Operating Systems MCQs

1.Iftherearemultiplerecyclebinforaharddisk
a.youcansetdifferentsizeforeachrecyclebin
b.youcanchoosewhichrecyclebintousetostoreyourdeletedfiles
c.Youcanmakeanyoneofthemdefaultrecyclebin
d.Noneofabove
2.Identifyfalsestatement
a.Youcanfinddeletedfilesinrecyclebin
b.Youcanrestoreanyfilesinrecyclebinifyoueverneed
c.Youcanincreasefreespaceofdiskbysendingfilesinrecyclebin
d.YoucanrightclickandchooseEmptyRecycleBintocleanitatonce
3.Ifthedisplayedsystemtimeanddateiswrong,youcanresetitusing
a.Write
b.Calendar
c.Writefile
d.Controlpanel
4.Youshouldsaveyourcomputerfrom?
a.Viruses
b.Timebombs
c.Worms
d.Alloftheabove
5.WorldWideWebisbeingstandardby
a.Worldwidecorporation
b.W3C
c.WorldWideConsortium
d.WorldWideWebStandard
6.Acoprocessor
a.Isrelativelyeasytosupportinsoftware
b.Causesallprocessortofunctionequally
c.Workswithanyapplication
d.Isquitecommoninmoderncomputer
7.AMicrosoftWindowsis.....a(n)
a.Operatingsystem
b.Graphicprogram
c.WordProcessing
d.Databaseprogram
8.Whichofthefollowingisprogramgroup?
a.Accessories
b.Paint
c.Word
d.Allofabove
9.Whichisnotapplicationsoftware?
a.WindowsNT
b.PageMaker
c.WinWordXP
d.Photoshop
10.The.....programcompresseslargefilesintoasmallerfile
a.WinZip
b.WinShrink
c.WinStyle
d.Noneofabove

11.Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofarealtimeoperatingsystem?
a.Lynx
b.MSDOS
c.WindowsXP
d.ProcessControl
12.Whichofthefollowingoperatingsystemdoesnotimplementthemultitasking
truly?
a.Windows98
b.WindowsNT
c.WindowsXP
d.MSDOS
13.Whichofthefollowingwindowsversionsupport64bitprocessor?
a.Windows98
b.Windows2000
c.WindowsXP
d.Windows95
14.WhichofthefollowingOperatingSystemdoesnotimplementmultitasking
truly?
a.Windows98
b.WindowsNT
c.WindowsXP
d.MSDOS
15.WhatprogramrunsfirstaftercomputerisbootedandloadingGUI?
a.DesktopManager
b.FileManager
c.WindowsExplorer
d.Authentication
16.Whichofthefollowingoperatingsystemdoyouchoosetoimplementaclient
servernetwork?
a.MSDOS
b.Windows
c.Windows98
d.Windows2000
17.WhichofthefollowingOperatingsystemsisbetterforimplementinga
ClientServernetwork
a.MSDOS
b.Windows95
c.Windows98
d.Windows2000
18.MyComputerwasintroducedfrom
a.Windows3.1
b.Windows3.11
c.Windows95
d.Windows98
19.WhichofthefollowingWindowsdonothaveStartbutton
a.WindowsVista
b.Windows7
c.Windows8
d.Noneofabove
20.WhichisthelatestversionofMSWindows?
a.Windows2007
b.Windows8.1
c.Windows2008
d.Windows7
21.Whichoperatingsystemdoesn'tsupportnetworkingbetweencomputers?
a.Windows3.1
b.Windows95
c.Windows2000
d.WindowsNT
22.WhichOperatingSystemdoesn'tsupportnetworkingbetweencomputers?
a.Windows3.1
b.Windows95
c.Windows2000
d.WindowsNT
23.Whichofthefollowingdoesnotsupportmorethanoneprogramatatime?
a.DOS
b.Linux
c.Windows
d.Unix
24.Whichofthefollowingisnotanoperatingsystem?
a.DOS
b.Linux
c.Windows
d.Oracle
25.Linuxisa(n)...operatingsystem
a.Opensource
b.Microsoft
c.Windows
d.Mac
26.Whichoperatingsystemcanyougivesmallestfilename?
a.Ps/2
b.Dos
c.Windows
d.WindowsNT
27.Whichoneisnotoperatingsystem?
a.P11
b.OS/2
c.Windows
d.Unix
28.Whichofthefollowingisnotamultitaskingoperatingsystem?
a.Windows
b.Linux
c.WinNT
d.DOS
29.YoushouldchooseSleepoptionwhen
a.Thecomputeristiredafterworkingforthewholeday
b.Youareleavingforaveryshorttimeandwanttoresumeyouworkshortly
c.Whencomputergetshangedfrequently.Letitsleepforsometime
d.Youfinishworkingandgoingtobed
30.The....displaysthenameofeverycomputeruseronthecomputer
a.Wishlistscreen
b.Commandscreen
c.Welcomescreen
d.Noneoftheabove
31.Thecategoryofsoftwaremostappropriateforcontrollingthedesignand
layoutofcomplexdocumentlikenewslettersandbrochureis:
a.Wordprocessing
b.Computeraideddesign
c.Webpageauthoring
d.Desktoppublishing
32.Whichoneisnotasystemtool?
a.Backup
b.Diskdefragment
c.Virusscanning
d.Alloftheabove
33.ThememorywhichallocatesspaceforDOSandapplicationiscalled
a.Expandedmemory
b.Cachememory
c.Virtualmemory
d.Conventionalmemory
34.Theoperatingsystemcreates...fromthephysicalcomputer
a.Virtualspace
b.Virtualcomputer
c.Virtualdevice
d.None
35.Theoperatingsystemcreates_____fromthephysicalcomputer
a.Virtualspace
b.Virtualcomputers
c.Virtualdevice
d.None
36.Whichmenubarselectionwouldyouaccesstoopenfile?
a.Option
b.Help
c.View
d.Noneofabove
37.WhichmodeloadsminimalsetofdriverswhenstartingWindows?
a.SafeMode
b.NormalMode
c.VGAMode
d.NetworkSupportMode
38.Whichofthefollowingareloadedinsafemode?
a.Keyboarddriver
b.Mousedriver
c.VGAdrive
d.Allofabove
39.A....isanamedlocationonadiskwherefilesarestored
a.Folder
b.Pod
c.Version
d.Noneoftheabove
40.Whichcommandisusedtoseetheversionofoperatingsystem?
a.Vol
b.Version
c.Ver
d.Noneoftheabove
41.Whichtypeofcommandrequiresadditionalfilestoperformspecific
operations?
a.Internalcommands
b.Externalcommands
c.Valuablecommands
d.Primarycommands
42.Whichofthefollowingissystemsoftware?
a.Operatingsystem
b.Compiler
c.Utilities
d.Alloftheabove
43.Auserinterfacethatiseasytouseisconsideredtobe
a.Userhappy
b.Usersimple
c.Userfriendly
d.Noneoftheabove
44.A....isaflashmemorystoragedevicethatpluginsintoaUSBport
a.USBsnapdrive
b.USBflashdrive
c.USBmemorymakerdrive
d.Noneofabove
45.The....isthedrivecontainingthefilestobecopied
a.Sourcedrive
b.Destinationdrive
c.USBdrive
d.Noneoftheabove
46.Thenumberofcharactercontainedinprimaryname(DOS)?
a.Upto8characters
b.3characters
c.Upto10characters
d.Noneoftheabove
47.Whichoneofthefollowingisnotamultitaskingoperatingsystem?
a.DOS
b.Windows
c.Unix
d.Linux
48.ThemostrecentversionofMACOSisbasedonthe...operatingsystem
a.Windows
b.Linux
c.Unix
d.CMOS
49.The...operatingsystemwasinitiallycreatedintheearly1970satATandT'sBell
Labs
a.Linux
b.DOS
c.Unix
d.GNU
50.Whichcommandisusedtoundeleteabunchoffileswithextension.docthat
youhavejustdeleted?
a.Undelete
b.Undelete/all
c.Undelete*.doc
d.Allofabove
51.WhichcommandisusedtodisplaythecontentsofthetextfileofDOS?
a.Copycon
b.Copy
c.Type
d.Dir
52.InWindows,startbuttonisusedto
a.Runapplications
b.Devicesetting
c.Turnoffthesystem
d.Allofabove
53.WhichofthefollowingisanessentialfileofaMSDOSbootdisk?
a.COMMAND.COM
b.START.COM
c.TREE.COM
d.VER.COM
54.Whichoneistrueforunconditionaldiskformatting?
a.Destroyseverybyteofdataonadiskbyoverwritingitwithwithblankspaces
b.Donotcheck/scansurfaceafterformat
c.Transfersystemfilesafterformat
d.Allofabove
55.Oncetexthasbeencuttotheclipboard,youcan.....thattextintoanotherdocument
a.Paste
b.Copy
c.Transfer
d.Noneoftheabove
56.Whatisthefunctionofradiobutton?
a.Toselectmultipleoption
b.Toselectsingleoption
c.Toselectalloption
d.Allofabove
57.TheBanker'salgorithmisused
a.torectifydeadlock
b.todetectdeadlock
c.topreventdeadlock
d.toslovedeadlock
58.Theprimarypurposeofanoperatingsystemis:
a.Tomakethemostefficientuseofthecomputerhardware
b.Toallowpeopletousethecomputer,
c.Tokeepsystemsprogrammersemployed
d.Tomakecomputerseasiertouse
59.Theprimarypurposeofanoperatingsystemisa...
a.Tomakethemostefficientuseofcomputerhardware
b.Toallowpeopletousethecomputer
c.Tokeepsystemprogrammeremployed
d.Tomakecomputereasiertouse
60.Youcanuseprintmanagewindow
a.Tocheckstatusoffilesintheprintqueue
b.Tocanceltheprintjob
c.Tointerruptprinting
d.Alloftheabove
61.Whichofthefollowingoperatingsystemreadsandreactsinactualtime?
a.QuickResponseSystem
b.RealTimeSystem
c.TimeSharingSystem
d.BatchProcessingSystem
62.AllofthefollowingareTRUEregardingvirtualmemoryEXCEPT
a.AnyamountofRAMcanbeallocatedtovirtualmemory
b.Thesettingfortheamountofharddiskdrivespacetoallocatevirtualmemory
canbemanuallychange
c.Thistemporarystorageiscalledtheswapfileorpagefile
d.Virtualmemoryisthephysicalspaceotheharddrive
63.TheessentialdifferencebetweenanoperatingsystemlikeLinuxandonelike
Windowsisthat
a.WindowscanrunwithanIntelprocessor,whereasLinuxcannot
b.LinuxisaproprietarywhereasWindowsisnot
c.TherearemultipleversionsofLinux,butonlyoneversionofWindows
d.AnyprogrammercanmodifyLinuxcodewhichisnotpermittedwithWindows
64.Whatisdispatchlatency?
a.Thetimetakenbythedispatchertostoponeprocessandstartanother
b.Thetimetakenbytheprocessortowriteafileintodisk
c.Thewholetimetakenbyallprocessor
d.NoneofAbove
65.Apagefaultoccurswhen
a.theDeadlockhappens
b.theSegmentationstarts
c.thepageisfoundinthememory
d.thepageisnotfoundinthememory
66.Wheneveryoumoveadirectoryfromonelocationtoanother
a.Allfilesinsidethedirectoryaremoved
b.Allthesubdirectoryinsidethatdirectoryaremoved
c.Thedirectoryismovedthesourcefileisnotmoved
d.Bothaandb
67.TheBasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)residesin
a.RAM
b.ROM
c.TheCPU
d.MemoryCache
68.Whichofthefollowingdoesnotoccurduringthepoweronselftest(POST)?
a.Thescandiskutilitybeginstorun
b.Thevideocardandvideomemoryaretested
c.TheBIOSidentificationprocessoccurs
d.Memorychiparecheckedtoensurethattheyareworkingproperly
69.Themaximumsizeofawritefileislimitedtoonly
a.Nameofthefile
b.Extensionofthefile
c.Theamountofmemoryinyourcomputer
d.Allofabove
70.Whichofthefollowingisdropdownlist?
a.List
b.Combobox
c.Textarea
d.None
71.Recentlydeletedfilesarestoredin
a.Recyclebin
b.Desktop
c.Taskbar
d.Mycomputer
72.WhichcomponentsappearintheinitialWindowsstartupdisplay?
a.Dialogboxes
b.Startmenu
c.Taskbar
d.Allofabove
73.Asmallpartoftaskbarthathasiconsofbackgroundrunningapplicationsis
a.Startbutton
b.Quicklaunch
c.Taskbar
d.Systemtray
74.AnoperatingsystemversiondesignedforusewithamediacenterPC
isMicrosoftWindowsXP
a.Homeedition
b.Mediacenteredition
c.TabletPCedition
d.Noneofabove
75.AnoperatingsystemversiondesignedforusewithatabletPCisMicrosoft
WindowsXP
a.Homeedition
b.Mediacenteredition
c.TabletPCedition
d.Noneoftheabove
76.Thedateandtimedisplayson
a.Taskbar
b.Statusbar
c.Systemtray
d.Launchpad
77.....runsonacomputerhardwareandservesasaplatformforothersystemto
runon
a.Operatingsystem
b.Applicationsystem
c.Systemsoftware
d.Allofabove
78.Whichrunsoncomputerhardwareandserveasplatformforothersoftware
torunon?
a.OperatingSystem
b.ApplicationSoftware
c.SystemSoftware
d.All
79....istheprogramrunonacomputerwhenthecomputerbootsup
a.Systemsoftware
b.Operatingsystem
c.Systemoperations
d.None
80.Whichisthefirstprogramrunonacomputerwhenthecomputerbootsup?
a.Systemsoftware
b.Operatingsystem
c.Systemoperations
d.None
81.The....containscommandsassociatedwiththeMyComputerwindow
a.Standardmenu
b.Startmenu
c.Systemmenu
d.Noneoftheabove
82.....isthelayerofacomputersystembetweenthehardwareandtheuser
program
a.Operatingenvironment
b.Operatingsystem
c.Systemenvironment
d.Noneofthese
83.Whichisthelayerofacomputersystembetweenthehardwareandtheuser
program
a.Operatingenvironment
b.Operatingsystem
c.Systemenvironment
d.None
84.WhenyoustartupthecomputerthebootupstorageatwhichtheBIOS
versionsmanufactureranddataaredisplayedonthemonitoriscalled
a.Bootstrap
b.Poweronselftest(POST)
c.Systemconfiguration
d.Kernelloading
85.Theoperatingsystemisthemostcommontypeof....Software
a.Communication
b.Application
c.System
d.Wordprocessingsoftware
86.Whichofthefollowingis/areexternalcommands?
a.Edit
b.Label
c.Sys
d.Allofabove
87.Whichisnotanexternalcommand?
a.Edit
b.XCOPY
c.Sys
d.Noneoftheabove
88.Whichofthefollowingisnotessentialtoshutdownyourcomputer?
a.Saveallopenedfiles
b.Closeallrunningapplications
c.Switchoffmonitor
d.Cutoffthepowersupply
89.WhatisDr.Watson?
a.ITExpert
b.Diagnosistool
c.Surgeon
d.None
90.Thecommandallowsyoutocreatelogicaldrive
a.Sort
b.Path
c.Subst
d.Batch
91.Thecommandusedtocreatelogicaldriveforspecificlocationofdisk
a.Fdisk
b.Format
c.Subst
d.Alloftheabove
92.Youcanmoveawindowtoadifferentpositiononyourscreenbydraggingit
byits
a.Movehandle
b.Tail
c.Statusbar
d.Titlebar
93.Abarthatinformyoutheavailableoptionsinyourcomputer,opened
applications,backgroundrunningapplicationsandcanbeusedtoswitch
betweenapplicationsquicklyis
a.Menubar
b.Toolbar
c.Statusbar
d.Taskbar
94.Whichcomponentsappearintheinitialwindowsstartupdisplay?
a.Dialogbox
b.Taskbar
c.Startmenu
d.Alloftheabove
95.Taskbarisusedfor
a.Navigationprogram
b.Switchingbetweenprogram
c.Startaprogram
d.Allofabove
96.Toinstallthenewfont
a.Start>setting>controlpanel>font
b.Start>setting>controlpanel>font>installnewfont
c.Start>controlpanel>font>installnewfont
d.Start>setting>font
97.Whenaperipheraldeviceneedsimmediateattentionfromtheoperating
system,itgeneratesa(n)
a.Interrupt
b.Spool
c.Stack
d.Pagefile
98.Underlinedtext,suchastextandfoldernamesisreferredtoas
a.Hyperlink
b.Menu
c.Sourcedrive
d.Noneofthese
99.Whichofthefollowingissuitableafteryouinstallnewdrivers?
a.ShutDown
b.Restart
c.Sleep
d.Hibernate
100.Windowsdisplaysvariousoptionstoshutdown.Whichissuitableattheend
ofday?
a.ShutDown
b.Restart
c.Sleep
d.Hibernate
 Correct Answers
1a 2c 3d 4d 5b 6a 7a 8a 9a 10 a
11 d 12 d 13 C 14 d 15 d 16 d 17 d 18 c 19 c 20 b
21 a 22 a 23 a 24 d 25 a 26 b 27 a 28 d 29 b 30 c
31 d 32 c 33 d 34 b 35 b 36 d 37 a 38 d 39 a 40 c
41 b 42 d 43 c 44 b 45 a 46 a 47 a 48 c 49 c 50 - c
51 c 52 d 53 a 54 a 55 a 56 b 57 c 58 a 59 a 60 d
61 b 62 a 63 d 64 a 65 d 66 d 67 b 68 a 69 c 70 b
71 a 72 c 73 d 74 b 75 c 76 c 77 a 78 a 79 b 80 b
81 c 82 b 83 b 84 b 85 c 86 d 87 d 88 c 89 b 90 c
91 c 92 a 93 d 94 b 95 d 96 b 97 a 98 a 99 b 100 - a