Exam 8: Bios

About 99 percent of the BIOS business is controlled by two companies.Of the following,which one is not a major BIOS manufacturer?

What used to be an essential tool for techs,but today it is rarely used on a dead PC?

The Advanced Chipset Features screen deals with extremely low-level ____________________ functions.

What is PXE?

Programs stored on ROM chips are called ____________________.

How do UEFI motherboards overcome some of the limitations of BIOS MBR support?

How can the BIOS be upgraded?

All devices need a BIOS.If it's not built into the system BIOS,devices bring their own BIOS with ____________________ or ____________________.

Define basic input/output services (BIOS).

The CPU reads a special wire called ____________________ as soon as the power supply provides the proper voltage.

How does a computer convey POST information to a user?

How can the CMOS password be reset?

POST checks all of the following except:

Where would you enable or disable Wakeup settings in the CMOS Setup Utility?

Which of the following handles the interconnection between most of the devices and the CPU?

What handles the BIOS needs of hardware that is the same from one computer to another?

The component that stores data read by BIOS,but does not store programs,is known as ____________________.

With the help of the Southbridge,the CPU uses the ____________________ to communicate with all other parts of the PC.

A ROM chip on the motherboard is called ____________________.

Why does the address bus go to all the devices in the computer?