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Q. When MS-DOS formats a disk, it automatically creates the main directory on your disk, which is called the _____ directory.

  • (A) main
  • (B) root
  • (C) area
  • (D) border

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Q. Which command will prevent subsequent changes to the file CBT.EXE?

  • (A) RENAME + r CBT.EXE
  • (B) ATTRIB + r CBT.EXE
  • (C) COPY + r CBT.EXE
  • (D) MODE + r CBT.EXE

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Q. Which command will be used to display a column file compression ratio for each file of Double spaced disk?

  • (A) DIR/W
  • (B) DIR/S
  • (C) DIR/B
  • (D) DIR /C (/C switch introduced in DOS version 6.00)

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Q. While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to copy all files from the currently logged drive and directory with the extension .TXT to the drive A?

  • (A) COPY A: *.TXT
  • (B) COPY *.TXT A:
  • (C) COPY *.TXT C:
  • (D) COPY *.TXT ALL.TXT

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Q. Which command of DOS is used to compare two floppy disks?

  • (A) DISKCOPY
  • (B) DISKCOMP
  • (C) DISKCOPY A: B/V
  • (D) FORMAT A: B:

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Q. Which command of DOS is used to sort the file in reverse order?

  • (A) SORT > filename
  • (B) SORT < filename
  • (C) SORT/R < filename
  • (D) SORT/V < filename

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Q. An entire path name, consisting of several sub-directory names can contain upto

  • (A) 13 character
  • (B) 36 character
  • (C) 63 character
  • (D) 53 character

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Q. MS-DOS developed in

  • (A) 1991
  • (B) 1984
  • (C) 1971
  • (D) 1961

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Q. Maximum length of DOS command using any optional parameter is

  • (A) 26 characters
  • (B) 87 characters
  • (C) 127 characters
  • (D) None of above

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Q. In which version of DOS. CHKDSK command has been changed to SCANDISK?

  • (A) 5.0
  • (B) 6.2
  • (C) 6.0
  • (D) 6.2

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