Select the correct order of events after power is applied to a system:
(A) Bootstrap loader is loaded from the disk.
(B) Kernel is loaded into memory.
(C) Firmware ROM loads the boot block.

Explanation

On power-up, the CPU first executes firmware (BIOS/UEFI boot ROM) code, which performs POST and then reads the fixed boot block (e.g. the MBR/boot sector) from the designated boot device into memory — this is step (C). That boot block contains a small bootstrap loader program, which is itself then loaded from disk and executed — step (A); its only job is to locate the real OS kernel image on disk. The bootstrap loader finally reads the kernel into memory and transfers control to it — step (B). So the correct sequence is C, A, B, option (ii).