Operating Systems 43 MCQ Questions

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Operating Systems MCQ Questions

01. Swapping

a. Works best with many small partitions
b. Allows many programs to use memory simultaneously
c. Allows each program in turn to use the memory
d. Does not work with overlaying

02. The windows feature is the ability of computer to automatically configure a new hardware component is that

a. Auto detect
b. Plug and play
c. Add remove hardware
d. None of above

03. 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

04. The ….provides information about hardware installation, configuration and hardware status

a. Device manager
b. Control panel
c. Add new hardware
d. Program manager

05. Which of the following is a program group?

a. Word pad
b. Paint brush
c. Accessories
d. None of the above

06. A program in execution is called

a. A Paging
b. A Process
c. A virtual memory
d. A Demand Page

07. Using windows explorer, a plus (+) sign in front of a folder indicates

a. An open folder
b. The folder contains subfolder
c. A text file
d. A graphic file

08. What is Thrashing?

a. A high paging activity is called thrashing.
b. A high executing activity is called thrashing
c. A extremely long process is called thrashing
d. A extremely long virtual memory is called thrashing

09. A flashing or blinking light on the screen is called

a. An icon
b. A pixel
c. A cursor
d. None of the above

10. Operating system is

a. A collection of software routines
b. A collection of hardware components
c. A collection of input and output devices
d. All of above

11. An entire path name, consisting of several sub-directory name can contain up to

a. 13 character
b. 36 character
c. 63 character
d. 53 character

12. Which of the following file pattern encompasses the filenames having second character b ?

a. *b??????.txt
b. ?b******.txt
c. 2b*.txt
d. ?b*.txt

13. Label name can be up to

a. 10 character
b. 63 character
c. 11 character
d. All of above

14. The delete confirmation generated by …switch

a. /p
b. /b
c. /w
d. /c

15. Which switch will be used in dir to see screen full contents of disk at a time?

a. /s
b. /w
c. /p
d. /b

16. What is the default file extension created by notepad?

a. .doc
b. .html
c. .txt
d. .tif

17. Which of the following is not the user file extension?

a. .ppt
b. .xls
c. .sys
d. .#do

18. Which of the following is extension of WordPad?

a. .ppt.
b. .xls
c. .rtf
d. None of above

19. Which of the following is extension of notepad?

a. .txt
b. .bmp
c. .ppt
d. .xls

20. What is the extension of paint brush?

a. .pbs
b. .bmp
c. .pmb
d. None of the above

21. Which of the following is not a video file extension?

a. .avi
b. .wav
c. .mpeg
d. .mov

22. What is the extension of font file?

a. .ttf
b. .mdb
c. .fft
d. .txt

23. Which is not executable file?

a. .com
b. .exe
c. .bat
d. .txt

24. The __________ key will launch the Start button.

a. esc
b. shift
c. Windows
d. Shortcut

25. The __________ can be defined as an upside down mouse.

a. trackpad
b. trackball
c. trackpoint
d. trackwell

26. To access properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is __________.

a. dragging
b. dropping
c. right-clicking
d. shift-clicking

27. 1 The wheel on a mouse can make it easier to __________.

a. scroll through documents
b. select objects
c. open documents
d. change volume

28. ctrl, shift and alt are called __________ keys.

a. adjustment
b. function
c. modifier
d. alphanumeric

29. To move to the beginning of a line of text, press the __________ key.

a. a
b. pageup
c. enter
d. home

30. The __________ determines how long you must hold down an alphanumeric key before the keyboard will repeat the character.

a. strike rate
b. repeat rate
c. default rate
d. threshold rate

31. The traditional mechanical mouse uses a __________ to track the pointer position on the screen.

a. light sensor
b. wheel
c. ball
d. ruler

32. To make the number pad act as directional arrows, you press the __________ key.

a. num lock
b. caps lock
c. arrow lock
d. shift

33. MS DOS was introduced in

a. 1970
b. 1981
c. 1999
d. 2000

34. When was MS Windows operating system introduced?

a. 1975
b. 1985
c. 1995
d. 2000

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35. First operating system was developed in

a. 1958
b. 1976
c. 1950
d. 1946

These are the multiple choice questions from operating systems. You can find other questions from Operating Systems MCQ Bank in other posts in this category.

36. How many characters can be entered in a single command line?

a. 64
b. 127
c. 80
d. 90

37. The maximum length of any single path from the root directory?

a. 54
b. 63
c. 80
d. 27

38. The modern keyboard typically has __________ Function keys.

a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16

39. Disk label name can be up to ….characters

a. 8
b. 9
c. 11
d. 255

40. In DOS, the maximum length of filename is

a. 5
b. 8
c. 11
d. 10

41. When you rename a file five times then the number of file in the disk is

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5

42. If you hard disk is partitioned into 3 drives, the number of recycle bin for that hard disk is

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

Answers:

1 – c 2 – b 3 – b 4 – a 5 – c 6 – b 7 – b 8 – a 9 – c 10 – a

11 – c 12 – d 13 – c 14 – a 15 – c 16 – c 17 – c 18 – c 19 – a 20 – b

21 – b 22 – a 23 – d 24 – c 25 – b 26 – c 27 – a 28 – c 29 – d 30 – b

31 – c 32 – a 33 – b 34 – b 35 – c 36 – b 37 – b 38 – b 39 – c 40 – b

41 – a 42 – c