11. All of the following are steps involved in the boot process except- A. Load the operating system in to RAM. B. The power on self test. C. Activate the basic input/ output system (BIOS). D. Load application programs
The processor looks at the end of system memory for the Basic Input/Output System or BIOS program and runs it. The BIOS controls not only the first step of the boot process, but also provides the lowest level interface to peripheral devices.