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| 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» A. Wordpad | |
| 8. |
Microsoft Windows provides a graphics application named |
| A. | Paint |
| B. | Adobe Photoshop |
| C. | Jasc Paint Sho |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Paint | |
| 9. |
Text Editor that is the part of Windows operating system |
| A. | Wordpad |
| B. | Notepad |
| C. | Adobe Photoshop |
| D. | Jasc Paint Shop |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» D. Control panel | |
| 15. |
You should save your computer from? |
| A. | Viruses |
| B. | Time bombs |
| C. | Worms |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» A. Operating system | |
| 19. |
Which of the following is program group? |
| A. | Accessories |
| B. | Paint |
| C. | Word |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. Accessories | |
| 20. |
Which is not application software? |
| A. | Windows NT |
| B. | Page Maker |
| C. | WinWord XP |
| D. | Photoshop |
| Answer» A. Windows NT | |
| 21. |
The ..... program compresses large files into a smaller file |
| A. | WinZip |
| B. | WinShrink |
| C. | WinStyle |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» D. Windows 2000 | |
| 29. |
My Computer was introduced from |
| A. | Windows 3.1 |
| B. | Windows 3.11 |
| C. | Windows 95 |
| D. | Windows 98 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» A. DOS | |
| 34. |
Which of the following is not an operating system? |
| A. | DOS |
| B. | Linux |
| C. | Windows |
| D. | Oracle |
| Answer» D. Oracle | |
| 35. |
Linux is a(n) ... operating system |
| A. | Open source |
| B. | Microsoft |
| C. | Windows |
| D. | Mac |
| Answer» A. Open source | |
| 36. |
Which operating system can you give smallest file name? |
| A. | Ps/2 |
| B. | Dos |
| C. | Windows |
| D. | Windows NT |
| Answer» B. Dos | |
| 37. |
Which one is not operating system? |
| A. | P11 |
| B. | OS/2 |
| C. | Windows |
| D. | Unix |
| Answer» A. P11 | |
| 38. |
Which of the following is not a multitasking operating system? |
| A. | Windows |
| B. | Linux |
| C. | Win NT |
| D. | DOS |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» A. Word processing | |
| 42. |
Which one is not a system tool? |
| A. | Backup |
| B. | Disk defragment |
| C. | Virus scanning |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» D. Conventional memory | |
| 44. |
The operating system creates ... from the physical computer |
| A. | Virtual space |
| B. | Virtual computer |
| C. | Virtual device |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Virtual computer | |
| 45. |
The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer |
| A. | Virtual space |
| B. | Virtual computers |
| C. | Virtual device |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Virtual computers | |
| 46. |
Which menu bar selection would you access to open file? |
| A. | Option |
| B. | Help |
| C. | View |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» B. External commands | |
| 52. |
Which of the following is system software? |
| A. | Operating system |
| B. | Compiler |
| C. | Utilities |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» A. DOS | |
| 58. |
The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the ... operating system |
| A. | Windows |
| B. | Linux |
| C. | Unix |
| D. | CMOS |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» D. Both a and b | |
| 77. |
The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | The CPU |
| D. | Memory Cache |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» B. Combo box | |
| 81. |
Recently deleted files are stored in |
| A. | Recycle bin |
| B. | Desktop |
| C. | Taskbar |
| D. | My computer |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» C. Tablet PC edition | |
| 86. |
The date and time displays on |
| A. | Taskbar |
| B. | Status bar |
| C. | System tray |
| D. | Launch pad |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» C. System | |
| 96. |
Which of the following is/are external commands? |
| A. | Edit |
| B. | Label |
| C. | Sys |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» D. All of above | |
| 97. |
Which is not an external command? |
| A. | Edit |
| B. | XCOPY |
| C. | Sys |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» C. Switch off monitor | |
| 99. |
What is Dr. Watson? |
| A. | IT Expert |
| B. | Diagnosis tool |
| C. | Surgeon |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Diagnosis tool | |
| 100. |
The command allows you to create logical drive |
| A. | Sort |
| B. | Path |
| C. | Subst |
| D. | Batch |
| Answer» C. Subst | |
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