Disk Operating System (DOS)

Multiple Choice questions & answers are available for a Computer Science students to clear GAT, NTS, ECAT exams, various technical interview, competitive examination, and other entrance exam.Disk Operating System (DOS) is the important Topic for a computer science and technical students and one should practice these Mcqs to grasp good knowledge on the topic.

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16.
What command would you type to list all of the files in the current directory?

DIR

LIST ALL

SHOW

SHOW ME

17.
While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to move file from one directory to another?

RENAME

COPY

MOVE

CP

18.
A _____ boot is when DOS is restarted without turning off the computer.

Warm

Reboot

Shutdown

System up

19.
While using the DIR command, you can use certain switches with it. Which one of the following cannot be used with DIR?

/P

/W

/S

/T

20.
What is a TSR?

Test status request

Terminate and stay resident program

Take status request

Token set ready

21.
Batch files contain a group of MS-DOS commands that are run in successive order. What filename extension identifies batch files?

COM

BAT

EXE

SYS

23.
While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to specify the colour display, 40 columns and color?

MODE COLOUR

MODE/C

MODE CO40

MODE CHANGE

24.
Which DOS command allows you to compress existing disks and to create new compressed volumes?

DEFRAG

DBLSPACE

SCANDISK

MSAV

25.
The MODE command of MS-DOS is used to

Display information about several types of devices installed in your computer

Provide various types of control over your printers

Make changes of the current display

All of the above

26.
Which of the following applies to external DOS commands?

External commands reside in RAM until called

External commands are stored on disk separately from COMMAND.COM

External commands must always be used with the /e switch

External commands can only be executed from a batch file.

28.
Which command will be used to display file and directory names only, without size, date, and time information?

DIR/W

DIR A:

DIR/B

DIR/S

29.
To organize files on a disk, MS-DOS separates them into areas called _____

Directories

Buckets

Areas

Area directories

30.
The _____ command allows you to modify the default prompt to provide other information

Prompt

Windows

Cursor

Click

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