The MODE command of MS-DOS is used to
A. display information about several types of devices installed in your computer
B. provide various types of control over your printers
C. make changes of the current display
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Which of the following applies to external DOS commands?
A. External commands reside in RAM until called
B. External commands are stored on disk separately from COMMAND.COM
C. External commands must always be used with the /e switch
D. External commands can only be executed from a batch file.
E. None of the above
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Which command is used to delete the directory that is empty?
A. DEL *.*
B. RD
C. ERASE
D. MD
E. None of the above
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Which command will be used to display file and directory names only, without size, date, and time information?
A. DIR/W
B. DIR A:
C. DIR/B
D. DIR/S
E. None of the above
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To organize files on a disk, MS-DOS separates them into areas called _____
A. directories
B. buckets
C. areas
D. area directories
E. None of the above
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The _____ command allows you to modify the default prompt to provide other information
A. prompt
B. windows
C. cursor
D. click
E. None of the above
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What DOS program can you run to see which serial ports are detected?
A. comdiag
B. MSD
C. command.com
D. SDET
E. serial.chk
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After doing a low-level format, what would be the next step in configuring the hard drive in a system?
A. Format DOS partition
B. Install operating system
C. Configure DMA channel and back up interrupt
D. Partition hard disk
E. None of the above
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Which of the following commands will take you directly to the root directory no matter what subdirectory you are currently in?
A. CD root
B. CD
C. CD..
D. None of the above
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After trying to unload a TSR, you get an error message saying that other TSRs were loaded after the one you tried to remove. Which of the following commands could you use to see the current load order?
A. MEM /P
B. MEMMAKER
C. MEM /C
D. SYS:
E. None of the above
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Which command is used to send the contents of file named REPORT/TXT to the standard printing device?
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
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A system has two IDE hard drives that are each divided into primary and extended partitions, which drive letter is assigned to the primary partition of the second drive?
A. C
B. D
C. E
D. F
E. None of the above
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HIMEM.SYS controls:
A. DOS=HIGH
B. RMDRIVE.SYS
C. SMARTDRV.SYS
D. Extended Memory
E. None of the above
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Where would you load the mouse driver mouse.sys?
A. config.sys
B. autoexec.bat
C. win.ini
D. io.sys
E. msdos.sys
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Filename extensions help identify certain files. What filename extension identifies command files?
A. COM
B. BAT
C. EXE
D. SYS
E. None of the above
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While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to specify the size of the disk to format.
A. FORMAT/F : size
B. FORMAT/N : sector
C. FORMAT/T : tracks
D. FORMAT/V
E. None of the above
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What command is used to reset a MODEM when using the "AT Command Set"?
A. ATR
B. ATZ
C. DTR
D. DCE
E. None of the above
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While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to force DOS to recheck all clusters when reformatting a disk?
A. FORMAT/B
B. FORMAT/S
C. FORMAT/8
D. FORMAT/C
E. None of the above
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The _____ switch instructs DOS to display the directory list in a wide format.
A. /W
B. /O
C. /P
D. /B
E. None of the above
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Which of the following applies to Internal DOS commands?
A. Internal commands can be run whenever the DOS prompt is displayed
B. Internal commands are reserved for DOS-level programming
C. Internal commands can only be executed from a batch file
D. Internal commands are stored on disk separately from COMMAND.COM
E. None of the above
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