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Q. Which command shows the first few lines of a text file in MS-DOS?

  • (A) HEAD
  • (B) TYPE
  • (C) MORE
  • (D) START

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Q. Which MS-DOS command is used to display or change the system date?

  • (A) DATE
  • (B) TIME
  • (C) SHOWDATE
  • (D) SETDATE

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Q. Which of these is NOT a valid MS-DOS file attribute?

  • (A) Hidden
  • (B) Read-only
  • (C) System
  • (D) Encrypted

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Q. How do you view the contents of a batch file in MS-DOS?

  • (A) VIEW filename.bat
  • (B) TYPE filename.bat
  • (C) READ filename.bat
  • (D) OPEN filename.bat

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Q. Which command can be used to stop a batch file execution?

  • (A) STOP
  • (B) EXIT
  • (C) BREAK
  • (D) QUIT

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Q. Which MS-DOS command can be used to print a file?

  • (A) PRINT
  • (B) LPT
  • (C) COPY PRN
  • (D) SEND

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Q. Which command copies the contents of one disk to another?

  • (A) COPY
  • (B) DISKCOPY
  • (C) XCOPY
  • (D) TRANSFER

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Q. What does the RENAME command do in MS-DOS?

  • (A) Deletes a file
  • (B) Changes the name of a file
  • (C) Copies a file
  • (D) Moves a file

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Q. Which command lists the files in a directory sorted by size?

  • (A) DIR /O:S
  • (B) DIR /O:N
  • (C) DIR /O:D
  • (D) DIR /S

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Q. Which command is used to display or set the system environment variables?

  • (A) ENV
  • (B) SET
  • (C) GET
  • (D) VAR

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