1. All of the following are task performed by the operating system except
A. Managing hardware on the computer
B. Controlling the access that application program has to the CPU
C. Performing housekeeping task like file compression and disk defragmentation
D. Provides an interface for user to interact with computer
2. Which of the following is not an operating system?
A. CP/M
B. Unix
C. Pascal
D. MS-DOS
3. Operating system is like a
A. Government
B. Police
C. Parliament
D. All of above
4. Underlined character on the menu or dialog box known as
A. Hot spot
B. Hot key
C. Pane
D. Underline word
5. Which key deletes text before, or to the left, of the insertion point?
A. PageUp
B. Delete
C. PageDown
D. BackSpace
6. While working with MS-DOS which command is used to change the extension of all file names ending with .txt to doc?
A. Ren *.doc *.txt
B. Ren .txt .doc
C. Ren file.doc file.text
D. Ren a:*.doc *.doc
7. Booting means
A. Restarting computer
B. Installing program
C. Removing errors
D. Switch off
8. Booting means
A. Restarting computer
B. Installing program
C. Removing errors
D. Switch off computer
9. RD command are used to
A. Remove an empty directory
B. Remove non-empty directory
C. Remove directory including files
D. None of the above
10. When you open my computer on desktop you see the information of
A. Hard disk
B. CD
C. Removable disk
D. All of the above
11. A spooler is a
A. Location in memory that maintains the contents of documents until it prints out
B. Queue of print job that are waiting to print
C. Program that coordinates the print job that are waiting to process
D. Message sent from the printer to the operating system when a print job is completed
12. The problem with …file is that they slow your computer’s operation
A. Fragmented
B. Formatted
C. Program
D. All of above
13. User action such as keystroke or mouse click are referred to as
A. Interrupt
B. Tasks
C. Processes
D. Event
14. Which is not external command?
A. Doskey
B. Verify
C. Print
D. Find
15. What is the method of handling deadlocks?
A. Use a protocol to ensure that the system will never enter a deadlock state.
B. Allow the system to enter the deadlock state and then recover.
C. Pretend that deadlocks never occur in the system.
D. All of the Above
16. Which file system DOS typically use?
A. FAT 16
B. FAT 32
C. NTFS
D. LMFS
17. Which file system Windows 95 typically use?
A. FAT 16
B. FAT 32
C. NTFS
D. LMFS
18. Which of the following is not a mode in starting Windows?
A. Command Prompt
B. Safe Mode
C. Normal Mode
D. Turbo Mode
19. Which of the following is default mode for Windows to start?
A. Command Prompt
B. Safe Mode
C. Normal Mode
D. None of above
20. The file system “NTFS” stands for
A. New Type File System
B. Never Terminated File System
C. New Technology File System
D. Non Terminated File System
21. The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a
A. Smart card OS
B. Embedded OS
C. Multiuser OS
D. None of above
22. UNIX operating system is a(n)
A. Time sharing operating system
B. Multi-user operating system
C. Multi-tasking operating system
D. All of the above
23. The ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple program at the same time is called
A. Multitasking
B. Multiprocessing
C. Multioperating
D. Multipaging
24. The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a
A. Smart card OS
B. Embedded OS
C. Multi user OS
D. None of above
25. Unix Operating System is an
A. Multi User Operating System
B. Time Sharing Operating System
C. Multi Tasking Operating System
26. What you type at the DOS command prompt to return back to windows?
A. Command
B. Exit
C. Quit
D. Return
27. What do you type at the DOS command prompt to return back to Windows
A. Command
B. Exit
C. Quit
D. Return
28. The question mark (?) indicates in file searching
A. A single character
B. A group of character
C. Questions
D. None of above
29. Save operation means
A. Put data into processor
B. Put data into internal memory
C. Put data into secondary storage
D. Put data into monitor
30. CAD software is most likely to be used by
A. Web designer
B. Engineers
C. Project Manager
D. Magazine Editor
31. Which of the following is default location of saving and opening file?
A. Desktop
B. My computer
C. My documents
D. All of above
32. By default we can save the file in
A. Desktop
B. Recycle bin
C. My document
D. My computer
33. ____ is the operating systems File and folder Manager
A. Windows Explorer
B. Windows Control Panel
C. My Computer
D. My Documents
33. It is used to explorer the contents of computer, drives as well as manage files
A. Control Panel
B. My Document
C. My Computer
D. My Network Place
34. The necessary conditions needed before deadlock can occur?
A. No Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, Preemption, Circular Wait
B. Mutual Exclusion, No Hold and wait, Preemption, Circular Wait
C. Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, No Preemption, Circular Wait
D. Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, Preemption, No Circular Wait
35. Running multiple programs at the same time is called:
A. Multitasking
B. Foreground tasking
C. Single tasking
D. Symmetric
36. What is the meaning of “Hibernate” in Windows XP/Windows 7?
A. Restart the Computer in safe mode
B. Restart the Computer in hibernate mode
C. Shutdown the Computer terminating all the running applications
D. Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications
38. The function of Dir/W is
A. Show all details of file
B. Show only file name and directory name
C. Shows only directory
D. All of the above
39. Page stealing
A. Is a sign of an efficient system
B. Is taking page frame from other working sets
C. Should be the turning goal
D. Is taking layer disk space for page in page out
40. What do you mean by dialog box?
A. Interactive message box
B. Group of options
C. Set of controls
D. All of the above
41. … are list of commands that appear on the screen
A. GUIS
B. Icons
C. Menus
D. Windows
42. The box on …. that allows you to choose where to go and is located below the standard toolbar
A. System menu
B. Address bar
C. Menu bar
D. None of these
43. A …. is a set of computer instructions that carry out a task on the computer
A. Program
B. Database
C. Memory files
D. None of the above
44. Which command is used to copy system files?
A. Sys
B. Command
C. MD
D. Move
45. To make file in MS Dos we need command
A. Copy
B. Copy con
C. MD
D. Make File
46. ….is used in operating system to separate mechanism from policy
A. Single level implementation
B. Two level implementation
C. Multi level implementation
D. None
47. ______ is used in operating system to separate mechanism from policy
A. Single level implementation
B. Two level implementation
C. Multi level implementation
D. None
48. Essential files of MS DOS are
A. CommanD.com
B. Io.sys
C. Msdos.sys
D. All of above
49. Which Operating System doesn’t support long file names?
A. OS/2
B. Windows 95
C. MS-DOS
D. Windows NT
50. We need system files to run
A. MS Word
B. MS Excel
C. MS Dos
D. MS Access
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42 – B
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