1.1 CompTIA 220901 Exam Objectives

Question 1

What is a BIOS password?

Answer 1

A password that is set in the BIOS that if you don’t have it won’t start the OS

Question 2

What is a password that is set in the BIOS that if you don’t have it won’t start the OS?

Answer 2

BIOS password

Question 3

What is a BIOS supervisor password?

Answer 3

A password that restricts changes to the BIOS

Question 4

What is a password that restricts changes to the BIOS?

Answer 4

BIOS supervisor password

Question 5

What is full disk encryption?

Answer 5

Encrypts the entire disk

Question 6

What is Window BitLocker?

Answer 6

A full disk encryption that integrates with TPM

Question 7

What is a full disk encryption that integrates with TPM on a Windows system?

Answer 7

Windows BitLocker

Question 8

What is a Trusted Platform Module (TPM)?

Answer 8

Adds advanced cryptographic functions to the BIOS

Question 9

What adds advanced cryptographic functions to the BIOS on a Windows system?

Answer 9

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Question 10

What is a LoJack for laptops?

Answer 10

Software that is installed into the BIOS that reinstalls itself if a new HDD is installed. It send location information to a central point

Question 11

What is a software that is installed into the BIOS that reinstalls itself if a new HDD is installed. It sends location information to a central point?

Answer 11

LoJack for laptops

Question 12

What is secure boot for BIOS?

Answer 12

Checks the OS for the digital signature of known good software. Software won’t run without the proper signature.

Question 13

What checks the OS for the digital signature of known good software. Software won’t run without the proper signature

Answer 13

BIOS secure boot

Question 14

Which type of BIOS has secure boot as part of its specification?

Answer 14

UEFI

Question 15

What button could you press on start up to get to the BIOS? (5)

Answer 15

Del, F1, F2, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Alt+S

Question 16

What does Del, F1, F2, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Alt+S, do at startup?

Answer 16

Launch the BIOS

Question 17

What can you find in the BIOS configuration settings?

Answer 17

Component information

Question 18

What do you find in the boot section of a BIOS?

Answer 18

Configure boot options

Question 19

Does the built in diagnostics on a BIOS touch the OS?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

What should you always have of your BIOS?

Answer 20

A backup

Question 21

What is firmware?

Answer 21

Firmware is a special type of software that has been embedded in the read-only memory of a hardware component. An example of firmware is a BIOS chip.

Question 22

What is a configuration that updates devices or software?

Answer 22

Fireware

Question 23

Where can you find the information about the system?

Answer 23

System Information or cmd msinfo32

Question 24

What command is used to find system information?

Answer 24

msinfo32

Question 25

What does the command msinfo32 do?

Answer 25

Shows system information

Question 26

What happens if a BIOS upgrade fails?

Answer 26

The system won’t start again

Question 27

What two things should you do before upgrading the BIOS?

Answer 27

Read the documentation and plug into a reliable power source

Question 28

How many BIOSs may be on a newer UEFI BIOS?

Answer 28

2

Question 29

What is an advantage of upgrading a UEFI BIOS?

Answer 29

It can flash the BIOS from a USB drive

Question 30

What does a BIOS do?

Answer 30

Initializes CPU and memory

Question 31

What is a POST?

Answer 31

Checks to make sure all the hardware needed to run an OS is there

Question 32

What does the BIOS do after the POST?

Answer 32

Looks for the boot loader

Question 33

What initializes the CPU and Memory?

Answer 33

BIOS

Question 34

What checks to make sure all the hardware is needed to run the OS?

Answer 34

POST

Question 35

How did older Oss talk to hardware?

Answer 35

Through the legacy BIOS

Question 36

What is replacing the legacy BIOS?

Answer 36

UEFI

Question 37

How large of a GUID partition table (GPT) disk can a legacy BIOS boot from?

Answer 37

Under 2.2 TB

Question 38

What does a UEFI BIOS include?

Answer 38

A pre boot environment

Question 39

Where does legacy BIOS store BIOS settings?

Answer 39

CMOS

Question 40

Where does newer BIOS store BIOS settings?

Answer 40

Flash memory

Question 41

What happens if a CMOS goes bad?

Answer 41

Your BIOS configuration settings will be lost when the computer powers down and will need to be reset at every boot

Question 42

How would you reset your BIOS on legacy systems?

Answer 42

Remove the CMOS

Question 43

What is AMD's name for a Southbridge?

Answer 43

Fusion Controller Hub (FCH)

Question 44

What is it called when a Southbridge is directly on the CPU?

Answer 44

Phantom Controller Hub (PCH)

Question 45

What is an option ROM chip?

Answer 45

Bios on other hardware

Question 46

What is it called when there is a BIOS on another piece of hardware?

Answer 46

Option ROM chip

Question 47

What is a device driver?

Answer 47

A file that contains all the information to talk to that device

Question 48

What is a file that contains all the information to talk to that device?

Answer 48

Device driver

Question 49

What is 1 long beep followed by 2 or 3 short beeps a sign of?

Answer 49

Bad Video

Question 50

What is the beep code for bad video?

Answer 50

1 long beep followed by 2 or 3 short beeps

Question 51

What is 1 short beep a sign of?

Answer 51

Bad RAM

Question 52

What is the beep code for bad RAM?

Answer 52

1 short beep

Question 53

What is a Pre Boot Environment (PXE)?

Answer 53

PXE is a Pre-Boot Environments where there is no local OS so the OS is installed over a network

Question 54

What is it called when there is no local OS so the OS is installed over a network?

Answer 54

Pre Boot Environment (PXE)

Question 55

What is the jumper that clear the CMOS called?

Answer 55

CMOS clear

Question 56

Checks to make sure all the hardware needed to run an OS is there

Answer 56

What is a POST