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Basics of Operating System | Set 1

1. In Windows operating system the ———— ——— is the main screen area that one sees after he turn on a computer and log on to Windows.

A. Desktop

B. Icons

C. Taskbar

D. None of these

Correct : A. Desktop

2. In Windows operating system it sits at the bottom of windows desktop screen. It shows you which programs are running and allows you to switch between them. It also contains the Start button which one can use to access programs, folders, and computer settings.

A. Sidebar

B. Icons

C. Taskbar

D. None of these

Correct : C. Taskbar

3. In Windows operating system these are small pictures that represent files, folders, programs, and other items. Each one is used to make the computer do something.

A. Sidebar

B. Icons

C. Taskbar

D. None of these

Correct : B. Icons

4. In Windows operating system it is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of a screen. Unlike the desktop, which can get obscured by the windows on top of it, it is visible almost all the time.

A. Sidebar

B. Icons

C. Taskbar

D. None of these

Correct : C. Taskbar

5. In Windows operating system it is a very important part of Windows, clicking on it opens up what is called the start menu

A. Start button

B. Sidebar

C. Icons

D. None of these

Correct : A. Start button

6. In Windows operating system when you delete a file or folder, it doesn’t actually get deleted right away, it goes to the ————.

A. Recycle Bin

B. Dust Bin

C. Cycle Bin

D. None of these

Correct : A. Recycle Bin

7. Word Processors that is the part of Windows operating system

A. Wordpad

B. Notepad

C. Adobe Photoshop

D. Jasc Paint Shop

Correct : A. Wordpad

8. Microsoft Windows provides a graphics application named

A. Paint

B. Adobe Photoshop

C. Jasc Paint Sho

D. None of these

Correct : A. Paint

9. Text Editor that is the part of Windows operating system

A. Wordpad

B. Notepad

C. Adobe Photoshop

D. Jasc Paint Shop

Correct : B. Notepad

10. It is a visual aspect that indicates that a control is ready to receive input from you in Windows operating system

A. Control’s Focus

B. Dialog Boxes

C. Command Buttons

D. Text Boxes

Correct : A. Control’s Focus

11. In Windows operating system it is a window that is used to display text or to receive text from you. The type of text it displays or the type of text you are asked to provide depends on the application or the situation.

A. Control’s Focus

B. Dialog Boxes

C. Command Buttons

D. Text Boxes

Correct : D. Text Boxes

12. If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard disk

A. you can set different size for each recycle bin

B. you can choose which recycle bin to use to store your deleted files

C. You can make any one of them default recycle bin

D. None of above

Correct : A. you can set different size for each recycle bin

13. Identify false statement

A. You can find deleted files in recycle bin

B. You can restore any files in recycle bin if you ever need

C. You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin

D. You can right click and choose Empty Recycle Bin to clean it at once

Correct : C. You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin

14. If the displayed system time and date is wrong, you can reset it using

A. Write

B. Calendar

C. Write file

D. Control panel

Correct : D. Control panel

15. You should save your computer from?

A. Viruses

B. Time bombs

C. Worms

D. All of the above

Correct : D. All of the above

16. World Wide Web is being standard by

A. Worldwide corporation

B. W3C

C. World Wide Consortium

D. World Wide Web Standard

Correct : B. W3C

17. A co-processor

A. Is relatively easy to support in software

B. Causes all processor to function equally

C. Works with any application

D. Is quite common in modern computer

Correct : A. Is relatively easy to support in software

18. A Microsoft Windows is ..... a(n)

A. Operating system

B. Graphic program

C. Word Processing

D. Database program

Correct : A. Operating system

19. Which of the following is program group?

A. Accessories

B. Paint

C. Word

D. All of above

Correct : A. Accessories

20. Which is not application software?

A. Windows NT

B. Page Maker

C. WinWord XP

D. Photoshop

Correct : A. Windows NT

21. The ..... program compresses large files into a smaller file

A. WinZip

B. WinShrink

C. WinStyle

D. None of above

Correct : A. WinZip

22. Which of the following is an example of a real time operating system?

A. Lynx

B. MS DOS

C. Windows XP

D. Process Control

Correct : D. Process Control

23. Which of the following operating system does not implement the multitasking truly?

A. Windows 98

B. Windows NT

C. Windows XP

D. MS DOS

Correct : D. MS DOS

24. Which of the following windows version support 64 bit processor?

A. Windows 98

B. Windows 2000

C. Windows XP

D. Windows 95

Correct : A. Windows 98

25. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?

A. Windows 98

B. Windows NT

C. Windows XP

D. MS DOS

Correct : D. MS DOS

26. What program runs first after computer is booted and loading GUI?

A. Desktop Manager

B. File Manager

C. Windows Explorer

D. Authentication

Correct : D. Authentication

27. Which of the following operating system do you choose to implement a client server network?

A. MS DOS

B. Windows

C. Windows 98

D. Windows 2000

Correct : D. Windows 2000

28. Which of the following Operating systems is better for implementing a Client-Server network

A. MS DOS

B. Windows 95

C. Windows 98

D. Windows 2000

Correct : D. Windows 2000

29. My Computer was introduced from

A. Windows 3.1

B. Windows 3.11

C. Windows 95

D. Windows 98

Correct : C. Windows 95

30. Which of the following Windows do not have Start button

A. Windows Vista

B. Windows 7

C. Windows 8

D. None of above

Correct : C. Windows 8

31. Which is the latest version of MS Windows?

A. Windows 2007

B. Windows 8.1

C. Windows 2008

D. Windows 7

Correct : B. Windows 8.1

32. Which operating system doesn't support networking between computers?

A. Windows 3.1

B. Windows 95

C. Windows 2000

D. Windows NT

Correct : A. Windows 3.1

33. Which of the following does not support more than one program at a time?

A. DOS

B. Linux

C. Windows

D. Unix

Correct : A. DOS

34. Which of the following is not an operating system?

A. DOS

B. Linux

C. Windows

D. Oracle

Correct : D. Oracle

35. Linux is a(n) ... operating system

A. Open source

B. Microsoft

C. Windows

D. Mac

Correct : A. Open source

36. Which operating system can you give smallest file name?

A. Ps/2

B. Dos

C. Windows

D. Windows NT

Correct : B. Dos

37. Which one is not operating system?

A. P11

B. OS/2

C. Windows

D. Unix

Correct : A. P11

38. Which of the following is not a multitasking operating system?

A. Windows

B. Linux

C. Win NT

D. DOS

Correct : D. DOS

39. You should choose Sleep option when

A. The computer is tired after working for the whole day

B. You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly

C. When computer gets hanged frequently. Let it sleep for some time

D. You finish working and going to bed

Correct : B. You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly

40. The .... displays the name of every computer user on the computer

A. Wish list screen

B. Command screen

C. Welcome screen

D. None of the above

Correct : C. Welcome screen

41. The category of software most appropriate for controlling the design and layout of complex document like newsletters and brochure is:

A. Word processing

B. Computer aided design

C. Web page authoring

D. Desktop publishing

Correct : A. Word processing

42. Which one is not a system tool?

A. Backup

B. Disk defragment

C. Virus scanning

D. All of the above

Correct : C. Virus scanning

43. The memory which allocates space for DOS and application is called

A. Expanded memory

B. Cache memory

C. Virtual memory

D. Conventional memory

Correct : D. Conventional memory

44. The operating system creates ... from the physical computer

A. Virtual space

B. Virtual computer

C. Virtual device

D. None

Correct : B. Virtual computer

45. The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer

A. Virtual space

B. Virtual computers

C. Virtual device

D. None

Correct : B. Virtual computers

46. Which menu bar selection would you access to open file?

A. Option

B. Help

C. View

D. None of above

Correct : D. None of above

47. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting Windows?

A. Safe Mode

B. Normal Mode

C. VGA Mode

D. Network Support Mode

Correct : A. Safe Mode

48. Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?

A. Keyboard driver

B. Mouse driver

C. VGA drive

D. All of above

Correct : D. All of above

49. A .... is a named location on a disk where files are stored

A. Folder

B. Pod

C. Version

D. None of the above

Correct : A. Folder

50. Which command is used to see the version of operating system?

A. Vol

B. Version

C. Ver

D. None of the above

Correct : C. Ver

51. Which type of command requires additional files to perform specific operations?

A. Internal commands

B. External commands

C. Valuable commands

D. Primary commands

Correct : B. External commands

52. Which of the following is system software?

A. Operating system

B. Compiler

C. Utilities

D. All of the above

Correct : D. All of the above

53. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to be

A. User-happy

B. User-simple

C. User-friendly

D. None of the above

Correct : C. User-friendly

54. A ....is a flash memory storage device that plugins into a USB port

A. USB snap drive

B. USB flash drive

C. USB memory maker drive

D. None of above

Correct : B. USB flash drive

55. The ....is the drive containing the files to be copied

A. Source drive

B. Destination drive

C. USB drive

D. None of the above

Correct : A. Source drive

56. The number of character contained in primary name (DOS)?

A. Up to 8 characters

B. 3 characters

C. Up to 10 characters

D. None of the above

Correct : A. Up to 8 characters

57. Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system?

A. DOS

B. Windows

C. Unix

D. Linux

Correct : A. DOS

58. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the ... operating system

A. Windows

B. Linux

C. Unix

D. CMOS

Correct : C. Unix

59. The ... operating system was initially created in the early 1970s at AT and T's Bell Labs

A. Linux

B. DOS

C. Unix

D. GNU

Correct : C. Unix

60. Which command is used to undelete a bunch of files with extension .doc that you have just deleted?

A. Undelete

B. Undelete/all

C. Undelete *.doc

D. All of above

Correct : C. Undelete *.doc

61. Which command is used to display the contents of the text file of DOS?

A. Copy con

B. Copy

C. Type

D. Dir

Correct : C. Type

62. In Windows, start button is used to

A. Run applications

B. Device setting

C. Turn off the system

D. All of above

Correct : D. All of above

63. Which of the following is an essential file of a MS-DOS boot disk?

A. COMMAND.COM

B. START.COM

C. TREE.COM

D. VER.COM

Correct : A. COMMAND.COM

64. Which one is true for unconditional disk formatting?

A. Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces

B. Do not check/scan surface after format

C. Transfer system files after format

D. All of above

Correct : A. Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces

65. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can .....that text into another document

A. Paste

B. Copy

C. Transfer

D. None of the above

Correct : A. Paste

66. What is the function of radio button?

A. To select multiple option

B. To select single option

C. To select all option

D. All of above

Correct : B. To select single option

67. The Banker's algorithm is used

A. to rectify deadlock

B. to detect deadlock

C. to prevent deadlock

D. to slove deadlock

Correct : C. to prevent deadlock

68. The primary purpose of an operating system is:

A. To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware

B. To allow people to use the computer,

C. To keep systems programmers employed

D. To make computers easier to use

Correct : A. To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware

69. The primary purpose of an operating system is a ...

A. To make the most efficient use of computer hardware

B. To allow people to use the computer

C. To keep system programmer employed

D. To make computer easier to use

Correct : A. To make the most efficient use of computer hardware

70. You can use print manage window

A. To check status of files in the print queue

B. To cancel the print job

C. To interrupt printing

D. All of the above

Correct : D. All of the above

71. Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?

A. Quick Response System

B. Real Time System

C. Time Sharing System

D. Batch Processing System

Correct : B. Real Time System

72. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT

A. Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory

B. The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually change

C. This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file

D. Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive

Correct : A. Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory

73. The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that

A. Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot

B. Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not

C. There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows

D. Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows

Correct : D. Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows

74. What is dispatch latency?

A. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another

B. The time taken by the processor to write a file into disk

C. The whole time taken by all processor

D. None of Above

Correct : A. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another

75. A page fault occurs when

A. the Deadlock happens

B. the Segmentation starts

C. the page is found in the memory

D. the page is not found in the memory

Correct : D. the page is not found in the memory

76. Whenever you move a directory from one location to another

A. All files inside the directory are moved

B. All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved

C. The directory is moved the source file is not moved

D. Both a and b

Correct : D. Both a and b

77. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in

A. RAM

B. ROM

C. The CPU

D. Memory Cache

Correct : B. ROM

78. Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self- test (POST)?

A. The scandisk utility begins to run

B. The video card and video memory are tested

C. The BIOS identification process occurs

D. Memory chip are checked to ensure that they are working properly

Correct : A. The scandisk utility begins to run

79. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only

A. Name of the file

B. Extension of the file

C. The amount of memory in your computer

D. All of above

Correct : C. The amount of memory in your computer

80. Which of the following is drop down list?

A. List

B. Combo box

C. Text area

D. None

Correct : B. Combo box

81. Recently deleted files are stored in

A. Recycle bin

B. Desktop

C. Taskbar

D. My computer

Correct : A. Recycle bin

82. Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?

A. Dialog boxes

B. Start menu

C. Taskbar

D. All of above

Correct : C. Taskbar

83. A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is

A. Start button

B. Quick launch

C. Task bar

D. System tray

Correct : D. System tray

84. An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP

A. Home edition

B. Media center edition

C. Tablet PC edition

D. None of above

Correct : B. Media center edition

85. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP

A. Home edition

B. Media center edition

C. Tablet PC edition

D. None of the above

Correct : C. Tablet PC edition

86. The date and time displays on

A. Taskbar

B. Status bar

C. System tray

D. Launch pad

Correct : C. System tray

87. .... runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on

A. Operating system

B. Application system

C. System software

D. All of above

Correct : A. Operating system

88. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?

A. Operating System

B. Application Software

C. System Software

D. All

Correct : A. Operating System

89. ... is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up

A. System software

B. Operating system

C. System operations

D. None

Correct : B. Operating system

90. Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?

A. System software

B. Operating system

C. System operations

D. None

Correct : B. Operating system

91. The ....contains commands associated with the My Computer window

A. Standard menu

B. Start menu

C. System menu

D. None of the above

Correct : C. System menu

92. .... is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program

A. Operating environment

B. Operating system

C. System environment

D. None of these

Correct : B. Operating system

93. Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program

A. Operating environment

B. Operating system

C. System environment

D. None

Correct : B. Operating system

94. When you start up the computer the boot up storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called

A. Bootstrap

B. Power on self test (POST)

C. System configuration

D. Kernel loading

Correct : B. Power on self test (POST)

95. The operating system is the most common type of .... Software

A. Communication

B. Application

C. System

D. Word processing software

Correct : C. System

96. Which of the following is/are external commands?

A. Edit

B. Label

C. Sys

D. All of above

Correct : D. All of above

97. Which is not an external command?

A. Edit

B. XCOPY

C. Sys

D. None of the above

Correct : D. None of the above

98. Which of the following is not essential to shut down your computer?

A. Save all opened files

B. Close all running applications

C. Switch off monitor

D. Cut off the power supply

Correct : C. Switch off monitor

99. What is Dr. Watson?

A. IT Expert

B. Diagnosis tool

C. Surgeon

D. None

Correct : B. Diagnosis tool

100. The command allows you to create logical drive

A. Sort

B. Path

C. Subst

D. Batch

Correct : C. Subst