Pc Archictecure

Front 1

Which of the following handles the interconnection between most of the devices and the CPU?

Back 1

Southbridge

Front 2

What are the Northbridge and the Southbridge collectively known as?

Back 2

Chipset

Front 3

Where does the motherboard store the keyboard controller support program?

Back 3

ROM chip

Front 4

How many MB of programs do system ROM chips store?

Back 4

2

Front 5

Which of the following components is read-only?

Back 5

ROM

Front 6

Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time?

Back 6

CMOS

Front 7

Which chip is used to store information that describes specific device parameters?

Back 7

CMOS

Front 8

How can you easily clear the CMOS, including clearing the password?

Back 8

Unplug the PC and short the CMOS jumper

Front 9

From where can the boot option be selected?

Back 9

Advanced BIOS features

Front 10

About 99 percent of the BIOS business is controlled by two companies. Of the following, which one is not a major BIOS manufacturer?

Back 10

Intel

Front 11

Which chip contains the system BIOS and can hold data permanently, even without electricity?

Back 11

Flash ROM

Front 12

Which chip can be reprogrammed to update its contents?

Back 12

Flash ROM

Front 13

Where does a SCSI host adapter store its BIOS?

Back 13

Options ROM

Front 14

Where do modern PCs store CMOS settings?

Back 14

Flash ROM

Front 15

What's a method of clearing the CMOS password?

Back 15

Short a jumper on the motherboard

Front 16

What is POST?

Back 16

Power-on self test

Front 17

The computer is beeping constantly after you've booted it. What's a likely problem?

Back 17

RAM

Front 18

POST checks all of the following except:

Back 18

Software

Front 19

What is used to change or remove device drivers in Windows?

Back 19

Device Manager

Front 20

Where should you look to interpret different beep codes?

Back 20

BIOS manufacturer

Front 21

Where is POST located?

Back 21

System ROM

Front 22

Most modern systems have only a single beep code to indicate something is wrong. What is it?

Back 22

One long beep and three short beeps

Front 23

Which is the first electrical component to "wake up" when a computer is turned on?

Back 23

CPU

Front 24

What are programs stored on ROM chips called?

Back 24

Firmware

Front 25

Upgrading the BIOS is also known as ________________.

Back 25

flashing

Front 26

Which of the following is not a common key or key combination to enter CMOS setup?

Back 26

Scroll lock

Front 27

Several lines at the end of POST are used to find the operating system. What is this called?

Back 27

Bootstrap loader

Front 28

What did Intel create to go beyond the limits of the traditional 16-bit BIOS?

Back 28

EFI

Front 29

In 2005, what did Microsoft, Intel, AMI, Phoenix Technologies, AMD, HP, and Apple create to improve upon EFI?

Back 29

UEFI

Front 30

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

Back 30

Northbridge

Front 31

What is the Southbridge now called in new AMD systems?

Back 31

Fusion Controller Hub (FCH)

Front 32

What advanced BIOS feature offers support for multiple software-based machines?

Back 32

Virtualization support

Front 33

What is the Southbridge also known as in Intel systems?

Back 33

Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH)

Front 34

Many CMOS setup menus allow changes to the CPU, RAM, and GPU, which supports __________.

Back 34

Overclocking

Front 35

What is the term for BIOs-based security features that can track the PC's location if it is stolen?

Back 35

LoJack

Front 36

What used to be an essential tool for techs, but today it is rarely used on a dead PC?

Back 36

POST card

Front 37

What BIOS feature allows a PC to boot without any local storage by retrieving an OS from a server over a network?

Back 37

PXE

Front 38

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

Back 38

Flashing ROM

Front 39

All of the following are characteristics of UEFI motherboards EXCEPT:

Back 39

Limited to MBR partitions less than 2.2TB

Front 40

ROM chips are ___________________, meaning that the information stored on ROM is not erased even when the computer is turned off.

Back 40

nonvolatile

Front 41

The ____________________ includes the Northbridge and Southbridge chips on a motherboard.

Back 41

Chipset

Front 42

The ____________________ chip handles the functions of the keyboard controller.

Back 42

Southbridge

Front 43

The keyboard controller stores the scan code in A(n) ____________________.

Back 43

Register

Front 44

A ROM chip on the motherboard is called ____________________.

Back 44

System ROM

Front 45

Some CMOS setup programs allow you to control the ATA Security Mode Feature Set, also commonly referred to as ____________________.

Back 45

DriveLock

Front 46

The ____________________ acts as a secure cryptoprocessor that can usually be turned on or off or else enabled or disabled in the CMOS setup program.

Back 46

TPM

Front 47

Programs stored on ROM chips are called ____________________.

Back 47

Firmware

Front 48

____________________ refers to updating the system BIOS.

Back 48

Flashing ROM

Front 49

The Advanced Chipset Features screen deals with extremely low-level ____________________ functions.

Back 49

Chipset

Front 50

The Integrated Peripherals screen is used to configure, enable, or disable the ____________________.

Back 50

Onboard devices

Front 51

Every time a key is pressed on the keyboard, the ____________________ chip in the keyboard notices which key has been pressed.

Back 51

Scanning

Front 52

____________ is the primary tool used to manually change or remove the drivers for any particular device.

Back 52

Device Manager

Front 53

The CMOS Setup program can be configured to force users to enter a ____________________ every time the system boots for security purposes.

Back 53

Password

Front 54

Windows keeps a list of what drivers should be loaded in a database called the ________________.

Back 54

Registry

Front 55

Some CMOS setup utilities enable you to create two passwords: one for boot and another for the CMOS ___________________ program.

Back 55

Setup

Front 56

Video cards have their own ____________________ for internal functions.

Back 56

BIOS

Front 57

A separate memory chip called the ____________________ chip stores the information that describes specific device parameters.

Back 57

CMOS

Front 58

All devices need a BIOS. If it's not built into the system BIOS, devices bring their own BIOS with ____________________ or ____________________.

Back 58

Option ROM or Device drivers

Front 59

The __________ program checks out the system every time the computer boots

Back 59

POST

Front 60

The POST gives a long, rather annoying buzzing that doesn't stop. This indicates ____________________.

Back 60

A RAM issue

Front 61

Upon power-up, the CPU determines whether the power supply is working correctly by monitoring a(n) ____________________ wire.

Back 61

Power good

Front 62

The POST cards snap into the ____________________ slots in a system.

Back 62

Expansion

Front 63

A bootable disk is also called a(n) ____________________ disk.

Back 63

System

Front 64

With the help of the Southbridge, the CPU uses the _______ to communicate with all other parts of the PC.

Back 64

EDB

Front 65

The ____________________ extends the address bus to all the other parts of the PC.

Back 65

Southbridge

Front 66

The bootstrap loader is a few dozen lines of ______________ code tacked to the end of the POST program.

Back 66

BIOS

Front 67

Programs stored on erasable media are collectively called ____________________.

Back 67

Firmware

Front 68

The CPU uses the ____________________ to communicate with devices.

Back 68

Address Bus/BIOS

Front 69

The component that stores data read by BIOS, but does not store programs, is known as _______________.

Back 69

CMOS

Front 70

The __________________ screen in BIOS is one of the few menu items that aren't needed in modern PCs.

Back 70

PnP/PCI

Front 71

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

Back 71

Chasis Intrusion Detection

Front 72

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

Back 72

POST

Front 73

The CPU reads a special wire called ___________ as soon as the power supply provides the proper voltage.

Back 73

Power good

Front 74

A(n) ____________________ chip stores the information that describes specific device parameters.

Back 74

CMOS

Front 75

UEFI motherboards support a newer type of hard drive partitioning called __________, which makes it possible to boot partitions larger than 2.2 TB.

Back 75

GPT

Front 76

A removable disk containing an updated __________ is usually used to flash ROM.

Back 76

BIOS file

Front 77

_____ enables you to boot a PC without any local storage by retrieving an OS from a server over a network.

Back 77

PXE

Front 78

Many PCs have CMOS setup menus that display information about the CPU, RAM, and GPU and include controls for __________ them.

Back 78

Overclocking

Front 79

The __________ can be used to change the voltage and multiplier settings on the motherboard for the CPU from the defaults.

Back 79

M.I.T.