MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the normal PC boot process, which of the following is active first?
A
RAM BIOS
B
CMOS
C
ROM BIOS
D
Hard disk information
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Boot Sequence First, the CPU runs an instruction in memory for the BIOS. That instruction contains a jump instruction that transfers to the BIOS start-up program. This program runs a power-on self test (POST) to check that devices the computer will rely on are functioning properly.

Detailed explanation-2: -is a process of switching on the computer and starting the operating system. Six steps of the booting process are BIOS and Setup Program, The Power-On-Self-Test (POST), The Operating system Loads, System Configuration, System Utility Loads and Users Authentication.

Detailed explanation-3: -BIOS identifies, configures, tests and connects computer hardware to the OS immediately after a computer is turned on. The combination of these steps is called the boot process. These tasks are each carried out by BIOS’ four main functions: Power-on self-test (POST).

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