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07 - BIOS

 1. What does BIOS stand for?
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  Basic Input Output System

  Best Initialisation Of System

  Bedrock Input Or Stop

  Broad Initial Operating System

 2. The BIOS is part of the operating system.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 3. The BIOS is usually stored in …

  a CD-ROM

  a hard disk

  RAM

  a BIOS chip

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

  boot startup

  hardware reset

  wakeup chip

  BIOS boot

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

  jump

  hurdle

  leap

  start

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

  Prime Or System Terminal

  Power On Self-Test

  Practical Operating System Test

  Primary Or Secondary Test

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

  By beeps

  By screen colour

  By text prompt

  By a print out

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

  spare registers

  internal peripherals (e.g. the hard disk)

  CPU cores

  operating systems

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

  boot

  remove

  download

  pause

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

  The boot loader

  The program manager

  The start launcher

  The user login


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