↓↓↓ Operating Systems MCQs ↓↓↓  8. Which of the following is program group?

1. If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard disk a. Accessories

b. Paint
a. you can setdifferent size for each recycle bin
c. Word
b. you can choose which recycle bin to use to store your
d. All of above
deleted files
c. You can make any one of them default recycle bin 9. Which is not application software?
d. None of above
a. Windows NT
2. Identify false statement b. Page Maker
c. WinWord XP
a. You can find deleted files in recycle bin
d. Photoshop
b. You can restore any files in recycle bin if you ever
need 10. The ..... program compresses large files into a
c. You can increase free spaceof disk by sending files in smaller file
recycle bin
a. WinZip
d. You can right click and choose Empty Recycle Bin to
b. WinShrink
clean it at once
c. WinStyle
3. If the displayed system time and dateis wrong, you d. None of above
can reset it using
11. Which of the following is an example of a real time
a. Write operating system?
b. Calendar
a. Lynx
c. Write file
b. MS DOS
d. Control panel
c. Windows XP
4.You should save your computer from? d. Process Control

a. Viruses 12. Which of the following operating system does not

b. Time bombs implement the multitasking truly?
c. Worms
a. Windows 98
d. All of the above
b. Windows NT
5. World Wide Web is being standard by c. Windows XP
d. MS DOS
a. Worldwide corporation
b. W3C 13. Which of the following windows versionsupport64
c. World Wide Consortium bit processor?
d.World Wide Web Standard
a. Windows 98
6. A co-processor b. Windows 2000
c. Windows XP
a. Is relatively easy to support in software
d. Windows 95
b. Causes all processor to function equally
c. Works with any application 14. Which of the following Operating System does not
d. Is quite common in modern computer implement multitasking truly?

7. A Microsoft Windows is .....a(n) a. Windows 98

b. Windows NT
a. Operating system
c. Windows XP
b. Graphic program
d. MS DOS
c. Word Processing
d. Database program 15. What program runs first aftercomputer is booted
and loading GUI?
a. Desktop Manager c. Windows 2000
b. File Manager d. Windows NT
c. Windows Explorer
23. Which of the following does not support more than
d. Authentication
one program at a time?
16. Which of the following operating system do you
a. DOS
choose to implement a client server network?
b. Linux
a. MS DOS c. Windows
b. Windows d. Unix
c. Windows 98
24. Which of the following is not an operating system?
d. Windows 2000
a. DOS
17. Which of the following Operating systems is better
b. Linux
for implementing a Client-Server network
c. Windows
a. MS DOS d. Oracle
b. Windows 95
25. Linux isa(n) ... operating system
c. Windows 98
d. Windows 2000 a. Open source
b. Microsoft
18. My Computer was introduced from
c. Windows
a. Windows 3.1 d. Mac
b. Windows 3.11
26. Which operating system can you give smallest file
c. Windows 95
name?
d. Windows 98
a. Ps/2
19. Which of the following Windows do not have Start
b. Dos
button
c. Windows
a. Windows Vista d. Windows NT
b. Windows 7
27. Which one is notoperating system?
c. Windows 8
d. None of above a. P11
b. OS/2
20. Which is the latest version of MS Windows?
c. Windows
a. Windows 2007 d. Unix
b. Windows 8.1
28. Which of the following is not a multitasking
c. Windows 2008
operating system?
d. Windows 7
a. Windows
21. Which operating system doesn't support
b. Linux
networking between computers?
c. Win NT
a. Windows 3.1 d. DOS
b. Windows 95
29. You should choose Sleep option when
c. Windows 2000
d. Windows NT a. The computer is tired after working for the whole day
b. You are leaving for a very short time and want to
22. Which Operating System doesn't support
resume you work shortly
networking between computers?
c. Whencomputer gets hanged frequently. Let it sleep
a. Windows 3.1 for some time
b. Windows 95 d. You finish working and going to bed
30. The .... displays the name of every computer user 37. Which mode loadsminimal set of drivers when
on the computer starting Windows?

a. Wish list screen a. Safe Mode

b. Command screen b. Normal Mode
c.Welcome screen c. VGA Mode
d. None of the above d. Network Support Mode

31. The category of software most appropriate for 38. Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?
controlling the design and layout of complex
a. Keyboard driver
document like newsletters and brochure is:
b. Mouse driver
a. Word processing c. VGA drive
b. Computer aided design d. All of above
c. Web page authoring
39. A .... is a named location on a disk where files are
d. Desktop publishing
stored
32. Which one is not a system tool?
a. Folder
a. Backup b. Pod
b. Disk defragment c. Version
c. Virus scanning d. None of the above
d. All of the above
40. Which command is used to see the version of
33. The memory which allocates space for DOS and operating system?
application is called
a. Vol
a. Expanded memory b. Version
b. Cache memory c. Ver
c. Virtual memory d. None of the above
d. Conventional memory
41. Which type of command requires additional files to
34. The operating system creates ... from the physical perform specific operations?
computer
a. Internal commands
a. Virtual space b. External commands
b. Virtual computer c. Valuable commands
c. Virtual device d. Primary commands
d. None
42. Which of the following is system software?
35. The operating system creates _____ from the
a. Operating system
physical computer
b. Compiler
a. Virtual space c. Utilities
b. Virtual computers d. All of the above
c. Virtual device
43. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to
d. None
be
36. Which menu bar selection would you access to
a. User-happy
openfile?
b. User-simple
a. Option c. User-friendly
b. Help d. None of the above
c. View
44. A ....is a flash memory storage device that plugins
d. None of above
into a USB port
a. USB snapdrive a. Copy con
b. USB flashdrive b. Copy
c. USB memory makerdrive c. Type
d. None of above d. Dir

45. The ....is the drive containing the files to be copied 52. In Windows,start button is used to

a. Source drive a. Run applications

b. Destination drive b. Device setting
c. USB drive c. Turn off the system
d. None of the above d. All of above

46. The number of character contained in primary 53. Which of the following is an essential file ofa MS-
name (DOS)? DOS boot disk?

a. Up to 8 characters a. COMMAND.COM
b. 3 characters b. START.COM
c. Up to 10 characters c. TREE.COM
d. None of the above d. VER.COM

47. Which one of the following is not a multitasking 54. Which one is true for unconditional disk
operating system? formatting?

a. DOS a. Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting

b. Windows itwith with blank spaces
c. Unix b. Do not check/scan surface after format
d. Linux c. Transfer system files after format
d. All of above
48. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the
... operating system 55. Oncetext has been cut to the clipboard, you can
.....that text into another document
a. Windows
b. Linux a. Paste
c. Unix b. Copy
d. CMOS c. Transfer
d. None of the above
49. The ...operating system was initially created in the
early 1970s at AT and T's Bell Labs 56. What is the function ofradio button?

a. Linux a. To select multiple option

b. DOS b. To select single option
c. Unix c. To select all option
d. GNU d. All of above

50. Which command is used to undelete a bunch of 57. The Banker's algorithm is used
files withextension .doc that you have just deleted?
a. to rectify deadlock
a. Undelete b. to detect deadlock
b. Undelete/all c. to prevent deadlock
c. Undelete *.doc d. to slove deadlock
d. All of above
58. The primary purpose of an operating system is:
51. Which command is used to display the contents of
a. To make the most efficient use of the computer
the text file of DOS?
hardware
b. To allow people to use the computer,
c. To keep systems programmers employed 65. A page fault occurs when
d. To make computers easier to use
a. the Deadlock happens
59. The primary purpose of an operating system is a ... b. the Segmentation starts
c. the page is found in the memory
a. To make the most efficient use of computer hardware
d. the page is not found in the memory
b. To allow people to use the computer
c. To keep system programmer employed 66. Whenever you move a directory from one location
d. To make computer easier to use to another

60. You can use print manage window a. All files inside the directory are moved
b. All the subdirectory inside that directoryare moved
a. To checkstatus of files in the print queue
c. The directory is moved the source file is not moved
b. To cancel the print job
d. Both a and b
c. To interrupt printing
d. All of the above 67. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in

61. Which of the following operating system reads and a. RAM

reacts in actual time? b. ROM
c. The CPU
a. Quick Response System
d. Memory Cache
b. Real Time System
c. Time Sharing System 68. Which of the following does not occur during the
d. Batch Processing System power-on-self-test (POST)?

62. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual a. The scandisk utility begins to run
memory EXCEPT b. The video card and video memory are tested
c. The BIOS identification process occurs
a. Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual
d. Memory chipare checked to ensure that they are
memory
working properly
b. The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to
allocate virtual memory canbe manually change 69. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
c. This temporary storage is called the swap file or page
a. Name of the file
file
b. Extension of the file
d. Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive
c. The amount of memory in your computer
63. The essential difference between an operating d. All of above
system like Linux and one like Windows is that
70. Which of the following is drop down list?
a. Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas
a. List
Linux cannot
b. Combo box
b. Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not
c. Text area
c. There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one
d. None
version of Windows
d. Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not 71. Recently deleted files are stored in
permitted with Windows
a. Recycle bin
64. What is dispatch latency? b. Desktop
c. Taskbar
a. The timetaken by the dispatcher to stop one process
d. My computer
and start another
b. The timetaken by the processor to write a file into 72. Which components appear in the initial Windows
disk start up display?
c. The whole timetaken by all processor
d. None ofAbove
a. Dialog boxes a. System software
b. Start menu b. Operating system
c. Taskbar c. System operations
d. All of above d. None

73. A small part of taskbar that has icons of 80. Which is the first program run on a computer when
background running applications is the computer boots up?

a. Start button a. System software

b. Quick launch b. Operating system
c. Task bar c. System operations
d. System tray d. None

74. An operating system version designed for use with 81. The ....contains commands associated with the My
a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP Computer window

a. Home edition a. Standard menu

b. Media center edition b. Start menu
c. Tablet PC edition c. System menu
d. None of above d. None of the above

75. An operating system version designed for use with 82. .... is the layer of a computer system between the
a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP hardware and the user program

a. Home edition a. Operating environment

b. Media center edition b. Operating system
c. Tablet PC edition c. System environment
d. None of the above d. None of these

76. The date and time displays on 83. Which is the layer of a computer system between
the hardware and the user program
a. Taskbar
b. Status bar a. Operating environment
c. System tray b. Operating system
d. Launch pad c. System environment
d. None
77. .... runs on a computer hardware and serves as a
platform for other system to run on 84. When you start up the computer the boot up
storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and
a. Operating system
data are displayed on the monitor is called
b. Application system
c. System software a. Bootstrap
d. All of above b. Power on self test (POST)
c. System configuration
78. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as
d. Kernel loading
platform for other software to run on?
85. The operating system is the most common type
a. Operating System
of .... Software
b. Application Software
c. System Software a. Communication
d. All b. Application
c. System
79. ... is the program run on a computer when the
d. Word processing software
computer boots up
86. Which of the following is/are external commands?
a. Edit a. Menu bar
b. Label b. Tool bar
c. Sys c. Status bar
d. All of above d. Task bar

87. Which is not an external command? 94. Which components appear in the initial windows
start up display?
a. Edit
b. XCOPY a. Dialog box
c. Sys b. Task bar
d. None of the above c. Start menu
d. All of the above
88. Which of the following is not essential to shut
down your computer? 95. Taskbar is used for

a. Save all opened files a. Navigation program

b. Close all running applications b. Switching between program
c. Switch off monitor c. Start a program
d. Cut off the power supply d. All of above

89. What is Dr. Watson? 96. To install the new font

a. IT Expert a. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font

b. Diagnosis tool b. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new
c. Surgeon font
d. None c. Start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
d. Start -> setting -> font
90. The command allows you to create logical drive
97. When a peripheral device needs immediate
a. Sort
attention from the operating system, it generatesa(n)
b. Path
c. Subst a. Interrupt
d. Batch b. Spool
c. Stack
91. The command used to create logical drive for
d. Page file
specific location of disk
98. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is
a. Fdisk
referred to as
b. Format
c. Subst a. Hyperlink
d. All of the above b. Menu
c. Source drive
92. You can move a window to a different position on
d. None of these
your screen by dragging it by its
99. Which of the following is suitable after you install
a. Move handle
new drivers?
b. Tail
c. Status bar a. Shut Down
d. Title bar b. Restart
c. Sleep
93. A bar that inform you the available options in your
d. Hibernate
computer, opened applications, background running
applications and can be used to switch between 100. Windows displays various options to shutdown.
applications quickly is Which is suitable at the end ofday?
 a. Shut Down
b. Restart
c. Sleep
d. Hibernate

Correct Answers

1–a 2–c 3–d 4–d 5–b 6–a 7–a 8–a 9–a 10 – a

11 – d 12 – d 13 – C 14 – d 15 – d 16 – d 17 – d 18 – c 19 – c 20 – b

21 – a 22 – a 23 – a 24 – d 25 – a 26 – b 27 – a 28 – d 29 – b 30 – c

31 – d 32 – c 33 – d 34 – b 35 – b 36 – d 37 – a 38 – d 39 – a 40 – c

41 – b 42 – d 43 – c 44 – b 45 – a 46 – a 47 – a 48 – c 49 – c 50 - c

51 – c 52 – d 53 – a 54 – a 55 – a 56 – b 57 – c 58 – a 59 – a 60 – d

61 – b 62 – a 63 – d 64 – a 65 – d 66 – d 67 – b 68 – a 69 – c 70 – b

71 – a 72 – c 73 – d 74 – b 75 – c 76 – c 77 – a 78 – a 79 – b 80 – b

81 – c 82 – b 83 – b 84 – b 85 – c 86 – d 87 – d 88 – c 89 – b 90 – c

91 – c 92 – a 93 – d 94 – b 95 – d 96 – b 97 – a 98 – a 99 – b 100 - a