This is the Third set of Operating System MCQs, designed for all competitive exams, including government jobs and the private sector. For the first set of Operating System Click Here-1, To Access the Second Set Click here-2.
1. Which of the following shutdown methods is often called a Warm Boot?
a. Shut Down
b. Restart
c. Sleep
d. Hibernate
2. ______ 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
3. ___ 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
4. 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
5. The category of operating system that you most likely have running on your PDA computer is a …. Operating system.
a. Real-time
b. Single user, single task
c. Single user, multitasking
d. Multiuser, multitask
6. Running multiple programs at the same time is called:
a. Multitasking
b. Foreground tasking
c. Single tasking
d. Symmetric
7. What is the meaning of “Hibernate” in Windows XP/Windows 7?
a. Restart the Computer in safe mode
b. Restart the Computer in hibernation mode
c. Shutdown the Computer, terminating all the running applications
d. Shut down the Computer without closing the running applications
a. Show all details of file
b. Show only filename and directory name
c. Shows only directory
d. All of the above
9. Page stealing……….
a. Is a sign of an efficient system
b. Is taking page frame from other working sets
c. Should be the turning goal
d. Is taking layer disk space for page in page out
10. What do you mean by a dialog box?
a. Interactive message box
b. Group of options
c. Set of controls
d. All of the above
11. Dial-up connection allows you to
a. Connect ISP
b. Internet
c. Server
d. All of the above
12. To properly exit Windows…..
a. Click the stop button on the desktop
b. Click the exit button on the desktop
c. Select Shut Down from the Start menu
d. None of the above
13. Which is not a system tool?
a. Folder
b. Backup
c. Scandisk
d. Format
14. 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
15. To change the volume label……
a. Vol
b. Label
c. Scandisk
d. None
16. Which of the following is a disk compression tool?
a. Drive space
b. Defragmenter
c. Scandisk
d. None of the above
17. To save your computer from viruses, you will do
a. Install antivirus software and run it
b. Make the physical safe for the removal disk
c. Cover the disk
d. All of the above
18. How can you optimize the performance of your computer?
a. Delete unused files
b. Defrag disk
c. Scan for virus
d. All of the above
19. Scandisk……..
a. Checks the disk
b. Give information about disk
c. Run from DOS mode
d. All of the above
20. The recently used application file list appears in the Windows operating system.
a. Setting menu
b. Documents menu
c. Run dialog box
d. Programs menu
21. A batch file is used to….
a. Run a program
b. Show the contents
c. Run commands automatically
d. All of the above
22. …. are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or electric thermostat.
a. Server
b. Embedded computer
c. Robotic computer
d. Mainframes
23. The title bar always displays on….
a. Top of the open windows
b. Left side of the open window
c. Right side of the open window
d. All of the above
24. Which of the following is used to display the content of a certain drive or folder?
a. Click the drive or folder while holding down the Alt key
b. Triple click the drive or folder
c. Right-click the drive or folder
d. Double-click the drive or folder
25. Which of the following file menu options saves the document to disk?
a. Save
b. Create
c. Rename
d. All of the above
26. While working with MS DOS, which command is used to change the extension of all file names ending with .txt to .doc?
a. Ren *.txt .doc
b. Ren .txt .doc
c. Ren file.doc file.text
d. Rena:.doc *.doc
27. Booting means
a. Restarting the computer
b. Installing program
c. Removing errors
d. Switch off
28. Which command in DOS can be used to recover accidentally deleted files?
a. UNDELETE
b. DELETE/CANCEL
c. RESTORE
d. RECOVER
29. RD commands are used to….
a. Remove an empty directory
b. Remove the non-empty directory
c. Remove the directory including files
d. None of the above
30. When you open my computer on the desktop, you see the information of…..
a. Hard disk
b. CD
c. Removable disk
d. All of the above
31. … is an intermediate storage for deleted files
a. My computer
b. My documents
c. Recycle bin
d. None of the above
32. We can start the application from?
a. Log off
b. Network place
c. Recycle bin
d. Run
33. Which command is used to list out deleted files in DOS?
a. list
b. Undelete/list
c. Recover
d. All of the above
34. Which of the following is not a process state?
a. New
b. Running
c. Ready
d. Finished
35. Which command is used to delete the directory and all of its contents in one step?
a. Deltree
b. CD
c. Rd
d. Dir.
36. When you rename a file five times, then the number of files in the disk is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
37. What do you type at the DOS command prompt to return to Windows?
a. Command
b. Exit
c. Quit
d. Return
38. The question mark (?) indicates in file searching
a. A single character
b. A group of characters
c. Questions
d. None of the above
39. Save operation means….
a. Put data into the processor
b. Put data into internal memory
c. Put data into secondary storage
d. Put data into the monitor
40. CAD software is most likely to be used by….
a. Web designer
b. Engineers
c. Project Manager
d. Magazine Editor
41. A spooler is a….
a. Location in memory that maintains the contents of documents until it prints out
b. Queue of print jobs that are waiting to print
c. A program that coordinates the print jobs that are waiting to be processed
d. A message sent from the printer to the operating system when a print job is completed
42. The problem with … file is that it slows your computer’s operation…
a. Fragmented
b. Temporary
c. Hidden
d. System
43. User actions such as keystroke or mouse click are referred to as…
a. Interrupt
b. Tasks
c. Processes
d. Event
44. Which is not an external command?
a. Doskey
b. Verify
c. Print
d. Find
45. 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
46. To delete a file without allowing it to be stored in the recycle bin…
a. Press the Delete key
b. Press Shift + Delete key
c. Press Ctrl + Delete key
d. Press Alt + Delete key
47. Operating system is a ….
a. System software
b. Application software
c. Presentation software
d. Database software
48. To display a shortcut menu for an object, you use…
a. Click the object
b. Right-click the object
c. Point the object and press Ctrl+Pd. Touch the object on the screen with your finger
49. Which of the following separates the primary file and extension is
a. Dot
b. Period
c. Point
d. All of the above
50. In Microsoft Windows, the graphical pattern on the desktop used as background for windows is
a.. Icons
b. Wallpaper
c. Picture
d. Background