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Which of these is an operating system with a character User Interface
MS Windows
Mac OS
UNIX
None of these
Which of these functions are performed by an operating system in a computer system?
Manages the user's Files
Provides the interface to allow the user to communicate with the computer hardware
Controls the various peripheral devices
All of these
Which of these is not a system icon that is found on the desktop?
Paint icon
Computer icon
Recycle Bin Icon
Network Icon
Which is not a part of the taskbar
Start Button
Middle Section
Notification area
Cascade windows
Which button will you use to maximise a window?
Restore button
Close button
Maximise button
Minimize button
Which program is designed to store files that you delete from your computer?
Computer
My Documents
Network
Recycle Bin
Which of these will delte a file permanently instead of sending it into the recycle Bin?
Select the file Press Alt+Delete Keys
Select the file Press Delete Keys
Select the file Press Shift+Delete Keys
Select the file Press Ctrl+Backspace Keys
Which is not a program of the Windows Accessories menu?
Wordpad
Paint
Notepad
MS Word
When you right click on the desktop area what do you get
A Context menu
A short icon
Documents Folder
All Programs
Which shortcut key should be pressed to switch between open program windows
Alt + Tab
Ctrl+Tab
Shift+Tab
Shift+Alt
Windows distinguishes between the different drives by means of a naming convention. Each drive is designated by a letter followed by
A Colon ( :) sign
An Asterisk (*) Sign
An exclamation point (!) Sign
A semicolon (;) Sign
Which of the following will you use to display the contents of a drive
Shift + Click
Right Click
Double Click
Ctrl +Click
Which of the following characters is allowed in a windows filename or folder
:
?
>
None of these
You can copy and paste files from one folder to another using the Copy and paste command in the ___________Menu
File
View
Special
Edit
Which of the following is Not a method of deleting files and folders
Select and press Delete Key
Right Click and select delete option
Use the shortcut menu
Hold down Shift key, Select and Delete
In Windows Explorer, the currently selected folder in the navigation pane is :
Bold faced
shaded
italicized
highlighted
Where are the deleted files stored
Computer
Recycle Bin
Documents
Folder
Which of the following is a method for copying a file or a folder
Click on Edit - Cut option on the explorer menu bar
Right Click the file and then select copy . Go to the required location , right click and paste
Press ESC key and then drag and drop the folder or file to the target location
Drag the file of folder to the same disk
Which of the following is NOT an icon view in the Explorer window?
List
Details
Tiles
Context
The Undo option in Windows Explorer lies in the
File Menu
View Menu
Organize menu
None of these
Which option in the start menu opens a list of all softwares loaded in the hard disk of a computer
Shortcut
File
Edit
All Programs
Which of these denotes D drive in the computer program
D:
A:
C:
F:
What is the most used operating system in the world?
Linux
MacOS
Windows
Ubuntu
1. What is an operating system?
a) interface between the hardware and application programs
b) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
c) system service provider to the application programs
d) all of the mentioned
1. What is an operating system?
a) interface between the hardware and application programs
b) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
c) system service provider to the application programs
d) all of the mentioned
2. What is the main function of the command interpreter?
a) to provide the interface between the API and application program
b) to handle the files in the operating system
c) to get and execute the next user-specified command
d) none of the mentioned
3. To access the services of the operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________
a) Library
b) System calls
c) Assembly instructions
d) API
4. Where is the interrupt in operating system?
a) either low or high memory (depending on the location of interrupt vector)
b) in the low memory
c) in the high memory
d) none of the mentioned
5. Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?
a) RTLinux
b) Palm OS
c) QNX
d) VxWorks
6. In a timeshare operating system, when the time slot assigned to a process is completed, the process switches from the current state to?
a) Suspended state
b) Terminated state
c) Ready state
d) Blocked state
7. For an effective operating system, when to check for deadlock?
a) every time a resource request is made at fixed time intervals
b) at fixed time intervals
c) every time a resource request is made
d) none of the mentioned
8. To recover from failures in the network operations _____________ information may be maintained.
a) operating system
b) ip address
c) stateless
d) state
9 The two steps the operating system takes to use a disk to hold its files are _______ and ________
a) caching & logical formatting
b) logical formatting & swap space creation
c) swap space creation & caching
d) partitioning & logical formatting
10 In Unix, which system call creates the new process?
a) create
b) fork
c) new
d) none of the mentioned
1) What is the use of directory structure in the operating system?
The directory structure is used to solve the problem of the network connection in OS.
It is used to store folders and files hierarchically.
It is used to store the program in file format.
All of the these
What is a program?
a line of instruction
a list of instructions
a computer
Where does the taskbar appear by default?
on top of Windows Desktop
at the bottom of Windows Desktop
at the sides of Windows Desktop
What manages the hardware and runs the software?
Computer Systems
Dedicated Systems
Embedding Systems
Operating Systems
What is a good definition of software?
parts of a computer that are soft
Parts of a computer that you can't see
A set of rules that tell a computer what to do
games
Earlier computer systems utilized Command Line Interface to tell a computer what to do, which interface does the computer utilize now?
Command Line Interface
Touch User Interface
Natural Language Interface
Graphical User Interface
What is accessibility?
Changing how a system looks
Changing the brightness of the computer
Allowing as many people to access computers and technology
Changing the graphics and monitor to handle your screen
Which of these is not a function of an OS:
Provide a user interface
Communicate with hardware
Allow the computer to multi-task
Improves CPU performance
What does GUI stand for?
Genuine Umpire Impressions
Graphical User Interface
Graphic Up Industry
The ability for different people to use the same computer is made possible through:
Open-source software
Desktop elements
User accounts
Settings app
The term OS is short for?
Apple
Operating Software
Operating System
Overload System
Which of the following are NOT Operating Systems (tick all that apply)
iOS
Linux
Samsung
iPhone
MacOSX
What do device drivers do?
Allows the OS to communicate with hardware
Drives around the motherboard
Increases the amount of storage
How does the OS handle file management?
Deals with movement, editing and deletion of data
Colour codes data
Translates data into binary
which is task of an operating system among follow tasks
Manages files and folders
handles input and output
Manages system security
all of these
This symbols represents
Microsoft Windows
iOS
Android
Symbian OS
1. Without the Operating System the computer is useless
True
False
