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This section includes 358 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer Fundamentals knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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 | |