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1. What would you type in Run window to open ‘MS Word’.
msword.exesrc=
word.exesrc=
winword.exesrc=
Cannot be open from Run
None of thesesrc=
Correct Ans: winword.exe
2. Key to permanent delete the file without sending it to the recycle bin.
Shift+Alt+Del
Ctrl+Del
Alt+Del
Delete
None of these
Correct Ans: None of these
3. What will be the shortcut key in windows to perform cut operation.
Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+x
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+C
None of these
Correct Ans: Ctrl+x
4. . Zip files are
Compressed Files
Fragmented Files
Deleted Files
Save Files
None of these
Correct Ans: Compressed Files
5. Which of the following is the file directly used by Operating System.
.rar
.vbs
.ini
.bmp
None of these
Correct Ans: .ini
6. In Windows operating system it is a very important part of Windows, clicking on it opens up what is called the start menu
Icons
Start button
Delete button
Icon
None of these
Correct Ans: Start button
7. In Windows operating system the ———— ——— is the main screen area that one sees after he turn on a computer and log on to Windows.
Taskbar
Icons
Desktop
Title bar
None of these
Correct Ans: Desktop
8. Word Processors that is the part of Windows operating system
Adobe Photoshop
Wordpad
Notepad
Jasc Paint Shop
None of these
Correct Ans: Wordpad
9. In Windows operating system these are small pictures that represent files, folders, programs, and other items. Each one is used to make the computer do something.
Taskbar
Icons
Sidebar
Title bar
None of these
Correct Ans: Icons
10. Microsoft Windows provides a graphics application named
Paint
Adobe Photoshop
Jasc Paint Shop
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: Paint
11. It is a visual aspect that indicates that a control is ready to receive input from you in Windows operating system
Dialog Boxes
Text Boxes
Command Buttons
Control’s Focus
None of these
Correct Ans: Control’s Focus
12. In Windows operating system it is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of a screen. Unlike the desktop, which can get obscured by the windows on top of it, it is visible almost all the time.
Taskbar
Icons
Sidebar
Print
None of these
Correct Ans: Taskbar
13. In Windows operating system it sits at the bottom of windows desktop screen. It shows you which programs are running and allows you to switch between them. It also contains the Start button which one can use to access programs, folders, and computer settings.
Print
Icons
Taskbar
Sidebar
None of these
Correct Ans: Taskbar
14. In Windows operating system it is a window that is used to display text or to receive text from you. The type of text it displays or the type of text you are asked to provide depends on the application or the situation.
Command Buttons
Control’s Focus
Text Boxes
Dialog Boxes
None of these
Correct Ans: Text Boxes
15. In Windows operating system the clock in windows xp sits on the ————— and displays the system time.
Start menu
Taskbar
Desktop
Title bar
None of these
Correct Ans: Taskbar
16. Text Editor that is the part of Windows operating system
Notepad
Adobe Photoshop
Wordpad
Jasc Paint Shop
None of these
Correct Ans: Notepad
17. In Windows operating system when you delete a file or folder, it doesn’t actually get deleted right away, it goes to the ————.
Cycle Bin
Dust Bin
Recycle Bin
bin
None of these
Correct Ans: Recycle Bin
18. How can you find the amount of memory installed on your computer?
Right click on “My Computer”/Properties
Use Control Panel
There is no way to tell without rebooting your system
Right click on your desktop and go to Properties
None of these
Correct Ans: Right click on “My Computer”/Properties
19. How can you tell which printers are installed on a computer?
Open “My Computer”/Printers
Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/Printers
Go to Start/Settings/Printers
All of the above
None of these
Correct Ans: Open “My Computer”/Printers
20. How can you find the creation date of a file?
Ask your network manager
Right click on any file name and go to Properties
There is no way to find the creation date of a file
Open the file and look at the date field inside it
None of these
Correct Ans: Right click on any file name and go to Properties21. Which Windows program allows you to quickly locate a file or folder?
Windows explorer
F1 search
Find under the Start button and/or Windows Explorer
“My Computer”
None of these
Correct Ans: Find under the Start button and/or Windows Explorer
22. Where can you find the most recent files you worked on in Windows?
Under Start/Documents
Under Open Word Document
Start/Find/Files or Folders
There is no way to find them by themselves
None of these
Correct Ans: Under Start/Documents
23. Which key starts the Help program in all Windows applications?
F10
F1
Ctrl+F2
F7
None of these
Correct Ans: F10
24. Which key starts the Spell Checker in all Windows applications?
There is no such key
Ctrl+P
F5
F7
None of these
Correct Ans: F7
25. Which keys move the cursor to the end and beginning of a line with a single keystroke?
Page Up and Page Down
Ctrl+End and Ctrl+Home
Left arrow and right arrow
End and Home
None of these
Correct Ans: End and Home
26. Which keyboard shortcut enables you to select the contents of an entire document?
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+L
Alt+A
Alt+V
None of these
Correct Ans: Ctrl+A
27. Which keyboard shortcut enables you to save in any Windows application?
Alt+S
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+V
Alt+A
None of these
Correct Ans: Ctrl+S
28. A keyboard shortcut _____.
cannot be used to execute commands inside an application, only in Windows itself
can be used to open the Start menu or switch to the Start screen
is a combination of two or more keys from the keyboard
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: can be used to open the Start menu or switch to the Start screen
29. If a dialog box has 4 radio buttons in the same group, you may choose _____.
exactly one of them
exactly two if they are grouped in two columns (one from each column)
any number of them
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: exactly one of them
30. A right click on the desktop itself will _____.
open the Display Properties dialog box
show a context-sensitive menu
open the Control Panel
minimize all open applications
None of these
Correct Ans: show a context-sensitive menu
31. To see Help for Windows itself you could _____.
click on Help in any menu bar
click on the Taskbar
press ALT + ENTER
open the Start menu or screen and search for Help
None of these
Correct Ans: open the Start menu or screen and search for Help
32. The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display is _____.
My Computer or Computer
Explorer or File Explorer
Control Panel
Taskbar
None of these
Correct Ans: Control Panel
33. When you let your pointer linger over an object, the pointer is _____.
hovering
elapsing
dragging
expanding
None of these
Correct Ans: hovering
34. A WinXP style Help window is used also by some programs. To search for Help articles that contain a particular word, you could use the _____
Contents tab
Index tab
Find or Search
both b and c
None of these
Correct Ans: both b and c
35. To make a window wider, you would move the pointer until it changes to the Horizontal Resize shape and then _____.
click
right click
double-click
drag
None of these
Correct Ans: drag
36. On the Taskbar the time is shown in the _____.
Start menu
Scrollbar
Desktop
Notification area or Tray
None of these
Correct Ans: Notification area or Tray
37. If the displayed system time and date is wrong, you can reset it using
Write
Calendar
Write file
Control panel
None of these
Correct Ans: Control panel
38. A Microsoft Windows is ___________ a(n)
Operating system
Graphic program
Word Processing
Database program
None of these
Correct Ans: Operating system
39. Which of the following is program group?
Accessories
Paint
Word
All of above
None of these
Correct Ans: Accessories
40. Which is not application software?
Windows NT
Pagemaker
WinWord XP
Photoshop
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows NT41. Which of the following windows versions support 64 bit processor?
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 95
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows XP
42. Which of the following Operating systems is better for implementing a Client-Server network
MS DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows 2000
43. My Computer was introduced from
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows 95
44. Which of the following Windows do not have Start button
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 95
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows 8
45. Which is the latest version of MS Windows?
Windows 2007
Windows 8.1
Windows 2008
Windows 7
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows 8.1
46. Which Operating System doesn’t support networking between computers?
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 2000
Windows NT
None of these
Correct Ans: Windows 3.1
47. You should choose Sleep option when
The computer is tired after working for the whole day
You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly
When Computer gets hanged frequently. Let it sleep for some time
You finish working and going to bed
None of these
Correct Ans: You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly
48. The __________ displays the name of every computer user on the computer
Wish list screen
Command screen
Welcome screen
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: Welcome screen
49. Which menu bar selection would you access to open file?
Option
Help
View
Insert
None of these
Correct Ans: Insert
50. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting Windows?
Safe Mode
Normal Mode
VGA Mode
Network Support Mode
None of these
Correct Ans: Safe Mode
51. In Windows,start button is used to
Run applications
Device setting
Turn off the system
All of above
None of these
Correct Ans: All of above
52. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can____________ that text into another document
Paste
Copy
Transfer
Delete
None of these
Correct Ans: Paste
53. What is the function of radio button?
To select multiple option
To select single option
To select all option
All of above
None of these
Correct Ans: To select single option
54. You can use print manage window
To check status of files in the print queue
To cancel the print job
To interrupt printing
All of the above
None of these
Correct Ans: All of the above
55. Whenever you move a directory from one location to another
All files inside the directory are moved
All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved
The directory is moved the source file is not moved
Both a and b
None of these
Correct Ans: Both a and b
56. Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self-test (POST)?
The scandisk utility begins to run
The video card and video memory are tested
The BIOS identification process occurs
Memory chip are checked to ensure that they are working properly
None of these
Correct Ans: The scandisk utility begins to run
57. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
Name of the file
Extension of the file
The amount of memory in your computer
All of above
None of these
Correct Ans: The amount of memory in your computer
58. Which of the following is drop down list?
List
Combo box
Text area
All of above
None of these
Correct Ans: Combo box
59. Recently deleted files are stored in
Recycle bin
Desktop
Taskbar
My computer
None of these
Correct Ans: Recycle bin
60. A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
Start button
Quick launch
Task bar
System tray
None of these
Correct Ans: System tray61. An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP
Home edition
Media center edition
Tablet PC edition
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: Media center edition
62. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP
Home edition
Media center edition
Tablet PC edition
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: Tablet PC edition
63. The date and time displays on
Taskbar
Status bar
System tray
Launch pad
None of these
Correct Ans: System tray
64. The ___________ contains commands associated with the My Computer window
Standard menu
Start menu
System menu
All of these
None of these
Correct Ans: System menu
65. Which is not an external command?
Edit
XCOPY
Sys
Delete
None of these
Correct Ans: Delete
66. Which of the following is not essential to shutdown your computer?
Save all opened files
Close all running applications
Switch off monitor
Cut off the power supply
None of these
Correct Ans: Switch off monitor
67. What is Dr. Watson?
IT Expert
Diagnosis tool
Surgeon
Software Engineer
None of these
Correct Ans: Diagnosis tool
68. You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its
Move handle
Tail
Status bar
Title bar
None of these
Correct Ans: Move handle
69. 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
Menu bar
Toolbar
Status bar
Task bar
None of these
Correct Ans: Task bar
70. Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?
Dialog box
Task bar
Start menu
All of the above
None of these
Correct Ans: Task bar
71. Taskbar is used for
Navigation program
Switching between program
Start a program
All of above
None of these
Correct Ans: All of above
72. To install the new font
Start -> setting -> control panel -> font
Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font
Start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
Start -> setting -> font
None of these
Correct Ans: Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font
73. Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end of day?
Shut Down
Restart
Sleep
Hibernate
None of these
Correct Ans: Shut Down