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| BIOS is an acronym for ___. |
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| Basic Input Output System |
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| CMOS is an acronym for ___. |
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| Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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| POST is an acronym for ___. |
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| A memory chip with the ability to retain its contents even when the power goes off is said to be ___. |
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| A memory chip that loses its contents when the poser goes off is said to be ___. |
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| True or False: RAM is nonvolatile. |
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| True or False: ROM is nonvolatile. |
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| EEPROM is an acronym for ___ |
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| Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
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| The process of updating an installed memory chip with code supplied by the manufacturer is called ___. |
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| Name the two big manufacturers of PC BIOS. |
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| AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.) and Phoenix |
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| Name the three big brands of PC BIOS. |
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| True or False: Modern BIOS chips cannot be updated; they can only be replaced. |
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| The BIOS is in control of your PC from ___ till ___. |
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| power on, the operating system loads |
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| BIOS is stored in a ___ chip. |
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| CMOS is stored in a ___ chip. |
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| ___ contains the user-configurable settings used by the BIOS during system boot. |
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| Name two examples of commonly configured settings in CMOS. |
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| system date/time; boot sequence |
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| The ___ determines which device contains the bootable partition from which to read the operating system. |
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| A ___, physically installed on the motherboard, provides a continuous trickle of electricity to power the CMOS chip. |
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| What is the most common symptom of a failing CMOS battery? |
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| incorrect/lost system date/time |
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| List (in order) the three stages of the boot process |
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| power on -> POST -> OS load |
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| The ___ consists of a series of low-level diagnostics for essentials hardware components and devices, run during boot. |
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| The portion of the operating system loaded into RAM on boot. |
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| Name three methods used to identify errors during POST. |
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| beep codes, numeric error codes, text error messages |
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| A ___ boot occurs when the computer is started from off. |
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| A ___ boot occurs when a computer is restarted while on. |
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| True or False: POST is always run during the booting process. |
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| False (POST is not run during a warm boot) |
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| A ___ is a diagnostic tool for identifying POST errors. |
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| The ___ is a small program initiated by the BIOS to load the operating system. |
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