FreePractice - Part 6 (ver 1.2.00)

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1 Which file is COMSPEC specified in?
CONFIG.SYS
COMMAND.COM
AUTOEXEC.BAT
SYSTEM.INI
2 Which of the following is not required for operating system startup?
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
COMMAND.COM
CONFIG.SYS
3 Which of the following files displays the DOS prompt?
IO.SYS
COMMAND.COM
MSDOS.SYS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
4 Which of the following are not Windows 3.x system files?
GDI.EXE
USER.DAT
WIN.INI
SYSTEM.INI
5 Which of the following files no longer contains system code when used with Windows 95?
IO.SYS
COMMAND.COM
MSDOS.SYS
GDI.EXE
6 Windows 95 only runs in _________mode, so there is only one kernel.
Protected
User
Real
Virtual Real
7 When you use the FORMAT C: /S command, DOS formats the C: drive and places the system files on the hard disk. Where is the pointer placed to find these system files?
On the boot partition
In the boot sector
In the boot record
In the BOOT.INI file
8 Which type of file MUST have an extension added to execute?
BAT
COM
SYS
EXE
9 If you have three files in the same directory called go.bat, go.exe, and go.com what is the hierarchy in which they will be executed?
BAT then COM then EXE
COM then EXE then BAT
EXE then COM then BAT
10 Rather than putting all available functions into a single huge executable file, most DOS developers create library files with what extensions?
.BIN AND .TMP
.OVL AND .DLL
.BIN AND .OVL
.TMP AND .DLL
11 What does the CTRL-ESC keystroke combination do in Windows 95?
Opens My Computer
Opens the Start menu
Opens Network Neighborhood
Opens Explorer
12 A user is complaining that his hard disk appears to be getting slower. You sit down at his computer, which is running DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.x, and open a command prompt window. What will happen when you try to run DEFRAG?
You can not run DEFRAG in a DOS box
You must change to the DOS directory first
Defrag is not compatible with Windows 3.x
DEFRAG is not available with DOS 5.0
13 What will happen when SCANDISK encounters a bad cluster during a scan?
Nothing
SCANDISK will repair the cluster
SCANDISK will attempt to save the information from the cluster, and mark the cluster as bad.
SCANDISK will attempt to save the information from the cluster, and attempt to fix the cluster
14 Program Manager in Windows 3.x stores information concerning the program groups in files with what extension?
PRG
GRP
PRO
GRO
15 Where are the individual groups to be loaded by Program Manager located?
USER.DAT
PROGMAN.DAT
PROGMAN.INI
WIN.INI
16 What type of multitasking requires that an application voluntarily relinquish control of the CPU?
Non-Preemptive
Preemptive
Linear
Cooperative
17 How many files can be held in the DOS root directory?
128
256
512
1024
18 Text-based operating systems for PCs include:
DOS
Windows 95
Windows 3.1
OS/2
19 There are a number of 32-bit Operating systems. These systems include:
DOS
Windows NT
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11
20 Which of the following files are required to start DOS?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
COMMAND.COM
CONFIG.SYS
WIN.INI
21 The customer calls and complains about his DOS prompt and he wants you to change it. In what file do you put the change?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
COMMAND.COM
CONFIG.SYS
SYSTEM.INI
22 In DOS, what actually displays the DOS prompt?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
COMMAND.COM
PROMPT
CONFIG.SYS
23 A customer has a hard disk that was a slave drive and is now a master drive. She cannot get the system to start. Without erasing the hard disk, what command should she use to get DOS to start on it?
FORMAT C:/S
FDISK
SYS
This cannot be done.
24 In DOS, filenames are limited to a length of:
254 characters
8 characters
8 characters period 3 characters
no limit
25 You have a new, right-out-of-the-box hard disk. To use that hard disk you must perform what steps first?
FDISK, FORMAT
FORMAT, FDISK
It is ready to use
FDISK
26 To copy all the files and subdirectories from one directory to another use the ________ command.
XCOPY /S
XCOPY
COPY
COPY /S
27 Internal commands are part of _______________.
AUTOEXEC.BAT
COMMAND.COM
CONFIG.SYS
IO.SYS
28 A customer calls and says he used XCOPY to copy the files on his disk. However the new file names are shorter, and have many tildes in them. What happened?
DOS does not Copy Windows long file names
He is looking in the wrong place
File names cannot contain tildes
They will appear normal under Windows 95.
29 In DOS the command to list the directory of files is called:
DIR
DIRECTOR
TREE
LD
30 When you are changing floppy disks in Windows 95, and you want to update the directory on the screen press the ______key.
F1
F5
F10
Can’t be done
31 Directories were examined in Windows 3.1 by using File Manager. Windows 95 allows you to use:
File Manager only
Windows Explorer only
File Manager and Windows Explorer
Internet Explorer
32 While Windows 95 is running, a task locks up. To shut down the task you may:
Restart the computer
Press ALT-CTRL-DEL and end the task
The task cannot be ended
Ctrl-C
33 All directory entries are stored in the ___________ on the disk.
File Allocation Table (FAT)
File Directory
File Assistance Tab (FAT)
Root directory
34 Entries that control how the desktop looks in Windows 3.x are located ___________ file.
WINDOWS.INI
SYSTEM.INI
WIN.INI
CONFIG.SYS
35 Four of the attributes that are stored on a file in DOS are:
Read, System, Read/Write, Share
Read Write, System, Hidden
Read, Write, Hidden, Archive
Read, System, Hidden, Archive
36 Plug and Play means that:
Solitaire is available when the machine starts.
Windows 95 recognizes and installs new devices.
The computer can be plugged in and run.
When a CD is placed in the CD drive, it plays automatically.
37 Which of the following is not located in the root directory?
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
HIMEM.SYS
CONFIG.SYS
38 Where does Windows look for the device driver KEYBOARD.DRV?
WIN.INI
AUTOEXEC.BAT
ANSI.INI
SYSTEM.INI
39 Where is the DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS line located?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
WIN.INI
SYSTEM.INI
40 On a 486DX Windows computer the Expanded Memory is controlled by:
EMM386.EXE
EMM486.EXE
PAGEFILE.SYS
HIMEM.SYS
41 Which of the following will not use Smartdrive?
Hard disk caching
CD-ROM caching
Windows 95
DOS
42 You want to rename a file in DOS from C:\A to C:\B. Which of these commands will work?
RENAME C:\A C:\B
COPY C:\A C:\B then press ENTER and type DEL C:\b
RN C:\A C:\B
ATTRIB C:\A C:\B
43 What is the effect of typing ATTRIB –R C:\A at the DOS prompt? ("A" is a read only file.)
It stays read only
It changes to not read only
Nothing, since the command has the wrong switch
The file is hidden
44 What DOS command can be used to detect the presence of hidden files?
SCANDISK
CHKDSK
DRWATSON
TREE
45 If you want to copy a whole hard disk to another, which of the following commands will not work?
XCOPY /E /H
XCOPY /S /E /H
XCOPY /S /E W /W
XCOPY /S /E /C /H
46 If you have just formatted a floppy and you want to make it bootable, what can you do?
Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove Software | Startup Disk | Create Disk
Type SYS C: at the DOS prompt
Copy the autoexec.bat to the disk
Copy the IO.SYS to the disk
47 Where can Buffer= and Files= be found?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
WIN.INI
SYS.INI
48 Which of the following are not DOS system files?
MSDOS.COM
COMMAND.COM
HIMEM.SYS
EMM386.EXE
49 Where is LOAD HI USED?
CONFIG.SYS
SYSTEM.INI
AUTOEXEC.BAT
SYS.INI
50 A user has locked the screen saver with a password, quit his job, and left town. You reboot to DOS and edit which file to reset the password?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
SYSTEM.INI
WIN.INI