Service and Delivery
Knowledge Element: BIOS
Definition of Knowledge Element:
Understand the structure and interface involved in a typical PC Basic Input Output System or BIOS.
A very brief summary of the Knowledge:
Non provided.
A summary of expert opinion:
The knowledge named 'BIOS' is considered to be quite important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be slightly difficult to replace, it is mostly learned by study, and Between 7% and 30% of Group are Experts.
It is also quite specialised knowledge, and quite stable knowledge.
See Parameter table below for more detail.
Risk:
This knowledge element has a risk value of 4.35, whilst the average risk for the whole knowledge structure is 4.862. Consult the RISK page for more details.
Knowledge linked by learning dependency:
| Configure comm ports |
| BIOS |
|---|
Postrequisite knowledge implies that BIOS must be understood before for a person can gain a full understanding of the knowledge listed in the top row of the Linked Knowledge table.
BIOS has no prerequisite knowledge items and is therefore known as a leaf node. A leaf node is knowledge that has not been investigated further when the map was constructed.
Parameters assigned for BIOS.
| Identifier | Name | Value | Clarifier | Weight | Study Mean |
P1 |
Importance |
5.0 |
quite important |
1.0 |
6.34 |
P2 |
Recovery |
3.0 |
slightly difficult to replace |
1.0 |
3.38 |
P3 |
Study-Exp |
1.0 |
mostly learned by study |
1.0 |
3.46 |
P4 |
Known By |
2.0 |
Between 7% and 30% of Group are Experts |
-1.0 |
2.80 |
P6 |
Specialised |
5.0 |
quite specialised knowledge |
1.0 |
5.05 |
P7 |
Stability |
6.0 |
quite stable knowledge |
-0.7 |
6.41 |
People Involved with BIOS:
| Person | Expert | Capable | Responsible | N S Jones | --- |
Yes |
--- |
S P Evans | --- |
Yes |
--- |
E N Roberts | --- |
Yes |
--- |
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Computed Similarity
The most similar node to BIOS is Interfacing methods and standards.
The most dissimilar node to BIOS is Customer Services.