Boot Options 3.4

Question 1

What are some things BIOS can do other than computer startup?

Answer 1

Power-on self-test(test components)
Hardware configuration
Boot order setup

Question 2

What is ROM

Answer 2

A type of chip embedded in the motherboard. Non-volatile memory that stores BIOS firmware and boot instructions

Question 3

What doe ROM stand for?

Answer 3

Read-Only Memory

Question 4

What is the CMOS?

Answer 4

A lithium-ion battery that stored the firmware settings and is non-volatile

Question 5

What does POST stand for?

Answer 5

Power on self test

Question 6

What does POST do?

Answer 6

Diagnostics test to see if components are operating fine before startup

Question 7

What is a “variable beeps”

Answer 7

an audio error message to tell you something is wrong with the system

Question 8

When the keyboard isn’t detected how many variable beeps will be played?

Answer 8

Two short beeps and one long one( think: hot cross buns, or ti ti ta, or HALO 3 respawn)

Question 9

How to enter into low-level OS BIOS

Answer 9

Usually F2, DELETE
Sometimes it’s other ones like ESC, mine is ENTER, it all depends on your device

Question 10

Does Legacy BIOS use graphical user interface

Answer 10

No, they originally used text-based menu system

Question 11

What makes UEFI better than BIOS

Answer 11

● Supports 64-bit systems
● Supports larger HDDs and SSDs (9.4 zettabytes ~ 9.4 x 10^21
bytes)
● Supports the new GUID Partition Table (GPT) format
● Faster boot-up system
● Uses a larger ROM size

Question 12

What are four different types of memory the computer can boot from

Answer 12

Optical Drive(cd, dvd)
Hard Disk
USB/Flash drive
Network (PXE)

Question 13

What is PXE

Answer 13

Allows you to boot through the network

Question 14

How does BIOS updating with a flash drive work?

Answer 14

firmware update process overwrites the existing firmware stored in flash memory on the motherboard