How Does POST Know Which Hardware Components to Test

question 65

Multiple Choice

How does POST know which hardware components to test?

• A) POST checks an installed hardware folder on the boot drive to determine what hardware is installed.
• B) A comprehensive list of all possible hardware components is stored in the BIOS.
• C) POST obtains the list of hardware that is supposed to be in the computer from the settings stored in CMOS.
• D) On startup, all installed hardware sends a status signal to the BIOS to verify operability.

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Definitions:

Standard Costs

Predetermined costs for the production of goods or services, used as benchmarks to measure actual performance and manage costs.

Actual Costs

Actual costs are the genuine expenditures incurred by a company, as opposed to estimated costs, during a given period for production, services, or other activities.

Reasonableness

A test or criterion to evaluate whether the assumptions or outputs of a financial model or decision are logical and align with real-world expectations.

Standard Costs

Predetermined costs for the production of goods or services, used as benchmarks against which actual costs are compared.