Unit 3: MS Windows - Practice Quiz

1 What is the Windows desktop?

2 Which part of the desktop usually displays the Start button and open applications?

3 What is the background image on the Windows desktop commonly called?

4 Where are deleted files usually stored temporarily in Windows?

5 What does My Computer primarily display?

6 What is My Computer called in many newer versions of Windows?

7 Which drive letter is commonly used for the main Windows storage drive?

8 Which action normally opens a drive shown in My Computer?

9 What is Windows Explorer mainly used for?

10 Which keyboard shortcut copies a selected file or folder?

11 Which command changes the name of a file or folder?

12 What is a folder used for in Windows?

13 What is the Control Panel used for?

14 Which Control Panel area is used to manage printers and other connected hardware?

15 Which Control Panel option allows you to change the computer's clock settings?

16 Which Control Panel area is commonly used to uninstall an application?

17 Which part of File Explorer is used to find a file by name?

18 What should you enter in the search box to find a specific file quickly?

19 Which search term can help find Microsoft Word documents with the .docx extension?

20 Where does File Explorer usually search when you use its search box?

21 A desktop icon has a small arrow in one corner, indicating that it is a shortcut. What happens if you delete this icon?

22 Several windows are open, and you want to view the desktop without closing them. Which action is most appropriate?

23 You accidentally delete a document stored on the desktop. The Recycle Bin has not been emptied. How should you recover it?

24 You frequently switch between a word processor and a web browser. Which desktop component provides the quickest way to switch between their open windows?

25 You need to check how much free space remains on the C: drive. Which action should you take in My Computer?

26 After connecting a USB flash drive, where would you normally access its files?

27 A computer shows drives C:, D:, and E: in My Computer. Which drive usually contains the Windows operating system?

28 A DVD is in the computer's optical drive. Which command can remove the disc without pressing the physical drive button?

29 You want to move a file from one folder to another and ensure that no copy remains in the original folder. Which sequence should you use?

30 A folder contains ten files. You want to select the first, fourth, and ninth files only. Which key should you hold while clicking them?

31 In the path C:\School\Science\notes.txt, which folder directly contains notes.txt?

32 You want to create a duplicate of budget.xlsx in another folder while keeping the original unchanged. Which operation should you perform?

33 A user wants to remove an installed application correctly, including its registered components. Which Control Panel feature should be used?

34 Text and icons appear unusually large because the screen resolution was changed. Which Control Panel category should you check?

35 You need to change a local user's account type from Standard to Administrator. Which Control Panel feature is appropriate?

36 A user finds it difficult to open files because Windows does not recognize their double-clicks reliably. Which setting should be adjusted?

37 You want to search for every PDF file in a folder, regardless of its file name. Which search pattern should you use?

38 You remember that a file name begins with report, but you do not remember the rest of the name or its extension. Which pattern is most suitable?

39 A search returns hundreds of documents, but you know the required file was edited yesterday. Which filter would narrow the results most effectively?

40 You do not know which drive contains a missing file. From where should you begin the search to cover all local drives?

41 A shortcut appears on the desktops of every user account. Deleting it from %USERPROFILE%\Desktop has no effect. Which action best identifies the shortcut's actual location?

42 A user wants Desktop icons to remain aligned in rows while still being manually movable to arbitrary grid positions. Which configuration achieves this?

43 An organization redirects a user's Desktop to OneDrive. A script saves files to %USERPROFILE%\Desktop, but they do not appear on the visible Desktop. What is the most reliable way to identify the active Desktop folder?

44 A mapped network drive appears in This PC for a signed-in user but is absent from an application started with "Run as administrator." The same share is reachable through its UNC path. What best explains this?

45 A physical disk contains a 200 GB C: partition followed by 100 GB of unallocated space. This PC reports only the 200 GB volume. What must be done before the extra space can store ordinary files?

46 An NTFS volume has no drive letter but is mounted at C:\Data\Archive. It does not appear as a separate drive in This PC. How should its contents be accessed?

47 Under default File Explorer behavior, what happens when a file is dragged between two folders on the same local volume versus between two different local volumes?

48 Assume standard NTFS inheritance and no special permission changes. Which statement correctly compares moving and copying a file?

49 A user cuts a file from an NTFS folder and pastes it onto another volume. The user can read the source file but lacks permission to delete it. What is the most likely result?

50 File Explorer hides extensions for known file types. An executable is named report.pdf.exe. How can a user most reliably detect its true type before opening it?

51 A user deletes a file from a typical network share through File Explorer. Why might the file not appear in the local Recycle Bin?

52 A folder named Projects is copied into a destination that already contains a folder named Projects. What does confirming the folder merge normally mean?

53 A user copies a new budget.xlsx over an existing file of the same name and confirms replacement. Which statement best describes recovery of the old destination file?

54 A standard user launches a Control Panel task that requires administrative privileges. What should normally occur under User Account Control?

55 A laptop must continue a large download while plugged in, but its screen should turn off after five minutes. Which Power Options configuration is appropriate?

56 A user deletes an application's Desktop shortcut and Start menu entry, but the program's files and registration remain. What is the correct removal method?

57 A user wants to reverse a faulty driver installation without losing recently created personal documents. Which statement about System Restore is most accurate?

58 Which File Explorer search query targets PDF files larger than 10 MB that were modified during the current week?

59 Searching an indexed Documents folder finds a phrase inside text files, but the same search does not find the phrase inside similar files on a non-indexed external drive. What is the best explanation?

60 A search started inside C:\Reports\2025 finds matches in its subfolders but not in C:\Reports\Archive. The query itself is valid. What is the most likely reason?