Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following controls the first part of the boot sequence?

A

BIOS

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2
Q

Which of the following controls the last part of the boot sequence?

A

/sbin/init

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3
Q

BIOS usually passes control to which of the following?

A

a bootloader

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4
Q

A bootloader usually passes control to which of the following?

A

the Linux kernel

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5
Q

Which is the first process started by the Linux kernel?

A

/sbin/init

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6
Q

Which of the following is responsible for initially mounting the root partition?

A

the Linux kernel

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7
Q

Which of the following is responsible for determining the appropriate boot device?

A

BIOS

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8
Q

Which of the following is usually found in a disk’s Master Boot Record?

A

a bootloader

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9
Q

Which of the following is found in the ROM of a system’s motherboard?

A

BIOS

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10
Q

What is the name of the protocol used to assign non-conflicting resource configurations to devices?

A

Plug-‘n-Play

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