MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

OPERATING SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Process of starting a computer or mobile devices from a state when it is powered off completely is known as
A
Cold boot
B
Warm boot
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A cold boot refers to the general process of starting the hardware components of a computer, laptop or server to the point that its operating system and all startup applications and services are launched. Cold boot is also known as hard boot, cold start or dead start.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is Cold Booting? Cold booting is the mechanism of starting a system after it has been turned off. Generally, it is accomplished by pushing the computer’s power button. The “Power on Self-Test” (POST) is performed via cold booting.

Detailed explanation-3: -In computing, booting is the process of starting a computer as initiated via hardware such as a button or by a software command. After it is switched on, a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) has no software in its main memory, so some process must load software into memory before it can be executed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer : False. Starting a computer when it is not powered off is called a warm boot. It will erase storage from RAM. It is basically done by using the restart button. It is also called a soft boot.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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