Operating System Mcqs

 

          Operating System MCQs

1. If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard disk,

A. you can set different size for each recycle bin
B. you can choose which recycle bin to use to store your deleted files
C. You can make any one of them default recycle bin
D. None of the above

2. Identify false statement.
A. You can find deleted files in recycle bin
B. You can restore any files in recycle bin if you ever need
C. You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin
D. You can right click and choose Empty Recycle Bin to clean it at once

3. If the displayed system time and date is wrong, you can reset it using
A. Write
B. Calendar
C. Write file
D. Control panel 

4. You should save your computer from?
A. Viruses
B. Time bombs
C. Worms
D. All of the above 

5. World Wide Web is being standard by
A. Worldwide corporation
B. W3C
C. World Wide Consortium
D. World Wide Web Standard 

6. A co-processor
A. Is relatively easy to support in software
B. Causes all processor to function equally
C. Works with any application
D. Is quite common in modern computer

7. A Microsoft Windows is a(n)______.
A. Operating system
B. Graphic program
C. Word Processing
D. Database program 

8. Which of the following is program group?
A. Accessories
B. Paint
C. Word
D. All of the above 

9. Which is not application software?
A. Windows NT
B. Page Maker
C. WinWord XP
D. Photoshop 

10. The ________ program compresses large files into a smaller file.
A. WinZip
B. WinShrink
C. WinStyle
D. None of the above 

11. Which of the following is an example of a real time operating system?
A. Lynx
B. MS DOS
C. Windows XP
D. Process Control
12. Which of the following operating system does not implement the multitasking truly?
A. Windows 98
B. Windows NT
C. Windows XP
D. MS DOS 

13. Which of the following windows version support 64 bit processor?
A. Windows 98
B. Windows 2000
C. Windows XP
D. Windows 95

14. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?
A. Windows 98
B. Windows NT
C. Windows XP
D. MS DOS

15. What program runs first after computer is booted and loading GUI?
A. Desktop Manager
B. File Manager
C. Windows Explorer
D. Authentication 

16. Which of the following Operating systems is better for implementing a Client-Server network?
A. MS DOS
B. Windows 95
C. Windows 98
D. Windows 2000 

17. My Computer was introduced from
A. Windows 3.1
B. Windows 3.11
C. Windows 95
D. Windows 98 

18. Which of the following Windows do not have Start button
A. Windows Vista
B. Windows 7
C. Windows 8
D. None of the above 

19. Which is the latest version of MS Windows?
A. Windows 2007
B. Windows 8.1
C. Windows 2008
D. Windows 7 

20. Which operating system doesn't support networking between computers?
A. Windows 3.1
B. Windows 95
C. Windows 2000
D. Windows NT 

21. Which of the following does not support more than one program at a time?
A. DOS
B. Linux
C. Windows
D. Unix 

22. Which of the following is not an operating system?
A. DOS
B. Linux
C. Windows
D. Oracle

23. Linux is a(n)______ operating system
A. Open source
B. Microsoft
C. Windows
D. Mac . 

24. Which operating system can you give smallest file name?
A. PS/2
B. Dos
C. Windows
D. Windows NT 

25. Which one is not operating system?
A. P11
B. OS/2
C. Windows
D. Unix 

26. Which of the following is not a multitasking operating system?
A. Windows
B. Linux
C. Win NT
D. DOS

27. 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 

28. The _______ displays the name of every computer user on the computer
A. Wish list screen
B. Command screen
C. Welcome screen
D. None of the above 

29. 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. Web page authoring
D. Desktop publishing 

30. Which one is not a system tool?
A. Backup
B. Disk defragment
C. Virus scanning
D. All of the above 

31. The memory which allocates space for DOS and application is called
A. Expanded memory
B. Cache memory
C. Virtual memory
D. Conventional memory 

32. The operating system creates ________ from the physical computer.
A. Virtual space
B. Virtual computer
C. Virtual device
D. None 

33. Which menu bar selection would you access to open file?
A. Option
B. Help
C. View
D. None of the above 

34. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting Windows?
A. Safe Mode
B. Normal Mode
C. VGA Mode
D. Network Support Mode 

35. Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?
A. Keyboard driver
B. Mouse driver
C. VGA drive
D. All of the above 

36. A ________ is a named location on a disk where files are stored.
A. Folder
B. Pod
C. Version
D. None of the above 

37. Which command is used to see the version of operating system?
A. Vol
B. Version
C. Ver
D. None of the above 

38. Which type of command requires additional files to perform specific operations?
A. Internal commands
B. External commands
C. Valuable commands
D. Primary commands 

39. Which of the following is system software?
A. Operating system
B. Compiler
C. Utilities
D. None of the above

40. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to be
A. User-happy
B. User-simple
C. User-friendly
D. None of the above 

41. A ______ is a flash memory storage device that plugins into a USB port.
A. USB snap drive
B. USB flash drive
C. USB memory maker drive
D. None of the above 

42. The _______ is the drive containing the files to be copied.
A. Source drive
B. Destination drive
C. USB drive
D. None of the above 

43. The number of character contained in primary name (DOS)?
A. Up to 8 characters
B. 3 characters
C. Up to 10 characters
D. None of the above 

44. Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system?
A. DOS
B. Windows
C. Unix
D. Linux 

45. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the _______ operating system.
A. Windows
B. Linux
C. Unix
D. CMOS 

46. The _______ operating system was initially created in the early 1970s at AT and T's Bell Labs
A. Linux
B. DOS
C. Unix
D. GNU 

47. Which command is used to undelete a bunch of files with extension .doc that you have just deleted?
A. Undelete
B. Undelete/all
C. Undelete *.doc
D. All of the above 

48. Which command is used to display the contents of the text file of DOS?
A. Copy con
B. Copy
C. Type
D. Dir 

49. In Windows, start button is used to
A. Run applications
B. Device setting
C. Turn off the system
D. All of the above 

50. Which of the following is an essential file of a MS-DOS boot disk?
A. COMMAND.COM
B. START.COM
C. TREE.COM
D. VER.COM 

51. Which one is true for unconditional disk formatting?
A. Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces
B. Do not check/scan surface after format
C. Transfer system files after format
D. All of the above 

52. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can _______ that text into another document
A. Paste
B. Copy 

53. What is the function of radio button?
A. To select multiple option
B. To select single option
C. To select all option
D. All of the above 

54. The Banker's algorithm is used
A. to rectify deadlock
B. to detect deadlock
C. to prevent deadlock
D. to solve deadlock

55. The primary purpose of an operating system is:
A. To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware
B. To allow people to use the computer,
C. To keep systems programmers employed
D. To make computers easier to use 

56. You can use print manage window
A. To check status of files in the print queue
B. To cancel the print job
C. To interrupt printing
D. All of the above 

57. Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?
A. Quick Response System
B. Real Time System
C. Time Sharing System
D. Batch Processing System 

58. 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 file
D. Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive 

59. The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
A. Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot
B. Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not
C. There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows
D. Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows 

60. What is dispatch latency?
A. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another
B. The time taken by the processor to write a file into disk
C. The whole time taken by all processor
D. None of the above 

61. A page fault occurs when,
A. the Deadlock happens
B. the Segmentation starts
C. the page is found in the memory
D. the page is not found in the memory 

62. Whenever you move a directory from one location to another
A. All files inside the directory are moved
B. All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved
C. The directory is moved the source file is not moved
D. Both A and B  

63. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. The CPU
D. Memory Cache 

64. Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self-test (POST)?
A. The scandisk utility begins to run
B. The video card and video memory are tested
C. The BIOS identification process occurs
D. Memory chip are checked to ensure that they are working properly 

65. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
A. Name of the file
B. Extension of the file
C. The amount of memory in your computer
D. All of the above 

66. Which of the following is drop down list?
A. List
B. Combo box
C. Text area
D. None 

67. Recently deleted files are stored in
A. Recycle bin
B. Desktop
C. Taskbar
D. My computer 

68. Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?
A. Dialog boxes
B. Start menu
C. Taskbar
D. All of the above 

69. 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 

70. An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP
A. Home edition
B. Media center edition
C. Tablet PC edition
D. None of the above 

71. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP
A. Home edition
B. Media center edition
C. Tablet PC edition
D. None of the above 

72. The date and time displays on
A. Taskbar
B. Status bar
C. System tray
D. Launch pad 

73. ______ runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on
A. Operating system
B. Application system
C. System software
D. All of the above 

74.Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?
A. System software
B. Operating system
C. System operations
D. None 

75. The _______ contains commands associated with the My Computer window
A. Standard menu
B. Start menu
C. System menu
D. None of the above

76. Which 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

77. When you start up the computer the boot up storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called
A. Bootstrap
B. Power on self test (POST)
C. System configuration
D. Kernel loading 

78. The operating system is the most common type of ______ Software.
A. Communication
B. Application
C. System
D. Word processing software 

79. Which of the following is/are external commands?
A. Edit
B. Label
C. Sys
D. All of the above 

80. Which is not an external command?
A. Edit
B. XCOPY
C. Sys
D. None of the above 

81. Which of the following is not essential to shut down your computer?
A. Save all opened files
B. Close all running applications
C. Switch off monitor
D. Cut off the power supply 

82. What is Dr. Watson?
A. IT Expert
B. Diagnosis tool
C. Surgeon
D. None 

81. The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk
A. Fdisk
B. Format
C. Subst
D. All of the above 

82. You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its
A. Move handle
B. Tail
C. Status bar
D. Title bar 

83. A bar that inform you the available options in your computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used to switch between applications quickly is
A. Menu bar
B. Tool bar
C. Status bar
D. Task bar 

84. Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?
A. Dialog box
B. Task bar
C. Start menu
D. All of the above 

85. Taskbar is used for
A. Navigation program
B. Switching between program
C. Start a program
D. All of the above 

86. To install the new font
A. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font
B. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font
C. Start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
D. Start -> setting -> font 

87. When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)
A. Interrupt
B. Spool
C. Stack
D. Page file 

88. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as
A. Hyperlink
B. Menu
C. Source drive
D. None of these 

89. Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?
A. Shut Down
B. Restart
C. Sleep
D. Hibernate 

90. Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end of day?
A. Shut Down
B. Restart
C. Sleep
D. Hibernate 

91. Which of the following shutdown method is often called Warm Boot?
A. Shut Down
B. Restart
C. Sleep
D. Hibernate 

92. ________ 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 

93. ________ 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 

94. 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 

95. 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, multitask
D. Multiuser, multitask 

96. Running multiple programs at the same time is called:
A. Multitasking
B. Foreground tasking
C. Single tasking
D. Symmetric 

97. What is the meaning of "Hibernate" in Windows XP/Windows 7?
A. Restart the Computer in safe mode
B. Restart the Computer in hibernate mode
C. Shutdown the Computer terminating all the running applications
D. Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications 

98. The function of Dir/W is
A. Show all details of file
B. Show only file name and directory name
C. Shows only directory
D. All of the above 

99. 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 

100. What do you mean by dialog box?
A. Interactive message box
B. Group of options
C. Set of controls
D. All of the above