GCOM - Operating System - Test

Label name can be up to ____________

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10 character
63 character
11 character
All of above

Which of the following is a program group?

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Word pad
Paint brush
Accessories
None of the above

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

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

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

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 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

The shortcut key to open a task manager is _______________

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

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

Internet Explorer is ____________

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/p
/b
/w
/c

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

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