From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?

Question

From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?

A.  ROM BIOS
B.  CPU
C.  boot.ini
D.  CONFIG.SYS
E.  None of the above

Answer 1

According to EngineersGarage:

General Booting sequence comprises of the following steps:

• Turn on the Power button.

• CPU pins are reset and registers are set to specific value.

• CPU jump to address of BIOS (0xFFFF0).

So the answer is B - CPU.

Answer 2

Answer: first A. ROM BIOS, then loaded to B. CPU, to location according to this maybe slightly outdated chart -> http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/how-computers-boot-up/ .