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Q. 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) CD../

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Q. 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:

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Q. What DOS program can you run to see which serial ports are detected?

  • (A) comdiag
  • (B) MSD
  • (C) command.com
  • (D) SDET

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Q. The COPY command of MS-DOS, is used to

  • (A) copying files from one floppy disk to another floppy disk
  • (B) copying one or more files on the same disk or directory
  • (C) copying two or more files into a single file
  • (D) All of the above

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Q. Which of the following filename extension suggests that the file is a backup copy of another file?

  • (A) BAK *
  • (B) BAS
  • (C) COM
  • (D) TXT

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Q. While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to compare the disk in drive A with the disk in drive B, specifying to compare only first side of each disk, and only the first 8 sectors of each track?

  • (A) DISKCOPY A: B:/8
  • (B) DISKCOMP A: B:/l/8
  • (C) DISKCOMP A: B:/8
  • (D) DISKCOMP A: B:/l

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Q. While working with MS-DOS, which command will you use to display the version?

  • (A) DATE Command
  • (B) VER Command
  • (C) DISK Command
  • (D) FORMAT Command

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

  • (A) External
  • (B) Internal
  • (C) Change
  • (D) File

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Q. Which DOS command will configure a serial printing port?

  • (A) Parallel serial
  • (B) Mode LPT1=C0M1
  • (C) Direct LPTl=COMl
  • (D) Mode printer ()-serial ()

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Q. Which command below will instruct DOS to do a "quick format".

  • (A) FORMAT A: /QUICK
  • (B) FORMAT A: /Q
  • (C) FORMAT A: /QU
  • (D) FORMAT A: /QF

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