A blog by Devendra Tewari
See answers at the end.
To view the files in the current directory the command would be
a. DIR
b. DEL
c. CD
d. SHOW
The command used to change to a sub-directory is
a. DIR
b. CD
c. CHDIR
d. Both b and c above
To go to root directory from any directory you would use
a. CD ..
b. DIR \
c. CD \
d. CD
The command CD with no parameters would show
a. The root directory
b. The contents of the current directory
c. The current DOS path
d. None of the above
To go to the parent directory from the current you would use the command
a. CD ..
b. CD \
c. DIR ..\
d. DIR ..
To see the directory listing of the root directory you would use
a. DIR ..
b. DIR \
c. DIR ..\
d. CD \
To see the directory listing of the parent directory you would use
a. DIR \
b. DIR ..
c. DIR ..\
d. both b and c
Path name given as “...." is called as
a. Absolute path
b. Relative path
c. Alternate path
d. None of the above
Path name given as “\DOS” or “C:\DOS” is called
a. Alternate path
b. Relative path
c. Absolute path
d. All of the above
DEL . deletes all files in
a. The current directory
b. In the current directory and all its sub-directories
c. In the root directory
d. All files irrespective of where they are located
DIR is
a. An external command
b. An internal command
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Internal commands are interpreted by
a. COMMAND.COM
b. AUTOEXEC.BAT
c. CONFIG.SYS
d. None of the above
To automatically execute a program when the computer starts it must be loaded in
a. AUTOEXEC.BAT
b. COMMAND.COM
c. FORMAT.COM
d. CONFIG.SYS
Executable code files have the extension
a. COM
b. EXE
c. BAT
d. Both a and b
Batch files have the extension
a. BAT
b. EXE
c. COM
d. None of the above
Batch files contain
a. Machine code
b. Simple Text (ASCII text)
c. Program
d. Both b and c
Batch files are interpreted by
a. AUTOEXEC.BAT
b. COMMAND.COM
c. CONFIG.SYS
d. None of the above
A file name has
a. Eight characters followed by three character extension
b. Eleven characters followed by three character extension
c. Eight characters
d. Three characters
To list all files having the extension EXE you will use
a. DIR .
b. DIR EXE
c. DIR *.EXE
d. CD *.EXE
The characters used for wildcards are
a. *
b. x
c. ?
d. Both a and c above
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