GCOM - Operating System - Test

Swapping is ____________

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

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

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13 character
36 character
63 character
53 character

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

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Auto detect
Plug and play
Add remove hardware
None of above

A flashing or blinking light on the screen is called

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An icon
A pixel
A cursor
None of the above

Label name can be up to ____________

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10 character
63 character
11 character
All of above

Which of the following is not a part of the control panel?

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Date and time
My documents
Add or remove program
Display

Internet Explorer is ____________

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an Internet browser
provided by Windows OS
an access point for Word Wide Web
All of above

Which of the following command is used to close the active window?

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Ctrl+F4
Ctrl+F5
Alt+F6
None of above

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

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Device manager
Control panel
Add new hardware
Program manager

Virtual Memory is

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Extremely Large Main memory
Extremely Large Secondary memory
An illusion of extremely large main memory
An illusion of extremely large secondary memory

The delete confirmation generated by ................switch

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/p
/b
/w
/c

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

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An open folder
The folder contains subfolder
A text file
A graphic file

A program in execution is called ____________

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A Paging
A Process
A virtual memory
A Demand Page

What is Thrashing?

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A high paging activity is called thrashing
A high executing activity is called thrashing
A extremely long process is called thrashing
A extremely long virtual memory is called thrashing

Operating system is _______________

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A collection of software routines
A collection of hardware components
A collection of input and output devices
All of above

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

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*b??????.txt
?b******.txt
2b*.txt
?b*.txt

The shortcut key is used to open properties window of selected item is _________________

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Ctrl+Enter
Shift+Enter
Alt+Enter
None of above

Which of the following is a program group?

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Word pad
Paint brush
Accessories
None of the above

The shortcut key to open a task manager is _______________

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Alt + F1
Alt + Ctrl + Delete
Alt + Tab
F1

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

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/s
/w
/p
/b

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