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GEOLOGY 505 - DOS TEST.

1) What letter is usually used to reference the hard disk of a computer?

2) What is the storage capacity of a 3.5 inch HD diskette?

3) How would you format a diskette in the B: drive?

4) What is meant by 'C:\' ?

5) What is a directory path, and how would you refer to a subdirectory named 
'CHEMISTRY' on the C drive?

6) How would you make a subdirectory called 'GEOLOGY',  and how would you 
remove a subdirectory 'C:\GEOLOGY'?

7) How would you rename a file called wrc.dat to wrc1.dat if wrc.dat is in flwrc, 
and a) you are in flwrc, b) in c:\?
 
8) What instruction would you give to change from one subdirectory to another, 
e.g. 'C:\GEOLOGY' to 'C:\BIOLOGY'?

9) What does '*.EXE' mean?

10) What is the maximum number of characters that can be used in a DOS file 
name?

11) What is the difference between an ASCII file and a BINARY file?

12) If you are in subdirectory 'C:\GEOLOGY' and you wish to copy a file named 
'MYFILE.DAT' in the root directory of a diskette in the A drive to the root 
directory of the C drive, how would you instruct the computer to carry out the file 
transfer in DOS?

13) If you are in subdirectory '\GEOLOGY' on the A: drive and the path on the C: 
drive has been set to the subdirectory '\TEMPLATE', and you wish to copy a file 
named MYFILE.DAT in the root directory of a diskette in the A drive to 
'C:\TEMPLATE', how would you instruct the computer to carry out the file 
transfer: a) in Dos b) in Windows?

14) How would you use XCOPY to copy all the files from the directory 
'A:\GEOLOGY', including all lower subdirectories, to the C drive, preserving the 
same directory structure?

15) What does %PATH% mean?

16) What does `SET...... = ......' mean?

17) What is the `config.sys' file and what is a menu item?

18) What is an 'alphanumeric character'?

19) Once Windows 3.1 is loaded, with what window will you normally be first 
confronted?

20) What is a `driver'?

21) There are three options available to run DOS software in Windows95. What 
are they?

22) What is the function of the Autoexec.bat and config.sys files?

23) What does del *.* mean, and why must you not use this command while in 
c:\?
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