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MS DOS MCQ Questions and answers [PDF]

MS DOS MCQ Questions and Answers PDF MS dos MCQ questions and answers with pdf Microsoft Disk operating system important objective type and ...

MS DOS MCQ Questions and Answers PDF

MS dos MCQ questions and answers with pdf Microsoft Disk operating system important objective type and multiple choice quiz question for computer related competitive exams.


1. DOS command maximum length is _____ character including command name and related Parameters.

Ans. 127

 

2. MS DOS Version 1.0 Developed in _____.

Ans. 1981

 

3. MS DOS version 2.0 Developed in _______.

Ans. 1983

 

4. DOS 3.0 Developed in ______.

Ans. 1984

 

5. DOS 3.3 Developed in ______.

Ans. 1987

 

6. DOS 5.0 Developed in ______.

Ans. 1991

 

7. Dos 6.0 Developed in _______.

Ans. 1993

 

8. DOS 1.25 Developed in ______.

Ans. 1982

 

9. DOS 7.0 Developed in _______.

Ans. 1995 (This version is Part of MS window 95)

 

10. DOS 7.1 Developed in ________.

Ans. 1997

 

11. DOS OS Provide which type of Interface?

Ans. CLI or CUI  (Command Line Interface or Character User interface)

 

12. How many wild card character in DOS?

Ans. Dos Provide Two wildcard character * and ?

( * means single character replacement and ? means any number of character)

 

13. What are internal commands?

Ans. Those commands that are loaded automatically in the memory when DOS is loaded into memory during booting Process

 

14. What is Blocks in computer?

Ans. Every peripheral talks to the computer either one character at a time or in group of characters called Blocks.

 

15.What is the name of hierarchical file system in DOS?

A Tree structure                   

B Root structure

C Hybrid structure               

D Directory structure

Ans. b

 

16. In DOS Copy command can’t copy _____.

Ans. Folders

 

17.Which DOS command is used to delete a directory?

A RD

B REMOVE

C DEL

D DELETE

Ans. a

 

18.Which command is used to specify the location of files or folders in MSDOS?

A dir

B path

C sub directories

D tree

Ans. b

 

19.How the directories under the root directory are called?

A dir

B path

C sub directories

D tree

Ans. c

 

20.Which filename will matches the command. DIR????T.TxT in DOS?

A TIME . TXT

B TEXT . TXT

C TEMP . TXT

D TEMPT .TxT

Ans. d

 

21.What is the used of CD command in DOS?

A create a directory

B change the device name

C create root directory

D change the path of current directory

Ans. d

 

22.What is the maximum number of character allowed as file name in DOS?

A 3 characters

B 6 characters

C 7 characters

D 8 characters

Ans. d

 

23.Which one of the following is the wildcard character?

A * and /         

B ?and /         

C * and ?       

D ?and @

Ans. c

 

24.Which DOS command is used to display system time?

A Now            

B TIME           

C SYSTEM    

D SYSTEMTIME

Ans. a


25.What in the result of the DOS command PROMPT $D$G?

A Prompt >

B D :>

C Current date >

D Current time >

Ans. c

 

26.Which DOS command is used to list all com files in D drive?

A DIR D :\ com

B DIR D :\ com. *

C DIR D :\ * .com

D DIR D :\ * com *

Ans. c

 

27. The last version of MS DOS was _______.

(a) 7.0             

(b) 8.0

(c) 9.0             

(d) 10.0

Ans. b

 

28. MS DOS executable files normally have ________extension.

(a) .EXE         

(b) .COM

(c) .BAT          

(d) all of them

Ans. d

 

29. The commands loaded to main memory along with MS DOS operating system are called______ DOS commands.

(a) internal                 

(b) external

(c) useless                 

(d) unwanted

Ans. a

 

30. The commands stored in a disk and loaded to main memory only when first invoked are called ________ DOS commands.

(a) internal                 

(b) external

(c) useless                 

(d) unwanted

Ans. b

 

31. If a file has .BAT extension and contains a list of commands to be executed, the file is called a ________ file.

(a) database              

(b) temporary 

(c) batch                     

(d) shell script

Ans. c

 

32. Typical first line in a DOS batch file is ________.

(a) @ECHO OFF      

(b) DIR           

(c) MD                        

(d) RD

Ans. a

 

33. The list of directories in which external DOS commands will be searched is called _______.

(a) WINDIR                

(b) PATH        

(c) HOME                   

(d) VER

Ans. b

 

34. Of the following alternatives, ________command displays current value of path variable.

(a) CLS %PATH%                

(b) PROMPT %PATH%

(c) PAUSE %PATH%          

(d) ECHO %PATH%

Ans. d


35. _______command displays version number of MS DOS.

(a) VER          

(b) DIR

(c) CLS           

(d) VOL

Ans. a

 

36. ______command displays the list of files and directories.

(a) VER          

(b) DIR

(c) CLS           

(d) VOL

Ans. b

 

37. _____command displays volume label of given drive.

(a) VER          

(b) DIR

(c) CLS           

(d) VOL

Ans. d

 

38. ____command displays current date and gets new date for resetting.

(a) DATE

(b) TIME

(c) COPY

(d) COPY CON < file.txt >

Ans. a

 

39. DATE command should be run as _______ to set new date.

(a) unknown user

(b) guest user

(c) ordinary user

(d) Administrator

Ans. d

 

40. Recommended format for entering new date using DATE command (in Indian locale) is ____ .

(a) yyy-ddd-mmm     

(b) yy-dd-mm

(c) dd-mm-yy 

(d) yyy-mm-dd

Ans. c


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