DOS MCQ Questions Answers

1. Mark's manager shares a report sample for preparing the sales report for the current year. He collects the data but is not able to figure out how to add trends (as shown in the last column of the image). Which of the following options should he insert into the worksheet to show the trends?

2. Which files would the DEL c:\windows\temp\?ast.t* command delete?

3. Which statements about the UNDELETE command are correct?

4. Correct syntax for editing the CONFIG.SYS file?

5. What accomplished by DOS command COPY myfile1.txt + myfile2.txt

6. Following DOS command accomplish? RMDIR c:\test

7. Which device is the MSCDEX command associated with?

8. What is the APPEND command used for?

9. The following is an example of an AUTOEXEC.BAT file: @echo off SET SOUND=C:\SOUNDS\SPEAKERS\SOUND SET BLASTER=B320 I2 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\ LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123 LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE DOSKEY CLS What is the purpose of the line SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\ ?

10. The following is an example of a CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS FILES=30 STACKS=0,0 BUFFERS=20 DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123 What is the purpose of the line DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS?

11. Which attribute can be changed using the ATTRIB command?

12. Following DOS command accomplish?

TYPE c:\autoexec.bat

13. Command to get information about a particular disk volume?

14. Which statements about the RENAME command is correct?

15. What is the FDISK utility used for?

16. Which statements are true about the COPY command?

17. What are the names of the 4 system files?

18. The following is an example of a CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS FILES=30 STACKS=0,0 BUFFERS=20 DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123 What is the purpose of the line FILES=30?

19. DOS is an acronym for?

20. Command use to get information about any DOS commands?

21. Function performed by the VERIFY command?

22. What is accomplished by DOS command: SYS a:

23. Command to add comments in a CONFIG.SYS file or a batch file?

24. Maximum size of the PATH that can be specified in DOS?

25. EXPAND command used for?

26. Which statements about the DELTREE command are correct?

27. Which command will display all the directories of the current directory in ascending order of creation date?

28. The following is an example of an AUTOEXEC.BAT file: @echo off SET SOUND=C:\SOUNDS\SPEAKERS\SOUND SET BLASTER=B320 I2 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\ LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123 LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE DOSKEY CLS What is the purpose of the line LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123?

29. Which command copies a folder including all of its subdirectories?

30. Which are available in a DOS file system ?

31. In Windows Xp, what is the file equlivalent to CONFIG.SYS ?

32. Which command displays the directory list including files in tree structure ?

33. Which statement about Quick Format is true?

34. Which external command compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences between them?

35. DOS is not a single operating system but several closely related operating systems.

36. Which is true about FASTOPEN?

37. Which key will bypass CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT during the boot sequence?

38. Which operating systems does not fall under DOS?

39. Which command is used in CONFIG.SYS file to specify the number of file-control blocks for file sharing?

40. What is the first program that gets run after boot?

41. Correct command to transfer a file from one disk to another?

42. Which is NOT an external command?

43. What is the order of precedence when COMMAND.COM searches for executable files?

44. What does TSR stand for?

45. Which is the correct load/execution sequence during a DOS boot?

46. Which DOS command will display the name of files in sorted order?

47. Which command is syntactically incorrect?

48. Command to list only the hidden files under the current directory?

49. Which external command file is required to use “format” command?

50. Which external command load country specific information?

51. Which command continuously monitors the computer for viruses?

52. Which is not displayed by “CHKDSK” command?

53. Which command will display the list of all previous commands entered by the user?

54. The PATH command is typically found in which file?

55. 'Active Code Page: 437' is displayed when using this command:

56. Attribute that’ll suppress prompting in the MOVE command

57. Which is NOT an internal command?

58. Which property in CONFIG.SYS file loads device drivers in the upper memory area?

59. Which will create a bootable floppy disk?

60. Which used to set the name to a disk in DOS?

61. In XCOPY command, What arguiment used for avoiding prompt for overwrite ?

62. Which command will delete a file?

63. Which command will delete a directory?

64. Command to list all the files and folders whose name contains TST from second character?

65. What does formatting a disk mean?

66. Size limitation of MS-DOS file name and extension?

67. Which DOS commands provides International keyboard (different countries and language) and character set information?

68. RESTORE command is used for which of the following?

69. Which pair of command does not perform the same function?

70. Command to display the contents of a file?

71. Which is used to copy all the files stored in floppy disk into the DATA directory of hard disk (c drive)?

72. Which is true about external command MSD?

73. Which is not a DOS executable extension?

74. Which command installs file-sharing and locking capabilities on the hard disk?

75. Which file contains configuration files for the DOS operating system?

76. Which is true about DOSKEY?

77. Command that will change to the root directory irrespective of the current directory?

78. Which statement about COMMAND.COM is true?

79. DOS uses the 8.3 filename convention?

80. The COPY command:

81. What function does the MEM command perform?

82. Which DOS command will combine file1 and file2 into new file named file3?

83. Which command is used to display the disk volume label?

84. Which is used to display the list of files and directories starting with 's'?

85. Which statement about TSR is true?

86. What type of OS is MSDOS?

87. What action does the DELTREE command perform?

88. Which statement about AUTOEXEC.BAT is true?

89. Which command will copy all files with extension .TXT under the current directory to drive D?

90. What DOS command formats a floppy disk and copies system files to the formatted disk?

91. Command to clear the screen?

92. Which one you use to search a file in MS-DOS?

93. Which is a key advantage of using batch files?

94. what Keys pressed to perform a warm reboot on a DOS operating system?

95. Which file contains commands that configure systems devices?

96. What action does the MODE command perform?

97. Which external command deletes a directory and all the files and subdirectories in it?

98. Command to list all files in the current directory?

99. What is the function of “Ctrl+C” in DOS?

100. A volume label can be assigned to a disk by using the LABEL command.