Exercise $4\mathrm{.}2$ BIOS$/$UEFI Options

Objective: Use information found on the BIOS$/$UEFI screen to determine which option to use Parts: None

Procedure: Use Figures $4\mathrm{.}20$ and $4\mathrm{.}21$ to answer the questions.

Use Figure $4\mathrm{.}20$ to answer Questions $1-5.$

FIGURE $4\mathrm{.}20$ Sample BIOS$/$UEFI window $1$

The user has modified BIOS$/$UEFI options to the point where half the ports don't work and the computer is running slowly.

Which menu option or keystroke should the technician use in order to solve this problem?The technician has modified some settings but now wants to research some alternatives and doesn't want to keep the settings he just changed.

Which menu option or keystroke should the technician use in this situation?

The computers in the research lab have to have extra security. A technician configuring a new computer for that lab is using the BIOS$/$UEFI to disable all USB ports on the front and rear panels. Which menu option is used to complete this task?

$[$ Main $|$ Advanced $|$ Monitor $|$ Boot $|$ Tools $]$

The technician wants to see the last time anyone opened the case.

Which menu option is used to complete this task?

$[$ Main $|$ Advanced $|$ Monitor $|$ Boot $|$ Tools $]$

The user has complained that the system takes too long to boot. One thing a prior technician did was to always have the system try to boot from an external drive used to reimage the computer. If the external drive wasn't found, then it used the internal hard drive to load the operating system.

Which menu option should the new technician use to change the system to use the internal hard drive to load the operating system as the computer's first choice?

$[$ Main I Advanced $|$ Monitor $|$ Boot $|$ Tools $]$

Use Figure $4\mathrm{.}21$ to answer Questions $6-10.$

FIGURE $4\mathrm{.}21$ Sample BIOS$/$UEFI window $2$

$6.$ The technician wants to stop the user from changing BIOS$/$UEFI settings.

Which menu option or keystroke should the technician use in order to set a BIOS$/$UEFI administrator password?

$[$ Home $|$ System Info $|$ Peripherals $|$ Power Management $]$A week ago, a user complained about the computer time being wrong. The technician changed the time and date. Now the user has complained again that the date and time are incorrect. If the technician changes the time again and checks the computer the next day and finds it off again, what should the technician do$?$

a$.$ Flash the BIOS$/$UEFI$.$

b$.$ Replace the motherboard.

c$.$ Replace the motherboard battery.

d$.$ Reset the time a third time.

A gamer has been adjusting timing features on this motherboard to make the system go faster. Which keystroke could the user use in order to take a screenshot of the current settings?

The technician has been modifying BIOS$/$UEFI settings.

What keystroke should the technician use when exiting the Setup screen?

The technician wants to enable two SATA ports so a two$-$port eSATA bracket can be cabled to the motherboard.

Which menu option should the technician use to ensure that the two SATA ports are enabled? $[$ Home $|$ System Info $|$ Peripherals $|$ Power Management$]$