CET 1 901 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide (Obj. 1.1 - 1.3)

Which feature of the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)/Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) would you enable if you wanted to ensure the authenticity of the firmware and prevent pre-boot viruses from being launched?

• Secure Boot
• LoJack
• Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
• Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) settings

What would the built-in firmware diagnostics of a system Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) allow you to do?

• Confirm the functionality of system components such as memory
• Detect intrusion by alerting the BIOS if the case cover is removed
• Scan for and recover bad sectors on a hard disk
• Enable or disable virtualization settings

Which is NOT one of the possible RAM settings you are able to modify within the BIOS of a computer?

• Increase RAM from 2048MB to 4096MB
• Adjust the voltage of RAM from 1.5v to 1.65v
• Increase the frequency of RAM from 540MHZ to 800MHZ
• Modify the memory multiplier from 6x to 12x

When someone refers to firmware, what are they talking about?

• Specialized software stored in memory chips that holds operating system (OS)-specific information
• The physical components that the device is made from
• An operating system such as Windows, Mac OS, or Linux
• A printed circuit board that can be installed into an expansion slot

Where is the system Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) actually stored?

• On a read-only memory (ROM) chip
• On a Random Access Memory (RAM) module
• On the hard drive
• On the operating system (OS)

What is the process of updating firmware electronically known as?

• Flashing
• Resetting
• Booting
• Encrypting

What purpose does the power-on self-test (POST) program serve?

• Checking your hardware to ensure that everything is present and functioning properly
• Starting the most basic services of a computer system
• Storing operating system (OS)-specific information whether or not power to the computer is on
• Improving software interoperability and addressing the limitations of the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)

What Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setting would you need to change if you wanted the central processing unit (CPU) to operate faster than it was designed to run?

• Clock speed
• Virtualization support
• System cache
• System memory

Which of the following is unlikely to be displayed within typical system firmware monitoring capabilities?

• Device drivers
• Motherboard temperature
• Fan speeds
• System voltage settings

What category of Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) settings should you look for if you wanted to enable or disable Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on the host operating system?

• Security
• Virtualization
• Memory
• Power management