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07 - BIOS

 1. What does BIOS stand for?
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  Broad Initial Operating System

  Best Initialisation Of System

  Bedrock Input Or Stop

  Basic Input Output System

 2. The BIOS is part of the operating system.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 3. The BIOS is usually stored in …

  a BIOS chip

  RAM

  a CD-ROM

  a hard disk

 4. When the computer is switched on, the power supply sends a _______ ______ signal to the CPU.

  BIOS boot

  wakeup chip

  hardware reset

  boot startup

 5. The CPU executes an instruction in the BIOS chip to start the BIOS boot program. This is known as a ____ command.

  leap

  start

  jump

  hurdle

 6. The BIOS then checks the hardware is working properly. This is known as POST, which stands for …

  Power On Self-Test

  Primary Or Secondary Test

  Practical Operating System Test

  Prime Or System Terminal

 7. How does the BIOS indicate if there are any errors at this stage?

  By screen colour

  By beeps

  By a print out

  By text prompt

 8. The BIOS then looks for _____ _______ and runs any BIOS programs in these.

  spare registers

  internal peripherals (e.g. the hard disk)

  operating systems

  CPU cores

 9. Finally the BIOS looks for a drive to ____ the operating system (OS).

  boot

  pause

  download

  remove

 10. Which program takes over from the BIOS and places the OS into memory?

  The boot loader

  The start launcher

  The program manager

  The user login


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