MCQ Questions for Operating Systems – 201 to 300

Operating System MCQ Questions

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Operating Systems MCQ Questions

201. A real time operating system is most likely to be used for which of the following task?

a. Controlling access to a shared printer in a network
b. Ensuring that system clock works correctly on server
c. Managing the access to system files in a laptop computers
d. Controlling the fuel injection system of an automobile engines

202. An operating system is a program or a group of programs that

a. Helps in checking the spelling of Word
b. Maintain the relationship in Database
c. Manages the resources of the Computer
d. Performs the calculations of cells in Excel

203. 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 the above

204. The Primary job of the operating system is

a. Manage Commands
b. Manage Users
c. Manage Programs
d. Manage Resources

205. Which of the following is not an operating system?

a. Windows 2000
b. Linux
c. Mac OS
d. Notepad

206. Scandisk analyze and repair damage to which of the following?

a. Physical clusters
b. FAT
c. Lost clusters
d. All of the above

207. Find can be used to

a. Locate a program
b. Locate a document
c. Locate a network computer
d. All of above

208. ….is a new windows feature that offers a number of methods for searching for a file or folder?

a. Find
b. Search
c. Locate
d. All of the above

209. The ….command is used to open windows based application directly from DOS prompt

a. Run
b. Start
c. Load
d. Execute

210. When we double click on my computer

a. Show the content of your saved files
b. Show the list of your computer drive
c. List of deleted files and folders
d. All of the above

211. A ….is a pointing device

a. Monitor
b. Mouse
c. Keyboard
d. None of these

212. Which of the following is the part of the operating system?

a. Cell
b. FAT
c. Kernel
d. Disk

213. Directory is similar to ….

a. File
b. Folder
c. Item
d. None of above

214. What are the benefits of network?

a. To share hardware components
b. To share information and share software
c. It reduces cost
d. All of above

215. Sleep is a good mode to use because

a. It saves power which in trun is saving money
b. It makes compuer fresh after it wakes up
c. It consumes low battery when you start it again
d. All of above

216. What hole will allocates in “Worst-Fit” algorithm of memory management?

a. It allocates the smaller hole than required memory hole
b. It allocates the smallest hole from the available memory holes
c. It allocates the largest hole from the available memory holes
d. It allocates the exact same size memory hole

217. The operating feature that integrates the file created in different application into WebPages

a. Web integration
b. Internet integration
c. Intranet integration
d. Hypertext integration

218. BIOS is used by

a. Operating system
b. Compiler
c. Interpreter
d. Application software

219. Commonly network of network is called

a. MS Word
b. MS Excel
c. Internet
d. MS Access

220. Which icon would you access in the printer window to install a printer drive?

a. Add printer wizard
b. Setup
c. Install
d. None of above

221. Which of the following is the allocation method of a disk space?

a. Contiguous allocation
b. Linked allocation
c. Indexed allocation
d. All of the Above

222. You can set the width taskbar area and different components in it

a. By right click and set width menu
b. If the taskbar is not yet locked
c. If the applications are not opened
d. If other toolbars are not enabled

223. When you cut or copy the text or picture, it stores temporarily in the

a. File
b. Clipboard
c. Icon
d. All of above

224. A tiny dot of light on the monitor is called

a. Silicon chip
b. Optical illusion
c. Icon
d. Pixel

225. Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?

a. Memory
b. Operating System
c. I/O Devices
d. Control Unit

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226. Operating System manages

a. Memory
b. Processor
c. I/O devices
d. All of the above

227. To send email, we use

a. MS Excel
b. Outlook Explorer
c. HTML
d. Netscape Navigator

228. Which of the following concept is best to preventing page faults?

a. Paging
b. The working set
c. Hit ratios
d. Address location resolution

229. Poor response time are usually caused by

a. Process busy
b. High I/I rates
c. High paging rate
d. Any of the above

230. Internal commands are

a. Incorporated in the command.com
b. Incorporate in the command directory
c. Have external files
d. All of the above

231. Where will store data first time when you copy

a. Clipboard
b. Clipbook
c. Hard disk
d. CD

232. If you are typing paragraph that is double line spaced and press enter to start new paragraph, the new paragraph will be

a. Quarter space
b. Single space
c. Half space
d. Double space

233. Which is not a valid property for attribute setting?

a. C
b. S
c. H
d. R

234. GUI means

a. Graphic user interface
b. Geographic user interface
c. Graphical user interface
d. Geometric user interface

235. Use of icons and windows are characteristics of …… interface

a. Command driven
b. Windows orientated
c. Graphical user
d. Menu driven

236. CHKDSK command

a. Check the disk
b. Dos command
c. Give information about disk
d. All of the above

237. Windows can run

a. One application only
b. Two applications only
c. Four applications only
d. All of above

238. Format a:/s will do

a. Formats and then transfers system file
b. Formats with verification
c. Formats and scans the disk
d. None of above

239. A whole document can be formatted using the commands on the

a. File menu
b. Help menu
c. Format menu
d. Tools menu

240. What does FAT stands for?

a. File attribute type
b. File allocation table
c. Format All Tabs settings
d. File for all type

241. Which command allows you to create a root directory?

a. MD
b. Deltree
c. Format
d. All of above

242. Fonts install from

a. Add from control panel
b. Font setup file
c. Font.exe file
d. All of above

243. You can install fonts from

a. Add from control program
b. Font setup files
c. Font .ext files
d. All of above

244. Which is not concerned with control panel?

a. Printer
b. Run application
c. Font
d. Keyboard

245. Unicode standard is

a. Keyboard layout
b. Software
c. Font
d. Character encoding system

246. MKDIR is similar to

a. MD
b. File
c. Folder
d. Table

247. A …is a windows component that is designed to store other components so these can be organized efficiently?

a. Document
b. Window
c. Folder
d. All of above

248. You can switch from one program to another on the desktop by clicking within the desired program’s window or by clicking on its ….button

a. Icon
b. Taskbar button
c. Folder
d. None of above

249. You can switch from one program to another by clicking within the desired program’s icon from the

a. Application icon on desktop
b. Application icon from taskbar
c. Folder
d. None of above

250. Virtual memory typically located on

a. RAM
b. CPU
c. Flash card
d. Hard drive

a. Base address of each frame and corresponding page number
b. Memory address and corresponding page number
c. File name and corresponding page number
d. None of Above

252. Tree structure displays the

a. File only
b. Directory only
c. File and directory name
d. None of above

253. Windows 2000 server uses the

a. FAT 16
b. NTFS
c. FAT 64
d. FAT 32

254. Which command will divide the surface of the blank floppy disk into sector and assign a unique address to each one?

a. Ver
b. Format
c. FAT
d. CHKDSK

255. First-in-First-Out (FIFO) scheduling is

a. Non Preemptive Scheduling
b. Preemptive Scheduling
c. Fair Share Scheduling
d. Deadline Scheduling

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256. Which one of the following key is used to refresh the active window?

a. F7
b. F8
c. F9
d. F5

257. To display system boot menu which of the following command you must press?

a. F4
b. F7
c. F8
d. F5

258. Press ____ key while booting to display Advanced Boot Menu

a. F5
b. F6
c. F8
d. Del

259. Which of the following command is used to move the pointer from one pane to next pane?

a. F3
b. F4
c. F5
d. F6

260. In a folder, which of the following command is used to rename the file or folder

a. F3
b. F4
c. F2
d. F7

261. A character that represents one or more unknown character is

a. Wildcard character
b. All file name
c. Extensions
d. None of above

262. Which of the following file format supports in Windows 7?

a. NTFS
b. BSD
c. EXT
d. All of the above

263. Anything you cut or copy on to the clipboard remains there until you

a. Change it
b. Clear
c. Exit windows
d. All of the above

264. Multiprogramming systems …

a. Are easier to develop than single programming system
b. Execute each job faster
c. Execute more jobs in the same time period
d. Are used only by large mainframe computer

265. Multiprogramming systems:

a. Are easier to develop than single programming systems
b. Execute each job faster
c. Execute more jobs in the same time period
d. Are used only one large mainframe computers.

266. When you press and release the secondary mouse button you are ….

a. Right clicking
b. Left clicking
c. Either a or b
d. None of above

267. Netscape navigator is a

a. Browser
b. Compose
c. Editor
d. None of these

268. To print documents from Windows

a. File >> Print
b. Drag the document icon over your printers icon
c. Edit print
d. Both a and B

269. Which of the following appear in Windows menu bar?

a. Help
b. File
c. Edit
d. All of above

270. 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

271. When you quickly press and release the left mouse button twice you are

a. Primary clicking
b. Pointing
c. Double clicking
d. Secondary clicking

272. Essential files of DOS are

a. Command.com and IO.Sys
b. IO.Sys and DOS.Sys
c. DOS.Sys and Command.com
d. Autoexec.bat and Config.sys

273. Which operating system does not support long file names?

a. OS/2
b. Windows 98
c. DOS 6.2
d. Windows NT

274. Which operating system uses short file names?

a. Windows
b. Unix
c. DOS
d. All of above

275. Pick out odd

a. Windows
b. Window
c. DOS
d. Linux

276. Bringing a page into memory only when it is needed, this mechanism is called

a. Deadlock
b. Page Fault
c. Dormant Paging
d. Demand Paging

277. It is the default folder for many Windows Applications to save your file

a. My Document
b. My Pictures
c. Documents and Settings
d. My Computer

278. The component of Widows that lets you to transfer contents from one document to another

a. Briefcase
b. Clipboard
c. Document
d. Boot

279. What do you mean by Memory Compaction?

a. Combine multiple equal memory holes into one big hole
b. Combine multiple small memory holes into one big hole
c. Divide big memory hole into small holes
d. Divide memory hole by 2

280. Desktop is a

a. Provides workspace
b. Screen saver
c. Display program
d. Working with my document

281. The operating system manages

a. Memory
b. Processes
c. Disks and I/O devices
d. All of above

282. The operating system manages

a. Memory
b. Processes
c. Disks and I/O devices
d. all of the above

283. You need to duplicate the entire disk which command will you use?

a. Copy
b. Move
c. Diskcopy
d. All of above

284. Which of the following is not a system tool?

a. Scandisk
b. Drive space
c. Disk defragmenter
d. Doskey

285. DOS stand for

a. Dummy operating system
b. DOS operating system
c. Dirty operating system
d. Disk operating system

286. Which of the following statement about directories is false?

a. Directories can exist inside directories
b. The root directory is always at the highest level
c. Directories cannot be renamed
d. Directories can be deleted

287. Which command allows you to show the contents of disk widely in screen?

a. Dir/p
b. Dir/b
c. Dir/w
d. Dir/o:w

288. Which command will be used to display only the file name and extensions in wide format?

a. Dir/b
b. Dir A:
c. Dir/s
d. Dir/w

289. Which command displays only directory?

a. Dir/aa
b. Dir/od
c. Dir/directory
d. Dir/ad

290. Which command permits to see the directory structure in DOS?

a. Display structure
b. Tree
c. Dir/all
d. All of above

291. To display hidden files

a. Dir/hidden
b. Attrib/ah
c. Dir/ah
d. None of above

292. The command used to display all files (.exe) from the system

a. Dir *.exe
b. Dir *.exe/s
c. Dir *.exe/all
d. None of above

293. The command refreshes the screen and places the cursor at the top left corner of screen

a. CLS
b. Clear
c. Dir
d. CHKDSK

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294. Which command will you use to display the system date?

a. Date
b. Ver
c. Dir
d. Format

295. Which command is used to provide access to program located in other directory or disk?

a. Tree
b. Path
c. Dir
d. CD

296. The ….can be defined as the entire windows display and can be envisioned as the electronic equivalent of your own desk’s surface

a. Desktop
b. Windows
c. Dialog box
d. None of above

297. In PC from where you will connect internet?

a. Tools
b. Network neighborhood
c. Dial up network
d. None of the above

298. The program that is responsible for loading the operating system into RAM is called

a. BIOS
b. Bootstrap program
c. Device driver
d. Supervisor program

299. Copying a process from memory to disk to allow space for other processes is Called

a. Swapping
b. Deadlock
c. Demand Paging
d. Page Fault

300. Which of the following command is used to ask you to confirm that you want to delete the directory?

a. Deltree/f
b. Erase *.*
c. Deltree *.*
d. Del *.*/p

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