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This section includes 557 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer Science Engineering (CSE) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end ofday? |
| A. | shut down |
| B. | restart |
| C. | sleep |
| D. | hibernate |
| Answer» B. restart | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers? |
| A. | shut down |
| B. | restart |
| C. | sleep |
| D. | hibernate |
| Answer» C. sleep | |
| 3. |
Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as |
| A. | hyperlink |
| B. | menu |
| C. | source drive |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. menu | |
| 4. |
When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generatesa(n) |
| A. | interrupt |
| B. | spool |
| C. | stack |
| D. | page file |
| Answer» B. spool | |
| 5. |
Taskbar is used for |
| A. | navigation program |
| B. | switching between program |
| C. | start a program |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
To install the new font |
| A. | start -> setting -> control panel -> font |
| B. | start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font |
| C. | start -> control panel -> font -> install new font |
| D. | start -> setting -> font |
| Answer» C. start -> control panel -> font -> install new font | |
| 7. |
The command allows you to create logical drive |
| A. | sort |
| B. | path |
| C. | subst |
| D. | batch |
| Answer» D. batch | |
| 8. |
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 |
| A. | menu bar |
| B. | tool bar |
| C. | status bar |
| D. | task bar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its |
| A. | move handle |
| B. | tail |
| C. | status bar |
| D. | title bar |
| Answer» B. tail | |
| 10. |
The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk |
| A. | fdisk |
| B. | format |
| C. | subst |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 11. |
What is Dr. Watson? |
| A. | it expert |
| B. | diagnosis tool |
| C. | surgeon |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. surgeon | |
| 12. |
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» D. cut off the power supply | |
| 13. |
Which is not an external command? |
| A. | edit |
| B. | xcopy |
| C. | sys |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Which of the following is/are external commands? |
| A. | edit |
| B. | label |
| C. | sys |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The operating system is the most common type of .... Software |
| A. | communication |
| B. | application |
| C. | system |
| D. | word processing software |
| Answer» D. word processing software | |
| 16. |
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» C. system configuration | |
| 17. |
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» C. system environment | |
| 18. |
.... 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» C. system environment | |
| 19. |
The ....contains commands associated with the My Computer window |
| A. | standard menu |
| B. | start menu |
| C. | system menu |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 20. |
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» C. system operations | |
| 21. |
... is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up |
| A. | system software |
| B. | operating system |
| C. | system operations |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. system operations | |
| 22. |
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» B. application software | |
| 23. |
.... 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» B. application system | |
| 24. |
The date and time displays on |
| A. | taskbar |
| B. | status bar |
| C. | system tray |
| D. | launch pad |
| Answer» D. launch pad | |
| 25. |
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» E. | |
| 26. |
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» D. none of the above | |
| 27. |
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» C. tablet pc edition | |
| 28. |
Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display? |
| A. | dialog boxes |
| B. | start menu |
| C. | taskbar |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 29. |
Recently deleted files are stored in |
| A. | recycle bin |
| B. | desktop |
| C. | taskbar |
| D. | my computer |
| Answer» B. desktop | |
| 30. |
Which of the following is drop down list? |
| A. | list |
| B. | combo box |
| C. | text area |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. text area | |
| 31. |
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» D. all of above | |
| 32. |
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 chipare checked to ensure that they are working properly |
| Answer» B. the video card and video memory are tested | |
| 33. |
The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in |
| A. | ram |
| B. | rom |
| C. | the cpu |
| D. | memory cache |
| Answer» C. the cpu | |
| 34. |
Whenever you move a directory from one location to another |
| A. | all files inside the directory are moved |
| B. | all the subdirectory inside that directoryare moved |
| C. | the directory is moved the source file is not moved |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
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» E. | |
| 36. |
The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that |
| A. | windows can run with an intelprocessor, 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» E. | |
| 37. |
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 canbe 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» B. the setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory canbe manually change | |
| 38. |
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» C. time sharing system | |
| 39. |
You can use print manage window |
| A. | to checkstatus of files in the print queue |
| B. | to cancel the print job |
| C. | to interrupt printing |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
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» B. to allow people to use the computer | |
| 41. |
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» B. to allow people to use the computer, | |
| 42. |
The Banker's algorithm is used |
| A. | to rectify deadlock |
| B. | to detect deadlock |
| C. | to prevent deadlock |
| D. | to slove deadlock |
| Answer» D. to slove deadlock | |
| 43. |
What is the function ofradio button? |
| A. | to select multiple option |
| B. | to select single option |
| C. | to select all option |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» C. to select all option | |
| 44. |
Oncetext 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» B. copy | |
| 45. |
Which one is true for unconditional disk formatting? |
| A. | destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting itwith with blank spaces |
| B. | do not check/scan surface after format |
| C. | transfer system files after format |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. do not check/scan surface after format | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is an essential file ofa MS-DOS boot disk? |
| A. | command.com |
| B. | start.com |
| C. | tree.com |
| D. | ver.com |
| Answer» B. start.com | |
| 47. |
Which command is used to display the contents of the text file of DOS? |
| A. | copy con |
| B. | copy |
| C. | type |
| D. | dir |
| Answer» D. dir | |
| 48. |
In Windows,start button is used to |
| A. | run applications |
| B. | device setting |
| C. | turn off the system |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Which command is used to undelete a bunch of files withextension .doc that you have just deleted? |
| A. | undelete |
| B. | undelete/all |
| C. | undelete *.doc |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 50. |
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» D. gnu | |