Operating Systems
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1 What is the main folder on a storage device called?
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1) Platform
2) Interface
3) Root directory
4) Home Page
5) None of these
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Answer:- 3 : Root
directory
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2 Storage device found inside the
computer
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1) CD-ROM
2) Zip Disk
3) Super Disk
4) Hard Disk
5) None of these
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Answer:- 4 : Hard
Disk
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3 Which of these
keys is NOT on the number keypad?
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1) Ctrl
2) Del
3) Enter
4) Num lock
5) None of these
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Answer:- 1 : Ctrl
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4 If you are
going to a site you use often, instead
of having to type in the address every time, you should
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1) save it as a
file
2) make a copy of
it
3) bookmark it
4) delete it
5) None of these
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Answer:- 3 :
bookmark it
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5 A processor that
collects the transmissions from several communications media and sends them over a single line that operates at a higher
capacity is called
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1) multiplexer
2) bridge
3) hub
4) router
5) None of these
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Answer:- 1 :
multiplexer
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6 Main memory works in conjunction with
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1) special
function cards
2) RAM
3) CPU 4) Intel
5) All the above
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Answer:- 3 : CPU
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7 Device drivers are
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1) tiny power
cords for external storage devices
2) experts who
know how to maximize the performance of devices.
3) small, special
- purpose programs
4) the innermost
part of the operating system
5) substitutes
for operating systems
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Answer:- 3 :
small, special - purpose programs
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8 Which of the
following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?
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1) Character,
file record, field, database
2) Character,
record, field, file, database
3) Character,
field, record, file, database 4) bit, byte, character, record, field, file,
database
5) None of these
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Answer:- 3 :
Character, field, record, file, database
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9 When you make
graph and picture in document, then your computer
holds the data in
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1) restore file
2) backup drive
3) clipboard
4) memory
5) None of these
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Answer:- 4 :
memory
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10 The way the words appear on the page is called
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1) text
formatting
2) character
formatting
3) point size
4) type face
5) None of these
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Answer:- 1 : text
formatting
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11 What are the
effects of mixing RAM modules with
different speed ratings?
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1) The system
runs at the speed of the slowest RAM stick.
2) The system
runs normally.
3) The system
runs at the speed of the memory bus.
4) The system may
not run, or it crashes periodically.
5) None of these
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Answer:- 4 : The
system may not run, or it crashes periodically.
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12 The human-readable version of a program is called ________.
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1) source code
2) program code
3) human code
4) system code
5) None of these
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Answer:- 1 :
source code
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13 What is the
name of the protocol used to eliminate loops?
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1) Switching
2) ISL
3) Frame tagging
4) Spanning Tree
Protocol
5) Scanning
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Answer:- 4 :
Spanning Tree Protocol
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14 A compiler
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1) translates
machine language into a high level language
2) translates one
statement at a time as the program executes
3) translates two
statements at a time as the program executes
4) produces
object code
5) is less
sophisticated than an assembler
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Answer:- 4 :
produces object code
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15 Digital photos and scanned images are
typically stored as __________graphics with extensions such as bmp, png, jpg, tif and gif.
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1) vector
2) bitmap
3) either vector
or bitmap
4) neither vector
nor bitmap
5) None of these
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Answer:- 2 :
bitmap
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16 Computer Virus is a
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1) hardware
2) computer
program
3) Windows tool
4) supercomputer
5) None of these
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Answer:- 2 :
computer program
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17 What is an operating system?
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1) It is an
interface between user and the computer.
2) It manages all
resources.
3) It does all
process management tasks.
4) All the above
5) None of these
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Answer:- 4 : All
the above
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18 The Factor which makes Windows popular is its
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1) multi-tasking
capacity
2) desktop
features
3) user freiendly
GUI features
4) being
inexpensive
5) None of these
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Answer:- 3 : user
freiendly GUI features
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19 A series of specially designed documents, which
are all linked to be viewed on
Internet, is called
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1) WWW
2) Web server
3) Search Engine
4) Both 2) and 3)
5) None of these
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Answer:- 1 : WWW
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20 What is meant
by minimising window?
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1) Close the
window
2) Make it an
icon an store on task bar
3) Close windows
after saving its contents
4) Shut down the
computer
5) None of these
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Answer:- 2 : Make
it an icon an store on task bar
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