Deck 4: Computer Software and Operating System

Question 1

Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?

A)operating system
B)application software
C)system software
D)all of above

Answer 1

operating system

Question 2

... is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up

A)system software
B)operating system
C)system operations
D)none of above

Answer 2

operating system

Question 3

Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?

A)system software
B)operating system
C)system operations
D)none of above

Answer 3

operating system

Question 4

The ....contains commands associated with the My Computer window

A)standard menu
B)start menu
C)system menu
D)none of the above

Question 5

.... is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program

A)operating environment
B)operating system
C)system environment
D)none of these

Question 6

Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program

A)operating environment
B)operating system
C)system environment
D)none of above

Question 7

When you start up the computer the boot up storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called

A)bootstrap
B)power on self test (post)
C)system configuration
D)kernel loading

Question 8

The operating system is the most common type of .... Software

A)communication
B)application
C)system
D)word processing software

Question 9

Which of the following is/are external commands?

A)edit
B)label
C)sys
D)all of above

Question 10

Which is not an external command?

A)edit
B)xcopy
C)sys
D)none of the above

Question 11

Which of the following is not essential to shut down your computer?

A)save all opened files
B)close all running applications
C)switch off monitor
D)cut off the power supply

Question 12

What is Dr. Watson?

A)it expert
B)diagnosis tool
C)surgeon
D)none of above

Question 13

The command allows you to create logical drive

A)sort
B)path
C)subst
D)batch

Question 14

The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk

A)fdisk
B)format
C)subst
D)all of the above

Question 15

You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its

A)move handle
B)tail
C)status bar
D)title bar

Question 16

A bar that inform you the available options in your computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used to switch between applications quickly is

A)menu bar
B)tool bar
C)status bar
D)task bar

Question 17

Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?

A)dialog box
B)task bar
C)start menu
D)all of the above

Question 18

Taskbar is used for

A)navigation program
B)switching between program
C)start a program
D)all of above

Question 19

To install the new font

A)start -> setting -> control panel -> font
B)start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font
C)start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
D)start -> setting -> font

Question 20

When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generatesa(n)

A)interrupt
B)spool
C)stack
D)page file

Question 21

Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as

A)hyperlink
B)menu
C)source drive
D)none of these

Question 22

Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?

A)shut down
B)restart
C)sleep
D)hibernate

Question 23

Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end ofday?

A)shut down
B)restart
C)sleep
D)hibernate

Question 24

If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a

A)log file
B)another running process
C)new file
D)none of the mentioned

Question 25

Brain of computer is___________

A)control unit
B)arithmetic and logic unit
C)central processing unit
D)memory