MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Events that occur between the time you turn the computer on and when it becomes ready to use.
A
Boot process
B
Program check
C
Start-up
D
Operating System Set-up
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is booting. When the user presses the start button on the CPU for the very first time, then the operating system of the computer which is stored in secondary memory gets loaded to the main memory. This process is identified as booting.

Detailed explanation-4: -Booting is the process of turning on a computer and powering up the system. In other words, it is a startup sequence that starts the operating system of a computer when it is turned on.

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