM
C)ROM
D)system BIOS
13
Where does a SCSI host adapter store its BIOS?
A)Option ROM
B)Phoenix BIOS
C)ROM
D)system BIOS
14
Where do modern PCs store CMOS settings?
A)BIOS
B)Flash ROM
C)NVRAM
D)Southbridge
15
What’s a method of clearing the CMOS password?
A)Send it back to the factory.
B)Flash the BIOS.
C)Change the clock to 00/00/0000.
D)Remove a jumper on the motherboard.
16
What is POST?
A)post operative self test
B)PC operating system test
C)power-on self test
D)personal overall starter test
17
The computer is beeping constantly after you’ve booted it. What’s a likely problem?
A)CPU
B)Registry
C)RAM
D)power supply
18
POST checks all of the following except:
A)modem
B)memory
C)CPU
D)video
19
What is used to change or remove device drivers in Windows?
A)Control Panel
B)CONFIG.SYS
C)Device Manager
D)SYSTEM.INI
20
Where should you look to interpret different beep codes?
A)CPU manufacturer
B)BIOS manufacturer
C)memory manufacturer
D)Flash manufacturer
21
Where is POST located?
A)system ROM
B)CMOS
C)POST expansion card
D)RAM
22
Most modern systems have only a single beep code to indicate something is wrong. What is it?
A)three long beeps and one short beep
B)one long beep and three short beeps
C)a continuous set of short beeps
D)a continuous set of long beeps
23
Which is the first electrical component to “wake up” when a computer is turned on?
A)CPU
B)keyboard
C)mouse
D)RAM
24
What are programs stored on ROM chips called?
A)applications
B)drivers
C)firmware
D)software
25
Upgrading the BIOS is also known as ________.
A)UROMing
B)smoothing
C)flashing
D)forcing
26
When does the CMOS password appear?
A)after the Windows desktop appears
B)at power on
C)right before the Windows logon screen
D)when Windows appears
27
Several lines at the end of POST are used to find the operating system. What is this called?
A)CMOS
B)Flash ROM
C)bootstrap loader
D)boot.ini
28
What does a computer use to permanently store programs and data when it is turned off?
A)hard drive
B)EPROM
C)RAM
D)ROM
29
Making the address bus accessible to any device enables the device to have access to ____.
A)external data bus
B)expansion slots
C)I/O addressing
D)RAM or memory





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