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Here are 20 questions based on the topics covered in Allen Technology's ECDL basic concepts course. As a guide, if you can answer over 75% correctly then you may not need to take the ECDL Course and could proceed directly to the A+ Computer Technician course.

1. How many bytes are in a Kilobyte?

1000
1024
100000
2. Whilst working on a Letter in Word, your machine is affected by a power cut and you have to restart. Will your changes be retained?

Yes
No
3. Which device are you most likely to use to backup a system?

ROM
Floppy disk drive
Hard disk drive
Tape drive
4. An Operating System …

determines the amount of data you can store on your PC
is software used to manage hardware, software and data
is a package used to increase computer speed
can only be accessed using the keyboard
5. The DOS command DIR is used to list files and directories?

True
False
6. What is the name of the top-level directory in any drive?

Top
Root
Main
Boss
7. Which command would you use to change directories in DOS?

CDIR
MD
CH
CD
8. Does a directory have the same meaning as a folder?

Yes
No
9. What is the default file extension for the DOS editor?

.DOC
.TXT
.JPEG
.Text
10. What DOS command is used to delete a directory and all its contents ?

DEL
ERASE
DELTREE
SCRAP
11. What command would you use to create a duplicate copy of a floppy disk, if you had only one floppy disk?

COPYDISK a:a
DISKCOPY a:a
MIRROR a:a
COPYDISK a:b
12. In DOS is there such a command as UNDELETE?

Yes
No
13. What command would you use to create a bootable floppy disk?

Format a:
Format a:/u
Format a:/s
Format a:/q
14. What is the shortcut key to open the Start menu?

Alt+Tab
Ctrl+Alt
Ctrl+Shift
Ctrl+Esc
15. Is the sub-menu TASKBAR found in the Settings menu?

No
Yes
16. What user account is automatically created upon the installation of Windows NT 4.0?

Admin
User
Supervisor
Administrator
17. To select a range of consecutive files which key should be held after selecting the first file, before clicking on the last?

Ctrl
Shift
Alt
Enter
18. To view the dates when files were modified which option would you choose?

Small icons
Details
List
File access auditing
19. An active window...

displays on the desktop with its title bar highlighted
displays in the upper-left of the desktop
is the only window in which operations cannot be performed
background changes to green
20. To create a new folder on the desktop, you would…

Copy a folder, delete its contents, then rename it
Right-click on a folder
Right-click on the Desktop, select Folder
None of the above.


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