1. DOS stands for_________.
a) Disk operating system
b) Drive operating system
c) Disk operation socket
d) disk open supply
Ans. A
2. In a single unit of computer we can use more than _______Operating System (OS), but at a time we may run only ______ OS.
(a) 1 , 1
(b) 2, 2
(c) 3, 3
(d) 4, 3
Answer: (a)
3. GUI stands for_________.
a) Graphical user interface
b) Graphics uniq icon
c) group user interface
d) game user interface
Ans. A
4. UNIX stands for __________.
a) union interface Xerox
b) user normal interface
c) user normal interface
d) Unicode information computing system, source
Ans. D
5. Unix operating system developed in year_____.
a) 1969
b) 1981
c) 1984
d) 1954
Ans. A
6. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie developed an operating system name______
a) MAC
b) window
c) UNIX
d) Linux
Ans. C
7. ________ is an open source software.
a) UNIX
b) LINUX
c) Window
d) MAC
Ans. B
8. The first linux kernel was released in ________.
a) 1991
b) 1992
c) 1999
d) 1984
Ans. A
9. The computer and software system that control the machine is called _______
(a) Embedded System
(b) Operating System
(c) Memory System
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
10. MAC operating system was developed by ________.
a) Steve jobs
b) Abhinandan
c) sunder pichai
d) Dennis Richie
Ans. A
11.The components that process data are located in ________
(a) Processing Unit
(b) System Unit
(c) Operating Unit
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
12. Operating system is the most common type of ________ software.
a) System
b) Application
c) Utility
d) Symbian
Ans. A
13. Multitasking and multiuser is feature of _____.
a) Linux
b) Window
c) Symbian
d) Mac
Ans. a
14. The pc and the apple mac are example of ________
a) software
b) application
c) company
d) platforms
Ans. D
15. An operating system is said to be multiuser if more than______ user can work simultaneously.
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
Ans. A
16. The computer and software system that control the machine is __________.
a) control system
b) embedded system
c) operating system
d) firmware software
Ans. b
17. Data and program stored in main memory when _________.
a) the processor uses them
b) computer on
c) computer off
d) computer connected to internet
Ans. a
18. Computer Process data into info By working exclusively with _________
a) Codes
b) Numbers
c) Programming language
d) Processing language
Ans. b
19. When creating a computer program, the_________ designs the structure of the program.
a) System Analyst
b) Compute programmer
c) Computer designer
d) Programmer
Ans. a
20. ______is a computer program that directly executes instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without requiring them previously to have been compiled into a machine language program.
a) Compiler
b) Assembler
c) Language converter
d) interpreter
Ans. D
21. _________is a computer program that translate and executes
program at run time line by line.
a) Compiler
b) Assembler
c) Language converter
d) interpreter
Ans. d
22. Inheritance is an ______Principle.
a) OOP
b) Programming
c) Object oriented
d) Internet
Ans. a
23.Which one is an example for OS?
A. Antivirus
B. Windows
C. MS Office
D. Macromedia
Ans. b
24.Which acts as an intermediate between a user and a computer?
A. Macros
B. Antivirus
C. MS Office
D. Operating system
Ans. d
25. Where does the minimized application reside in windows?
A. Task bar
B. My computer
C. My Document
D. Recent documents
Ans. a
26.Which control panel applet gives the information of computer?
A. System and security
B. Hardware and sound
C. Programs
D. Appearance and personalization
Ans. a
27. What is the extension of applet files in control panel?
A .Ctl
B. Cpl
C. Cal
D. Csl
Ans. b
28. Which is the order of files and directories in Windows
Explore?
A. Serially
B. Sequentially
C. hierarchically
D. Alphabetically
Ans. c
29. What steps should be taken, if windows not updated
automatically?
A. start - control panel - settings - add programs - enable
automatic update
B. start - setting - control panel - system - enable automatic
updated
C. re- install windows OS
D. restart windows
Ans. b
30. What should be done, if the pen drive is not deducted?
A. Device Manger → right click on USB root hub → disable device
B. Device Manger → right click on USB root hub → enable device
C. Device Manger → right click on USB root hub → scan for hardware
changes
D. Device Manger → right click on USB root hub → Update drives
Ans. b
31.If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard disk
a) You can set different size for each recycle bin
b) You can make any one of them default recycle bin
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. a
32. Identify false statement
a) You can find deleted files in recycle bin
b) You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle
bin
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. b
33. If the displayed system time and date is wrong, you can reset
it using _____
(a) MS Word
(b) Paint
(c) Display Setting
(d) Control Panel
Ans. (d) Control Panel
34. You should save your computer from?
a) Viruses
b) Time bombs
c) Worms
d) All of these
Ans. d
35. A Microsoft windows is a(n) _______
(a) Application Software
(b) Open Source Software
(c) Volatile Memory
(d) Operating system
Ans. (d) Operating system
36. A co-processor _____
a) is relatively easy to support in software.
b) works with any application.
c) is relatively easy to support in hardware.
d) is relatively easy to support in networking.
Ans. a
37. Which of the following is a program group?
a) Accessories
b) Word
c) Paint
d) All of these
Ans. a
38. Which of the following is not application software?
a) Windows NT
b) Page Maker
c) MS Office
d) Tally Erp 9
Ans. a
39. The ____ Program compresses large files into a smaller file
(a) Tally
(b) Photoshop
(c) Windows
(d) WinZip
Ans. (d) WinZip
40. Which of the following is an example of a real time operating
system?
a) Lynx
b) MS DOS
c) Window XP
d) Process Control
Ans. d
41. Which of the following operating system does not implement the
multitasking truly?
a) Window 98
b) MS DOS
c) Windows 10
d) Windows XP
Ans. b
42. Which of the following windows version support 64 bit
processor?
a) window 98
b) window XP
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. b
43. What program runs first after computer is booted and loading
GUI?
a) Desktop manager
b) Authentication
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. b)
44. Which of the following operating system is better for
implementing a client-server network
a) MS DOS
b) Windows 2000
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. b)
45. Which is the latest version of MS windows?
a) Window 2008
b) Windows 10
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. b)
46. Which operating system doesn’t support networking between
computers?
a) Windows 3.1
b) Windows 95
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. a)
47. Which of the following does not support more than one program
at a time?
a) DOS
b) Linux
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. a)
48. Which of the following is not an operating system?
a) DOS
b) Oracle
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. b)
49. Linux is a(n)____ operating system.
(a) Hard
(b) Low
(c) First
(d) Open source
Ans. (d) Open source
50. Which operating system can you give smallest file name?
a) Windows
b) DOS
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. b)
51. Which one is not operating system?
a) P11
b) OS/2
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. a)
52. Which of the following is not a multitasking operating system?
a) Windows
b) DOS
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. b)
53. 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) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. b)
54. The ____ displays the name of every computer user on the
computer
a) Wish list screen
b) Welcome screen
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. b)
55. The category of software most appropriate for controlling the
design and layout of complex document like newsletters and brochure is:
a) Word Processing
b) Computer aided design
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. a)
56. Which one is not a system tool?
a) Backup
b) Virus scanning
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Ans. c
57. The memory which allocated space for DOS and application is
called____
(a) System Memory
(b) RAM
(c) ROM
(d) Conventional memory
Ans. (d) Conventional
memory
58. The operating system creates ____ from the physical computer.
(a) Physical Computer
(b) Physiological Computer
(c) Mechanical Computer
(d) Virtual computers
Ans. (d) Virtual computers
59. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting windows?
a) Safe mode
b) Normal mode
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
Ans. a)
60. Which of the following are loaded in Safe mode?
a) Keyboard driver
b) Mouse driver
c) VGA drive
d) All of these
Ans. d
61. A ____ is a named location on a disk where files are stored
(a) Folder
(b) File
(c) Memory
(d) ROM
Answer: (a) Folder
62. Which type of command requires additional files to perform
specific operations?
(a) Internal Commands
(b) External commands
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) External commands
63. Which of the following is system software?
a) Operating system
b) Compiler
c) Utilities
d) All of these
Ans. d)
64. A user interface that is easy to use is considered to be
a) User happy
b) User simple
c) User friendly
d) None of these
Ans. c)
65. The ____ is the drive containing the files to be copied
a) Source drive
b) Destination drive
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans. a
66. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the ____
operating system.
a) Windows
b) Linux
c) UNIX
d) CMOS
Ans. c
67. In windows, start button is used to
a) Run applications
b) Device setting
c) Turn off system
d) All of these
Ans. d)
68. Which one is true for
unconditional disk formatting?
a) Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with
blank spaces
b) Do not check/scan surface after format
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans. a)
69. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can _____ that
text into another document
(a) Print
(b) Copy
(c) Paste
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Paste
70. Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in
actual time?
a) Quick Response system
b) Real Time System
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans. b)
71. 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 can be manually change
c) This temporary storage is called the swap file or page
d) Virtual memory is the physical space of the hard drive
Ans. a)
72. The essential
difference between an operating system like linux and one like windows is that
____
(a) Any programmer cannot modify linux code which is permitted
with windows
(b) Any programmer can modify linux code which is not permitted
with windows
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. (b) Any programmer can modify linux code which is not
permitted with windows
73. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in _____
(a) RAM
(b) CD Drive
(c) CMOS
(d) ROM
Ans. (d) ROM
74. Which of the following does not occur during the
Power-on-self-test (POST)?
a) The scan disk utility begins to run
b) The video card and video memory are tested
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. a)
75. Recently deleted files are stored in____.
(a) D Drive
(b) E Drive
(c) Control Panel
(d) Recycle bin
Ans. (d) Recycle bin
76. Which components appear in the initial Windows start up
display?
a) Dialog box
b) Taskbar
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. b)
77. A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running
application is____
a) Task bar
b) System tray
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. b)
78. An operating system version designed for use with a media
center PC is Microsoft WindowsXP ____
a) Home edition
b) Media center edition
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. b)
79. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC
is Microsoft Windows XP ____
a) Home edition
b) Tablet PC edition
c) Professional
d) Manual
Ans. b)
80. ____ runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for
other system to run on.
(a) Application Software
(b) Internet
(c) Recycle Bin
(d) Operating System
Ans. (d) Operating system
81. Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer
boots up?
(a) Operating system
(b) Application Software
(c) Open Source Software
(d) Licensed Software
Ans. (a) Operating system
82. The _____ contains commands associated with the my computer
window.
a) Start menu
b) System menu
c) File Menu
d) Edit Menu
Ans. b)
83. _____ is the layer of a computer system between the hardware
and the user program.
(a) Operating system
(b) Application Software
(c) Open Source Software
(d) Licensed Software
Ans. (a) Operating system
84. When you start up the computer the boot up storage at which
the BIOS version manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called____
(a) Power on sacrifice test (POST)
(b) Power on self terminology (POST)
(c) Present on self test (POST)
(d) Power on self test (POST)
Ans. (d) Power on self test (POST)
85. The operating system is the most common type of ____ software.
(a) Application
(b) Open Source
(c) System
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) System
86. Which of the following is not essential to shut down your
computer?
a) Save all opened files
b) Switch off monitor
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Ans. b)
87. You can move window to a different position on your screen by
dragging it by its_____
(a) Cut handle
(b) Copy handle
(c) Move handle
(d) Paste handle
Ans. (c) Move handle
88. A bar that informs you that available options in your
computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used
to switch between applications quickly is ______
(a) Menu Bar
(b) Computer Bar
(c) Edit Bar
(d) Task bar
Ans. (d) Task bar
89. Which components appear in the initial windows start up
display?
a) Task bar
b) Start menu
c) Both (a) and (b) are true
d) Both (a) and (b) are false
Ans. a)
90. Taskbar is used for ___
a) Navigation program
b) Switching between program
c) Start a program
d) All of these
Ans. d)
91. How to install the new
font in window XP?
(a) Start > setting > control panel > font > Install
new font
(b) Start > setting > MS Office > font > Install new
font
(c) Start > setting > Paint > font > Install new font
(d) Taskbar > setting > control panel > font > Install
Old font
Ans. (a) Start > setting > control panel > font > Install
new font
92. When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the
operation system, it generates a _____
a) Spool
b) Interrupt
c) Printing document
d) None of these
Ans. b)
93. Windows displays various options to shut down. Which is
suitable at the end of day?
a) shut down
b) Restart
c) Sleep
d) Hibernate
Ans. a)
94. Which shutdown method is often called warm boot?
a) shut down
b) Restart
c) Sleep
d) Hibernate
Ans. b) Restart
95. _____ is most often done after fixing a problem, adding a new
program or making configuration change.
a) shut down
b) Restart
c) Sleep
d) Hibernate
Ans. b) Restart
96. _____is a compromise mode between shut down and sleep mode
because it does not consume power and remembers the current state of your
desktop.
a) shut down
b) Restart
c) Sleep
d) Hibernate
Ans. d) Hibernate
97. You should choose _______ 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
Ans. d) Hibernate
98. The category of operating system that you most likely have
running on your PDA computer is a _____ Operating system.
(a) Double users, Double
Tasks
(b) Triple Users, Triple Tasks
(c) Single user, single task
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) Single user, single task
99. Running multiple program at the same time is called:
(a) Tripletasking
(b) Doubletasking
(c) Singletasking
(d) Multitasking
Ans. (d) Multitasking
100. What is the meaning of “Hibernate” in Windows XP/Windows 7?
(a) Shutdown the computer without closing the running applications.
(b) Sleep the computer without closing the running applications.
(c) Restart the computer without closing the running applications.
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Shutdown the computer without closing the running
applications.
101. What do you mean by dialog box?
a) Interactive message box
b) Group of options
c) set of controls
d) All of these
Ans. d
102. To properly exit Windows
a) Click the stop button on the desktop
b) Select shut down from Start menu
Ans. b
103. Which is not a system tool?
a) Folder
b) Backup
Ans. a
104. A utility that can be used to minimize the number of
fragmented files and enhance the speed
a) Disk space
b) Defrag
Ans. b
105. How can you optimize performance of your computer?
a) Delete unused files
b) Defrag disk
c) Scan for virus
d) All of these
Ans. d
106. Recently used application file list appears in the Windows
operating system
a) Setting menu
b) Documents menu
Ans. b
107. The title bar always displays on
Ans. Top of the open windows
108. Booting means
Ans. Restarting computer
109.When you open my computer on desktop you see the information
of
a) Hard disk
b) CD
c) Removable disk
d) All of these
Ans. d
110. _____ is an intermediate storage for deleted files
Ans. Recycle bin
111. We can start the application from?
a) Network place
b) Run
Ans. b
112. Which of the following is not process states?
a) New
b) Running
c) Ready
d) Finished
Ans. d
113. Save operation mean____
Ans. Put data into secondary storage
114. A spooler is a ____
Ans. Program that coordinates the print job that are waiting to
process.
115. The problem with ____ file is that they slow your computer‟s
operation.
a) Fragmented
b) Formatted
Ans. a
116. User action such as keystroke or mouse click are referred to
as_______
Ans. Event
117. 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 these
Ans. d
118. To display a shortcut menu for an object you use.
Ans. Right click the object
119. Which of the following separate primary file and extension is___
a) Dot
b) Period
c) Point
d) All of these
Ans. d
120. In Microsoft windows, the graphical pattern on the desktop
used as background for windows is______
Ans. Wall paper
121. 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) Provide an interface for user to interact with computer
Ans. c
122. Which of the following is not a Operating system?
a) CP/M
b) Pascal
Ans. b
123. Operating system is like a______
a) Government
b) Parliament
Ans. a
124. Underlined character on the menu or dialog box known as ____
a) Hot spot
b) Hot key
Ans. b
125. Start/ Restart the computer is called ____
Ans. Boot
126. Which file is transferred when computer is start up?
Ans. System files
127. Which is built directly on the hardware?
Ans. Operating system
128. _____ system is built directly on the hardware.
Ans. Operating
129. The Purpose of Run command in start menu is to ____
Ans. Start Programs
130. You can select My
computer icon and press Alt + Enter to ___
Ans. Open System Properties dialog box.
131. Generally quick launch toolbar is displayed on____
Ans. the left side of taskbar.
132. Which file system Windows 95 typically use?
a) FAT 16
b) FAT 32
Ans. b
133. Which of the following is not a mode in starting Windows?
a) Command Prompt
b) Safe Mode
c) Normal Mode
d) Turbo Mode
Ans. d
134. Which is the default mode for Windows to start?
Ans. Normal mode
135. NTFS stands for ________
Ans. New Technology File System
136. Which of the following is not the function of Operating
System?
a) Resource Management
b) File management
c) Networking
d) Processor Management
Ans. c
137. The following applications may appear on system tray except
a) System Clock
b) Volume Control
c) Network Connection
d) MS Office Suite
Ans. d
138. What is the default location of saving and opening file?
Ans. My documents
139. The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a ____
Ans. Embedded OS.
140. UNIX operating system is a(n) _____
a) Time sharing operating system
b) Multi-user operating system
c) Multi-tasking operating system
d) All of these
Ans. d
141. The ability of an operating system to control the activities
of multiple program at the same time is called _____
Ans. Multitasking
142. _____ is used in operating system to separate mechanism from
policy.
a) Single level implementation
b) Two level implementation
Ans. b
143. Which Operating system doesn’t support long file names?
a) OS/2
b) Windows 95
c) MS DOS
d) Windows NT
Ans. c
144. We need system files to run____
a) MS word
b) MS Excel
c) MS DOS
d) MS Access
Ans. c
145. What is the function of folder?
a) Save files
b) Delete files
c) Move files
d) All of these
Ans. d
146. Which button might you find in a Windows title bar?
a) Close button
b) Maximize button
c) Minimize button
d) All of these
Ans. d
147. Press the ____ button to have the window fill the entire
screen
Ans. Maximize
148. Which windows features can be accessed from the start menu?
a) Help
b) Window Explorer
c) Microsoft Network
d) All of these
Ans. d
149. _____ are list of commands that appear on the screen
Ans. Menus
150. A real time operating system in most likely to be used for
which of the following task ?
a) Controlling access to a shared printer in a network
b) Controlling the fuel injections system of an automobile engines
Ans. b
151. An operating system is a program or a group of programs that ________
a) Helps in checking the spelling of word
b) Manages the resources of the computer
Ans. b
152. What is the function of an operating system?
a) Manages computer’s resources very efficiently
b) Takes care of scheduling jobs for execution
c) Manages the flow of data and instructions
d) All of these
Ans. d
153. The Primary job of the operating system is ______
a) Mange Commands
b) Manage Resources
Ans. b
154. _____ is a new windows feature that offers a number of
methods for searching for a file or folder? Ans. Find
155. When we double click on my computer then _____
Ans. show the list of our
computer drives.
156. Which of the following
is the part of the operating system?
a) Cell
b) FAT
c) Kernel
d) Disk
Ans. c
157. The Operating feature integrates the file created in
different application into WebPages is called ____
Ans. Web integration
158. Operating system manages ______
a) Memory
b) Processor
c) I /O devices
d) All of these
Ans. d
159. Use of icons and windows are characteristics of _____
interface.
Ans. Graphical user
160. Windows can run _____
a) One application only
b) Two applications
c) Four applications
d) All of these
Ans. d
161. Fonts install from _____
a) Add from control panel
b) Font setup file
c) Font.exe file
d) All of these
Ans. d
162. Which is not concerned with control panel?
a) Printer
b) Run application
c) Font
d) Keyboard
Ans. b
163. Press ____ key while booting to display Advanced Boot Menu
Ans. F8
164. Multiprogramming systems_____
Ans. Execute more jobs in the same time period
165. Which of the following appear in Windows menu bar?
a) Help
b) File
c) Edit
d) All of these
Ans. d
166. The operating system allows the user to organize the
computer’s contents in a hierarchical structure of directories that include all
of the following except:
a) Files
b) Folders
c) Drives
d) System
Ans. d
167. Desktop provides ___
a) work spaces
b) Display program
Ans. a
168. Which of the following is not a system tool?
a) Scandisk
b) Drive space
c) Disk defragmenter
d) Doskey
Ans. d
169. The program that is responsible for loading the operating
system into RAM is called ____
Ans. Bootstrap program
170. System files allocated at ____
Ans. Boot area
171. _____ transforms one interface into other interface.
a) Program
b) Software
c) Data
d) None
Ans. b
172. _____ interface consists of thing like program counter,
register, interrupts and terminal.
Ans. Hardware
173. _____ shows characteristics with both hardware and software.
Ans. Operating system
174. Which of the following resources must be protected by the
operating system?
a) I /O
b) Memory
c) CPU
d) All of these
Ans. d
175. Font folder is located on_____
Ans. Control Panel folder
176. From where do you change mouse setting?
Ans. Control Panel > Mouse
177. Part of the POST process in to ensure that the test of
essential peripheral device coincides with the hardware configuration that
stored in_____
Ans. CMOS
178. The memory resident portion of operating system is called the
_____
Ans. Kernel
179. Boot startup process ______
Ans. Loads system files to
RAM
180. Small pictures appear on the desktop is called____
Ans. Icon
181. A graphical user interface displays ____
a) Graphics
b) Text
c) Both A and B
Ans. c
182. To change the screen saver you can go from _____
a) Control panel display
b) Right click in desktop and properties
c) Both A and B
Ans. c
183. You can add or remove program from _____
Ans. Add/Remove program from control panel
184. An embedded object might appear in a document as ____
Ans. Embedding
185. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special
type of absolute loader called____
Ans. Bootstrap loader
186. In which type of the OS, the response time is very crucial.
Ans. Real time Operating system
187. Which of the following is a correct association between a
vendor and an operating system?
a) Redhat Linux
b) Microsoft Unix
Ans. a
188. ______ controls the way in which the computer system
functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.
Ans. The Operating system
189. Which one of the following is not a layer of operating
system?
a) Kernel
b) Shell
c) Application program
d) Critical selection
Ans. d
190. Which is not the function of the operating system?
a) Memory management
b) Disk management
c) Application management
d) Virus protection
Ans. d
191. Internet Explorer is _____
a) An internet browser
b) Provided by Windows OS
c) An access point for World wide web
d) All of these
Ans. d
192. The windows feature is the ability of computer to
automatically configure a new hardware component is that_____
Ans. Plug and play
193. Which of the following is not a part of the control panel?
a) Date and time
b) My documents
c) Add or remove program
d) Display
Ans. b
194. The _____ provides information about hardware installation,
configuration and hardware status Ans. Device manager
195. A program in execution is called____
Ans. A Process
196. When was MS Windows operating system introduced?
Ans. 1985
197. The First operating system was developed in_____
Ans. 1956
198. The maximum length of any single path from the root directory
is ____
Ans. 63
199. The part of machine level instruction, which tells the
central processor that has to be done, is ___
Ans. Operation code
200. A system program that combined modules of a program into a
form suitable for execution is called____
Ans. Linking loader
201. Process is ____
Ans. A program in execution
202. Addressing structure______
Ans. Defines the
fundamental method of determining effective operand addresses.
203. Supervisor state is_____
Ans. only allowed to the
operating system
204. User-Friendly Systems are: _______
a) easy to develop
b) Becoming more common
Ans. b
205. A system program that sets up an executable program in main
memory ready for execution is____
Ans. Loader
206. Which of the following are loaded into main memory when the
computer is booted?
Ans. internal command instructions
207. What is the name given to the organized collection of
software that controls the overall operation of a computer?
Ans. Operating system
208. System generation: ____
Ans. various in difficulty between systems
209. What is the name of the operating system for the laptop
computer called MacLite?
Ans. OZ
210. Memory management is:______
Ans. critical for even the
simplest operating system
211. What is the name given to all the programs inside the
computer with makes it usable?
Ans. System software
212. Which of the following is characteristic of an operating
system?
a) resource management
b) error recovery
c) memory management
d) All of these
Ans. d
213. Capacity planning is independent of the _______
Ans. Operating system
214. What is the name of the operating system that reads and
reacts in terms of actual time?
Ans. Real time system
215. The operating system of a computer serves as a software
interface between the user and___
Ans. Hardware
216. When you rename a file five times then the number of file in
the disk is___
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 5
Ans. a
217. CUI stands for__________.
a) code unit interface
b) character user interface
c) company unit information
d) command unit interface
Ans. b
218. A Translator is described as _______ software.
a) System
b) utility
Ans. a
219. MAC operating system was developed in _________ .
a) 1985
b) 1984
c) 1999
d) 1981
Ans. b
220. ________ is the first program run on a computer when the
computer boots up.
a) Applications
b) Microsoft office
c) desktop
d) operating system
Ans. d
221. ________ is the program that is used to find out possible
faults and their causes.
a) system
b) application
c) diagnostic software
d) ubantu
Ans. c
222. What is meant by dedicated computer?
a) Which is assigned one and only one task.
b) which can do work separately
c) which is complete computer
d) which can do work fast
Ans. a
223.What is the function of OS?
A. calculation
B. word processing
C. drawing pictures
D. process & memory management
Ans. d
224.Which tool in control panel is used to adjust your computer
setting to control computer with voice command?
A. System and security
B. Appearance and personalization
C. Hardware and sound
D. Ease of access
Ans. d
225.Which shortcut key is used to copy and paste a file folder?
A. Ctrl+ X and Ctrl + V
B. Ctrl + A and Ctrl + V
C. Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + V
D. Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V
Ans. d
226.Which shortcut key is used to refresh windows desktop?
A. F1
B. F2
C. F5
D. F12
Ans. c
227.Where does the pinned application stayed in Windows OS?
A. Desktop
B. Notification Area
C. Start Button
D. Task Bar
Ans. d
228. The date and time displays on
a) Taskbar
b) Status bar
c) System tray
d) Launch pad
Ans. c
229. Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?
a) Memory
b) Operating system
c) I / O Devices
d) Control Unit
Ans. b
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