Top 350+ Solved Basics of Operating System MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The windows feature is the ability of computer to automatically configure a new hardware component is that
a. Auto detect
b. Plug and play
c. Add remove hardware
d. None of above
Q. Which of the following is not a part of the control panel?
a. Date and time
b. My documents
c. Add or remove program
d. Display
Q. The ....provides information about hardware installation, configuration and hardware status
a. Device manager
b. Control panel
c. Add new hardware
d. Program manager
Q. Which of the following is a program group?
a. Word pad
b. Paint brush
c. Accessories
d. None of the above
Q. Using windows explorer, a plus (+) sign in front of a folder indicates
a. An open folder
b. The folder contains subfolder
c. A text file
d. A graphic file
Q. What is Thrashing?
a. A high paging activity is called thrashing.
b. A high executing activity is called thrashing
c. A extremely long process is called thrashing
d. A extremely long virtual memory is called thrashing
Q. A flashing or blinking light on the screen is called
a. An icon
b. A pixel
c. A cursor
d. None of the above
Q. Operating system is
a. A collection of software routines
b. A collection of hardware components
c. A collection of input and output devices
d. All of above
Q. An entire path name, consisting of several sub-directory name can contain up to
a. 13 character
b. 36 character
c. 63 character
d. 53 character
Q. Which of the following file pattern encompasses the filenames having second character b ?
a. *b??????.txt
b. ?b******.txt
c. 2b*.txt
d. ?b*.txt
Q. Which switch will be used in dir to see screen full contents of disk at a time?
a. /s
b. /w
c. /p
d. /b