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201.

_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.
202.

_To print documents from Windows$?

A. File >> Print
B. Drag the document icon over your printers icon
C. Edit print
D. Both A and B
Answer» E.
203.

_Bringing a page into memory only when it is needed, this mechanism is called$?

A. Deadlock
B. Page Fault
C. Dormant Paging
D. Demand Paging
Answer» E.
204.

_From where do you change mouse setting?$?

A. Setting >> mouse
B. Hardware setting
C. Control panel >> mouse
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
205.

_Which is not the function of the operating system?$?

A. Memory management
B. Disk management
C. Application management
D. Virus protection
Answer» E.
206.

_When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader called$?

A. Compile and go loader
B. Boot loader
C. Bootstrap loader
D. Relating loader
Answer» D. Relating loader
207.

_A graphical user interface displays$?

A. Graphics
B. Text
C. Both of Above
D. None of Above
Answer» D. None of Above
208.

_The memory resident portion of operating system is called the$?

A. Registry
B. API
C. CMOS
D. Kernel
Answer» E.
209.

_Which one of the following key is used to refresh the active window?$?

A. F7
B. F8
C. F9
D. F5
Answer» E.
210.

_A character that represents one or more unknown character is$?

A. Wildcard character
B. All file name
C. Extensions
D. None of above
Answer» B. All file name
211.

_...... transforms one interface into other interface$?

A. Program
B. Software
C. Data
D. None
Answer» C. Data
212.

_During the boot process, the ..... looks for the system file$?

A. CD
B. BIOS
C. CPU
D. DVD
Answer» C. CPU
213.

_Which of the following is not a system tool?$?

A. Scandisk
B. Drive space
C. Disk defragmenter
D. Doskey
Answer» E.
214.

_Which of the following is a disk compression tool?$?

A. Drive space
B. Scan disk
C. Defragmenter
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Scan disk
215.

Which of the following is the allocation method of a disk space?$?

A. Contiguous allocation
B. Linked allocation
C. Indexed allocation
D. All of the Above
Answer» E.
216.

Directory is similar to ......$?

A. File
B. Folder
C. Item
D. None of above
Answer» C. Item
217.

Which is not concerned with control panel?$?

A. Printer
B. Run application
C. Font
D. Keyboard
Answer» C. Font
218.

GUI means$?

A. Graphic user interface
B. Geographic user interface
C. Graphical user interface
D. Geometric user interface
Answer» D. Geometric user interface
219.

Operating System manages$?

A. Memory
B. Processor
C. I / O devices
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
220.

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» E.
221.

Essential files of MS DOS are$?

A. Command.com
B. Io.sys
C. Msdos.sys
D. All of above
Answer» E.
222.

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
Answer» E.
223.

By default we can save the file in$?

A. Desktop
B. Recycle bin
C. My document
D. My computer
Answer» D. My computer
224.

Which one of the following is not the function of Operating System?$?

A. Resource Management
B. File Management
C. Networking
D. Processor Management
Answer» D. Processor Management
225.

Which file system DOS typically use?$?

A. FAT 16
B. FAT 32
C. NTFS
D. LMFS
Answer» B. FAT 32
226.

Scandisk analyze and repair damage to which of the following?$?

A. Physical clusters
B. FAT
C. Lost clusters
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
227.

Press the ..... button to have the window fill the entire screen$?

A. Close
B. Maximize
C. Minimize
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Minimize
228.

In Microsoft windows, the graphical pattern on the desktop used as background for windows is$?

A. Icons
B. Wall paper
C. Picture
D. Background
Answer» C. Picture
229.

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

A. PageUp
B. Delete
C. PageDown
D. BackSpace
Answer» E.
230.

We can start the application from?$?

A. Log off
B. Network place
C. Recycle bin
D. Run
Answer» E.
231.

CAD software is most likely to be used by$?

A. Web designer
B. Engineers
C. Project Manager
D. Magazine Editor
Answer» C. Project Manager
232.

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
Answer» E.
233.

Which is built directly on the hardware?$?

A. Computer Environment
B. Application Software
C. Operating System
D. Database System
Answer» D. Database System
234.

You can switch from one program to another by clicking within the desired program's icon from the$?

A. Application icon on desktop
B. Application icon from taskbar
C. Folder
D. None of above
Answer» C. Folder
235.

....... 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
236.

The shortcut key to open a task manager is:$?

A. Alt + F1
B. Alt + Ctrl + Delete
C. Alt + Tab
D. F1
Answer» C. Alt + Tab
237.

Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?$?

A. Dialog box
B. Task bar
C. Start menu
D. All of the above
Answer» C. Start menu
238.

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

A. Shut Down
B. Restart
C. Sleep
D. Hibernate
Answer» C. Sleep
239.

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$?

A. Shut Down
B. Restart
C. Sleep
D. Hibernate
Answer» E.
240.

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

A. Disk space
B. Defrag
C. Scandisk
D. Double space
Answer» C. Scandisk
241.

Scandisk$?

A. Checks the disk
B. Give information about disk
C. Run from DOS mode
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
242.

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

A. Save
B. Create
C. Rename
D. All of above
Answer» B. Create
243.

A Microsoft Windows is a(n)$?

A. Operating system
B. Graphic program
C. Word Processing
D. Database program
Answer» B. Graphic program
244.

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» E.
245.

My Computer was introduced from$?

A. Windows 3.1
B. Windows 3.11
C. Windows 95
D. Windows 98
Answer» D. Windows 98
246.

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» C. When computer gets hanged frequently. Let it sleep for some time
247.

The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer$?

A. Virtual space
B. Virtual computers
C. Virtual device
D. None
Answer» C. Virtual device
248.

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

A. Internal commands
B. External commands
C. Valuable commands
D. Primary commands
Answer» C. Valuable commands
249.

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

A. DOS
B. Windows
C. Unix
D. Linux
Answer» B. Windows
250.

The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer?

A. Virtual space
B. Virtual computers
C. Virtual device
D. None
Answer» C. Virtual device