OS Objective Questions from 201 to 250

Questions:

01. 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