Test Items for Teaching with Technology

The term DOS stands for...
a. Directory of Systems
b. Disk of Systems
c. Disk Operating System
d. Direct Operating System
(c)

If a person wants to see a list of files on an Apple II disk, he or she would type...
a. CATALOG
b. RUN CATALOG
c. DIR
d. LIST FILES
(a)

To complete a 'warm boot' on an Apple IIe, you must put a system disk into the Drive 1, close the door and...
a. turn on the computer
b. press CTRL and ALT and DEL
c. just press RESET
d. press CTRL and OPEN APPLE and RESET
(d)

To see a list of files on an IBM disk (using DOS), type...
a. CATALOG
b. DIRECTORY
c. LIST FILES
d. DIR
(d)

To format (initialize, setup) a blank disk in drive A: using IBM DOS, the correct command is...
a. DIR A:
b. DEL A:
c. FORMAT A:
d. SETUP A:
(c)

Which keys, when used together, will boot an Apple IIe computer?
a. SHIFT & OPEN APPLE                   
b. CONTROL, OPEN APPLE & RESET
c. CONTROL, OPEN APPLE & SHIFT          
d. CONTROL & SHIFT
(b)

To open a file on a Macintosh computer, you should point to the icon of the file and...
a. click the mouse button once
b. click the mouse button twice
c. type the name of the file
d. hold down the space bar
(b)

Booting  means:
a. turning off the computer      
b. turning on the CRT
c. putting a copy of a program on the CRT       
d. putting a copy of the operating system into RAM
(d)

Initializing a diskette will:
a. prepare a blank diskette for use                              
b. format the tracks and sectors
c. put the DOS commands on the first 3 tracks                       
d. all of the above
(d)

Write a set of step-by-step instructions for your students to start a program on a(n) _______ computer.
(Note to instructor: specify type of computer)

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