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Basics of Operating System | Set 2

1. The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk

Correct : C. Subst

2. You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its

Correct : A. Move handle

3. A bar that inform you the available options in your computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used to switch between applications quickly is

Correct : D. Task bar

4. Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?

Correct : B. Task bar

5. Taskbar is used for

Correct : D. All of above

6. To install the new font

Correct : B. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font

7. When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)

Correct : A. Interrupt

8. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as

Correct : A. Hyperlink

9. Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?

Correct : B. Restart

10. Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end of day?

Correct : A. Shut Down

11. Which of the following shutdown method is often called Warm Boot?

Correct : B. Restart

12. ______ is most often done after fixing a problem, adding a new program or making configuration change

Correct : B. Restart

13. ___ is a compromise mode between Shut Down and Sleep mode because it does not consume power and remembers the current state of your desktop

Correct : D. Hibernate

14. You should choose this mode if you don't know how long you won't use your computer but want to have the same desktop state when you resume

Correct : D. Hibernate

15. The category of operating system that you most likely have running on your PDA computer is a .... Operating system

Correct : B. Single user, single task

16. Running multiple programs at the same time is called:

Correct : A. Multitasking

17. What is the meaning of "Hibernate" in Windows XP/Windows 7?

Correct : D. Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications

18. The function of Dir/W is

Correct : B. Show only file name and directory name

19. Page stealing

Correct : B. Is taking page frame from other working sets

20. What do you mean by dialog box?

Correct : D. All of the above

21. Dial up connection allows you to

Correct : A. Connect ISP

22. To properly exit Windows

Correct : C. Select shut down from Start menu

23. Which is not a system tool?

Correct : A. Folder

24. A utility that can be used to minimize the number of fragmented files and enhance the speed

Correct : B. Defrag

25. To change the volume label

Correct : B. Label

26. Which of the following is a disk compression tools?

Correct : A. Drive space

27. To save your computer from viruses you will do

Correct : A. Install antivirus software and run it

28. How can you optimize performance of your computer?

Correct : D. All of above

29. Scandisk

Correct : D. All of the above

30. Recently used application file list appears in the Windows operating system

Correct : B. Documents menu

31. Batch file is used to

Correct : C. run commands automatically

32. .... are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or electric thermostat

Correct : B. Embedded computer

33. The title bar always displays on

Correct : A. Top of the open windows

34. Which of the following is used to display the content of a certain drive or folder?

Correct : D. Double click the drive or folder

35. Which of the following file menu option saves document to disk?

Correct : A. Save

36. While working with MS DOS which command is used to change the extension of all file names ending with .txt to doc?

Correct : A. Ren *.doc *.txt

37. Booting means

Correct : A. Restarting computer

38. Booting means

Correct : A. Restarting computer

39. RD command are used to

Correct : A. Remove an empty directory

40. When you open my computer on desktop you see the information of

Correct : D. All of the above

41. ....is an intermediate storage for deleted files

Correct : C. Recycle bin

42. We can start the application from?

Correct : D. Run

43. Which command is used to list out deleted files in DOS?

Correct : B. Undelete/list

44. Which of the following is not process states?

Correct : D. Finished

45. Which command is used to delete the directory and all of its contents in one step?

Correct : A. Deltree

46. What you type at the DOS command prompt to return back to windows?

Correct : B. Exit

47. What do you type at the DOS command prompt to return back to Windows

Correct : B. Exit

48. The question mark (?) indicates in file searching

Correct : A. A single character

49. Save operation means

Correct : C. Put data into secondary storage

50. CAD software is most likely to be used by

Correct : B. Engineers

51. A spooler is a

Correct : C. Program that coordinates the print job that are waiting to process

52. The problem with ...file is that they slow your computer's operation

Correct : A. Fragmented

53. User action such as keystroke or mouse click are referred to as

Correct : D. Event

54. Which is not internal command?

Correct : D. Find

55. What is the method of handling deadlocks?

Correct : D. All of the Above

56. To delete a file without allowing it to store in recycle bin

Correct : B. Press Shift + Delete key

57. Operating system is a ....

Correct : A. System software

58. To display a shortcut menu for an object you use

Correct : B. Right click the object

59. Which of the following separates primary file and extension is

Correct : D. All of the above

60. In Microsoft windows, the graphical pattern on the desktop used as background for windows is

Correct : B. Wall paper

61. All of the following are task performed by the operating system except

Correct : C. Performing housekeeping task like file compression and disk defragmentation

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

Correct : C. Pascal

63. Operating system is like a

Correct : A. Government

64. Underlined character on the menu or dialog box known as

Correct : B. Hot key

65. Which key deletes text before, or to the left, of the insertion point?

Correct : D. BackSpace

66. The chunks of a memory are known as

Correct : D. Frame

67. Start/restart the computer is called

Correct : D. Boot

68. Which file is transferred when computer is start up?

Correct : D. System files

69. Which of the following is an example of utility?

Correct : A. Antivirus

70. Which is built directly on the hardware?

Correct : C. Operating System

71. ....system is built directly on the hardware

Correct : C. Operating

72. The purpose of run command in start menu is to

Correct : D. Start programs

73. You can select My Computer icon and press Alt + Enter to

Correct : C. Open System Properties dialog box

74. Generally quick launch toolbar is displayed on

Correct : A. the left side of taskbar

75. Which is not a valid file system?

Correct : D. FXZ

76. Which file system DOS typically use?

Correct : A. FAT 16

77. Which file system Windows 95 typically use?

Correct : B. FAT 32

78. Which of the following is not a mode in starting Windows?

Correct : D. Turbo Mode

79. Which of the following is default mode for Windows to start?

Correct : C. Normal Mode

80. The file system "NTFS" stands for

Correct : C. New Technology File System

81. What is the full form of NTFS

Correct : A. New Technology File System

82. Which one of the following is not the function of Operating System?

Correct : C. Networking

83. How do you connect internet in your system?

Correct : A. My computer >> dialup networking

84. The following applications may appear on system tray except

Correct : D. MS Office Suite

85. Which of the following is text browser?

Correct : A. Lynx

86. Which of the following is default location of saving and opening file?

Correct : C. My documents

87. By default we can save the file in

Correct : C. My document

88. ____ is the operating systems File and folder Manager

Correct : A. Windows Explorer

89. It is used to explorer the contents of computer, drives as well as manage files

Correct : B. My Computer

90. The necessary conditions needed before deadlock can occur?

Correct : C. Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, No Preemption, Circular Wait

91. The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a

Correct : B. Embedded OS

92. UNIX operating system is a(n)

Correct : D. All of the above

93. The ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple program at the same time is called

Correct : A. Multitasking

94. The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a

Correct : B. Embedded OS

95. Unix Operating System is an

Correct : D. All the Above

96. ....is used in operating system to separate mechanism from policy

Correct : B. Two level implementation

97. ______ is used in operating system to separate mechanism from policy

Correct : B. Two level implementation

98. Essential files of MS DOS are

Correct : D. All of above

99. Which Operating System doesn't support long file names?

Correct : C. MS-DOS

100. We need system files to run

Correct : C. MS Dos