Exam 8: Bios

Which chip contains the system BIOS and can hold data permanently,even without electricity?

What can accelerate the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature of Windows Vista/7?

The __________ can be used to change the voltage and multiplier settings on the motherboard for the CPU from the defaults.

The computer is beeping constantly after you've booted it.What's a likely problem?

Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?

UEFI motherboards support a newer type of hard drive partitioning called __________,which makes it possible to boot partitions larger than 2.2 TB.

The ____________________ acts as a secure cryptoprocessor that can usually be turned on or off or else enabled or disabled in the CMOS setup program.

What did Intel create to go beyond the limits of the traditional 16-bit BIOS?

Which is the first electrical component to "wake up" when a computer is turned on?

Which of the following is not a common key or key combination to enter CMOS setup?

What is POST?

Upgrading the BIOS is also known as ________________.

What are the Northbridge and the Southbridge collectively known as?

Where does a SCSI host adapter store its BIOS?

The __________ program checks out the system every time the computer boots

A bootable disk is also called a(n)____________________ disk.

Windows keeps a list of what drivers should be loaded in a database called the ________________.

What action needs to taken if the clock in Windows resets itself to January 1^st every time the system is rebooted?

Every time a key is pressed on the keyboard,the ____________________ chip in the keyboard notices which key has been pressed.

Programs stored on erasable media are collectively called ____________________.