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  • What type of commands are individual programs kept, as separate files on the hard disk (DOS diskette)?


  • Options
  • A. External
  • B. Internal
  • C. Change
  • D. File
  • E. None of the above

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    • 1. Where would you load the mouse driver mouse.sys?

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    • A. config.sys
    • B. autoexec.bat
    • C. win.ini
    • D. io.sys
    • E. msdos.sys
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which command is used to send the contents of file named REPORT/TXT to the standard printing device?

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    • A. TYPE REPORT.TXT TO PRINTER
    • B. TYPE REPORT.TXT > PRN
    • C. TYPE REPORT.TXT | PRN
    • D. TYPE REPORT.TXT | PRINTER
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which best describes a fragmented hard drive?

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    • A. The platters are bad
    • B. Data files are corrupted
    • C. Clusters of data are damaged
    • D. Files are not stored in consecutive clusters
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. While working with MS-DOS, which command will you use to display the version?

    • Options
    • A. DATE Command
    • B. VER Command
    • C. DISK Command
    • D. FORMAT Command
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which command is executed before the others when a computer is first turned on?

    • Options
    • A. Device=c:\emm386.exe
    • B. Device=c:\dos\himem.sys
    • C. Prompt=$p$g
    • D. Patch c:\dos
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The _____ switch instructs DOS to display the directory list in a wide format.

    • Options
    • A. /W
    • B. /O
    • C. /P
    • D. /B
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. After searching the current directory where does command.com search next?

    • Options
    • A. C:\DOS\UTILITIES
    • B. Config.sys
    • C. Autoexec.bat
    • D. The Path Statement
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to sort the file in ascending order?

    • Options
    • A. SORT filename
    • B. SORT < filename
    • C. SORT > filename
    • D. SORT | filename
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. What command is used to reset a MODEM when using the "AT Command Set"?

    • Options
    • A. ATR
    • B. ATZ
    • C. DTR
    • D. DCE
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. What command can you add to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that your computer temporarily stops in the execution of the file before continuing?

    • Options
    • A. Pause
    • B. Halt
    • C. Wait x.xx seconds
    • D. Wait until Files="x"
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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