Exam 14: Ms-Dos Operating System

Interrupt handlers are a crucial part of the system.

MS-DOS was designed to accommodate a single novice user in a single-process environment.

DOS is not case-sensitive so filenames and commands can be entered in uppercase, lowercase, or a combination of both.

Every time the CPU is powered up or is reset, the commands in the ____ file are executed automatically by the system.

A ____ interrupt handler's function is to terminate a process without releasing its memory, thus providing memory-resident programming facilities.

The ____ operating system was developed by IBM and Microsoft to replace MS-DOS.

The name for a device driver that can be incorporated into the operating system as needed without having to patch or change the existing operating system is ____.

Although MS-DOS is no longer widely used, many Windows operating systems offer a ____ to allow users who are comfortable with this operating system to use some DOS-like commands in a window.

There are ____ disk sectors grouped into a cluster.

The MS-DOS command processor is interpretive.

A file's relative name consists of its ____.

When a disk is formatted (using the FORMAT command), its tracks are divided into sectors of 1024 bytes each.

In RAM main memory, the interrupt vectors are located in high-addressable memory and the COMMAND.COM overlay is located in low-addressable memory.

When a block is formed its first five bytes contain information about the block, the ____ is contained in byte zero if it is the last block.

The ____ command allows the user to set up a series of files for printing while freeing up COMMAND.COM to accept other commands.

____ is the redirection symbol?

____ was initially responsible for the popularity of MS-DOS.

Version 3.2 of MS-DOS supported token ring and 3 1/2 inch disks.

The MS-DOS command LIST displays the text file on the screen.

The DOS kernel is a proprietary program supplied by Microsoft Corporation that implements MS-DOS.