3.4 BIOS/UEFI Security

Question 1

What does BIOS use to hold the boot information?

Answer 1

(Master Boot Record) MBR

Question 2

What does UEFI use to hold the boot information?

Answer 2

GUI Partition Table (GPT)

Question 3

BIOS/UEFI can be protected with passwords

Question 4

Supervisor/Administrator/Setup Password

Answer 4

Used to protect access to the BIOS or UEFI configuration program and prevents access from unauthorized users

Question 5

User/System Password

Answer 5

Used to lock access to the entire computer (different password from Windows log in)

Question 6

Storage/Hard drive password

Answer 6

Locks access to a hard drive connected to the system and requires the end user’s password

Question 7

Secure Boot

Answer 7

Enables in the UEFI interface settings. Not supported by BIOS. Secure Boot is a procedure used to ensure that our OS can be trusted and has not fallen victim to a rootkit.

Question 8

USB ports in BIOS can be…

Answer 8

restricted, enabled or disabled. You can decide what type of USBs to disable (ex. mass storage devices)