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Firmware Flashcards

1
Q

Firmware

System setup enables changes to boot

A

Options

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2
Q

Firmware - Quiz

The Post program will not run at all if

A

a CPU is not installed

so it would not generate a beep code

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3
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Removing this might prevent the system from booting.

A

CMOS battery

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4
Q

Firmware

Programming that enables interaction with motherboard BEFORE OS loads

A

BIOS

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5
Q

Firmware

System setup enables changes to RAM

A

timing

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6
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Adjusted in the power supply; if it is too low the computer won’t boot

A

Low voltage

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7
Q

Firmware - Quiz

BIOS programs that make hardware functional

A

Services

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8
Q

Firmware - Quiz

The admin password is not entered until AFTER the

A

Setup program has started.

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9
Q

Firmware - Quiz

provides power to the CPU

A

Power supply

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10
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Testing program in a BIOS

A

POST

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11
Q

Firmware - Quiz

One cause for a beep code could be a bad

A

Video Card

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12
Q

Firmware - Quiz

These types of issues will show up on a screen

A

Missing keyboard, printers, and network connection failures

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13
Q

Firmware - Quiz

The explanation of POST hex codes can be found in the

A

System Manual

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14
Q

Firmware

Do this to update firmware

A

Flash the ROM chip

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15
Q

Firmware

Allows for changes and exit without saving as an option.

A

System Setup

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16
Q

Firmware - Quiz

The Power On Self Test (POST) program and services are contained in the

A

BIOS chip

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17
Q

Firmware

Routines built into firmware

A

POST

Power-On-Self-Test

18
Q

Firmware

POST errors manifest as

A

Specific beep sequences
–OR–
display (text) codes

19
Q

Firmware - Quiz

for fixing bugs and adding features to the contents of the BIOS chip

A

Flashing the BIOS chip

20
Q

Firmware

Keeps system time without power.

A

Real-time clock battery

21
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Type of password that prevents the OS from booting until the password is entered.

A

User password

22
Q

Firmware

These enable testing of “dead” computers.

A

POST cards

23
Q

Firmware - Quiz

prevents access to the setup program until the password is entered.

A

Administrator password

24
Q

Firmware - Quiz

issued when error messages can’t be displayed on the screen.

A

Beep Codes

25
Q

Firmware - Quiz

A program in the computer’s BIOS chip that performs diagnostics prior to the computer booting an OS.

A

POST

26
Q

Firmware

Replaces traditional 16-bit BIOS in modern systems

UFI

A

UEFI

27
Q

Firmware

Reset System Setup for

A

Defaults

28
Q

Firmware - Quiz

The CMOS battery is NOT

A

Inside a chip

29
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Make hardware function in an operating system

A

Device Drivers

30
Q

Firmware

Bios stored in nonvolatile media and thus it is.

A

Firmware

31
Q

Firmware - Quiz

There is no automatic procedure or button to start the

A

Setup program

32
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Standard CMOS battery

A

CR2032

33
Q

Firmware - Quiz

This could slow the system clock may cause other problems.

A

A weak or failed CMOS battery

34
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Every computer has a “ “ on the keyboard that must be pressed before the OS boots to launch the setup program.

A

certain key

Like

F1 or delete

35
Q

Firmware - Quiz

The RTC is in the CMOS chip NOT the

A

Bios Chip

36
Q

Firmware - Quiz

POST does not enable hardware

A

It tests it.

37
Q

Firmware

This is also a part of the system firmware.

A

System Setup

38
Q

Firmware

POST runs at boot and

A

requests devices to self check

39
Q

Firmware

This enables viewing custom information about changeable devices

A

System Setup

40
Q

Firmware - Quiz

Type of memory chip

A

CMOS

41
Q

Firmware - Quiz

can send messages to a POST card but the card does not contain the POST program

A

POST

42
Q

Firmware

System setup enables changes to CPU

A

frequencies

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