Exam 6: Bios

What should be done to resolve a CMOS configuration mismatch error?

What does an option ROM contain?

Briefly describe LoJack.

Which component handles the interconnection between most devices and the CPU?

Where does Windows store all of a system's information, including that of device drivers?

What happens if the CMOS battery is replaced with the computer unplugged?

What is a scan code?

Which two companies control about 99 percent of the BIOS business?

Many motherboards support the _______________ feature provided by the computer case, or chassis.

The process of inserting a removable disk of some sort (usually a USB thumb drive) containing an updated BIOS file is called _______________.

What action is needed when the clock in Windows resets itself to January 1st every time the system is rebooted?

Compare the function of the Northbridge chip versus the Southbridge chip.

Which chip stores information that describes specific device parameters?

Most modern systems have only two beep codes to indicate something is wrong.What are they?

What is firmware?

Define basic input/output services (BIOS).

Many PCs have CMOS setup menus that display information about the _______________ and _______________, and include controls for overclocking them.

When the computer is turned on or reset, it initiates a special program stored on the ROM chip, called the _______________.

Modern processors now include which functions of the traditional chipset directly on the CPU?

Which component is a read-only device?