Assume you have a subdirectory called LETTERS on the A: drive, and you  
see this prompt:    A:\LETTERS>                                         
The nature of the prompt indicates that the command, _____________,     
must have been issued either in AUTOEXEC.BAT or from the DOS prompt.    
/ PROMPT$P$G | PROMPT $P$G| PROMPT $P $G                                 
Assume that from the DOS prompt you just gave the command  FORMAT A:    
and you now decide you really do not want to carry through the          
command.  You can press the key combination _________ to interrupt      
the command.                                                            
/ CTRL C| CTRL-C                                                        
We want to copy the file DOG.WK1 from the subdirectory C:\BUDGETS
to the sub-subdirectory C:\BUDGETS\MARCH.  Assume you currently
are in the root directory of the C: drive.  Give the command in
its fullest form.  Do not put any unnecessary spaces in the command.
/ COPY C:\BUDGETS\DOG.WK1 C:\BUDGETS\MARCH\DOG.WK1
We want to copy the file CAT.WK1 from the subdirectory C:\BUDGETS
to the subdirectory D:\BUDGETS.  Assume you currently are in
the root directory of the C: drive.  Give the command in
its fullest form.  Do not put any unnecessary spaces in the
command.
/ COPY C:\BUDGETS\CAT.WK1 D:\BUDGETS\CAT.WK1
We want to copy the file CASHBUD.WK1 from the subdirectory 
C:\BUDGETS to the root directory of the A: drive.  Assume you 
are in the C:\BUDGETS subdirectory.  Give the command in its
shortest possible form.  Do not put any unnecessary spaces 
in the command.
/ COPY CASHBUD.WK1 A:\
We want to copy the file CASHBUD.WK1 from the subdirectory 
C:\BUDGETS to the root directory of the A: drive with the name 
CASHBAK.WK1.  Assume you are in the C:\BUDGETS subdirectory.  
Give the command in its shortest possible form.  Do not put 
any unnecessary spaces in the command.
/ COPY CASHBUD.WK1 A:\CASHBAK.WK1
You see the A> onscreen.  You want to get a directory of only
the files with the extension .WK1 on the D:\LOTUS\BUDGETS	
subdirectory.  Give the command.
/ DIR D:\LOTUS\BUDGETS\*.WK1
You see the A> onscreen.  You want to get a directory of only
the files with the extension .WK1 on the D:\LOTUS\BUDGETS	
subdirectory.  You want a W(ide) directory listing.  
Give the command.
/ DIR D:\LOTUS\BUDGETS\*.WK1/W| DIR D:\LOTUS\BUDGETS\*.WK1 /W
When you turn on a computer, the ROM programs check out the circuitry.  
This process is called the _________.                                   
/ POST| POWER ON SELF TEST| POWER-ON SELF-TEST                          
If you turn on a computer which normally boots up from drive C:         
(the hard disk), and you have a floppy diskette in the A: drive,        
the computer will try to boot from drive ____ (drive letter).           
/ A| A:                                                                 
If you turn on a computer which normally boots up from drive C:         
(the hard disk), and you have a floppy diskette in the A: drive,        
the computer will try to boot from drive A.  This will not work         
unless the floppy diskette has been formatted with the ___ parameter,   
which puts a copy of the key DOS files on the diskette.                 
/ /S                                                                 
The ________.sys file provides special configuration information to     
the computer.  To work, it must be in the root directory of the         
boot drive.                                                             
/ CONFIG                                                                
If you have a program called RN.COM which you want your computer to     
run automatically when it boots up, you would have to include the       
command  RN in the _________.bat file in the root directory of the      
boot drive.                                                             
/ AUTOEXEC                                                              
You are thinking about buying a computer which the salesperson says     
has a "30-meg" hard disk.  This means the hard disk could store about   
30 ________ bytes.                                                      
/ MILLION| 000000                                                       
Computer X has 640k of RAM.  Does this tell you anything about how      
fast the computer processes data?                                       
/ NO                                                                    
* the amount of RAM only tells you how much random acces memory it has. 
The data on a disk surface consist of "bits" --very tiny __________     
areas -- thousands would fit on a line one inch long.                   
/ MAGNETIZED | MAGNETIC                                                            
If you use the TYPE command to look at a file, and you see              
Martian poetry -- i.e., gibberish, you have learned that the file       
is not an ______ file.                                                  
/ ASCII| TEXT                                                           
The box that holds the motherboard, power supply, disk drives, and      
similar basic electronic components is called the ___________.          
/ SYSTEM UNIT                                                           
Other things equal, a CPU (microprocessor) that works at 12 MHZ will    
recalculate a LOTUS worksheet ________ than a 6 MHZ CPU.                
/ FASTER | QUICKER                                                       
Around computers, a mouse is not a small cheese-loving rodent; it is    
an __________ device just as a keyboard is.                             
/ INPUT                                                                 
The read/write heads of a hard disk fly a few millionths of an inch     
above the disk surface on a cushion of ____.                            
/ AIR                                                                   
The read/write heads of a hard disk fly a few millionths of an inch     
above the disk surface on a cushion of air.  If you bump or jar a       
computer containing a hard disk while the computer is running, you      
are likely to get a disaster called a hard disk ________.               
/ CRASH                                                                 
Assume there are various kinds of files in the default directory.       
You have given a command that gives a directory only of files with      
the filename extension  WK1.  You must have given the command _____.    
/ DIR *.WK1                                                             
I am thinking of a communications device that operates at 2400 bps.     
What sort of device do you suppose I am thinking of? _____              
/ MODEM | A MODEM                                                        
How many bits does it take to transmit an ASCII character if your       
communications parameters are 1 start bit, 8 data bits, no parity,      
and one stop bit? _____                                                 
/ 10 | TEN                                                               
You are in the root directory of the A: drive.  You want to create      
a subdirectory called BUDGETS.  To do this, you would give the          
command ________.                                                       
/ MD BUDGETS | MD\BUDGETS| MD \BUDGETS| MD \ BUDGETS                     
You are in the root directory of the A: drive.  There is a              
subdirectory called BUDGETS.  You want to copy all the files            
with the filename extension  WK1 to the BUDGETS subdirectory.           
To do this, you would give the command ________.                        
/ COPY *.WK1 \BUDGETS| COPY *.WK1 A:\BUDGETS                            
If a program is ___________, it cannot be successfully copied           
with the COPY command.                                                  
/ COPY PROTECTED| COPY-PROTECTED                                        
T OR F:  If a program is not copy-protected, that must mean it          
is legal to make as many copies of it as you wish, and give             
them to whoever you wish.                                               
/ F| FALSE| NO| N                                                       
* NO!!! Just because a program is not copy protected, does not          
* mean you are free to copy it.  For example, copying Dbase             
* or Lotus is highly illegal -- they prosecute "pirates".               
______________ are a good source of free- and share-ware, if you        
have a modem and communications software.                               
/ BBS| BULLETIN BOARDS                                                  
When you start tippy-tapping from the keyboard, you are providing _____ 
to the computer.                                                        
/ INPUT                                                                 
The ______ _______ distinguishes a computer from a calculator.          
/ STORED PROGRAM                                                        
Never roll the printer when the power to the printer is __; if you do   
you may strip the teeth off the paperfeed gear.                         
/ ON                                                                    
An easy and safe way to position the paper in a printer is to repeatedly
tap the ________ button (when printer is offline).                      
/ LINEFEED | LINE FEED
A _____ printer is basically a souped-up Xerox machine.                 
/ LASER                                                                 
Both data and program instructions are stored in ___ (acronym).         
/ RAM                                                                   
The computer component that actually manipulates the data is the _______
/ PROCESSOR| MICROPROCESSOR| CPU                                        
The main board in a computer is called the ___________.                 
/ MOTHERBOARD| MOTHER BOARD                                             
A programmer can change the contents of ___.                            
/ RAM                                                                   
Other things equal, a computer with a higher _____ speed will work faste
than a computer with a lower one.                                       
/ CLOCK                                                                 
The basic output device on a small computer is the ___ (acronym).       
/ CRT| SCREEN| MONITOR                                                  
The ______ indicates where on the screen the next character will appear.
/ CURSOR                                                                
A dot-matrix printer is a common input device ( T or F).                
/ F                                                                     
Characters at the bottom of a check are read ____________.              
/ MAGNETICALLY                                                          
A ____ _______ can read ordinary printed documents into an ASCII file   
for use by a word processor or whatever.                                
/ TEXT SCANNER| SCANNER                                                 
The most common microcomputer secondary storage medium is the ________. 
/ DISKETTE| FLOPPY DISK| MICROFLOPPY                                    
A common backup medium for hard disks is ________ ____.                 
/ MAGNETIC TAPE                                                         
For a diskette to be a "boot" (startup) disk, it must have three key    
___ files on it.                                                        
/ DOS| SYSTEM                                                           
_________ language is totally impractical as a business programming tool
/ ASSEMBLER| ASSEMBLY                                                   
Interpreted languages tend to be easier to use than ________ languages  
such as PASCAL.                                                         
/ COMPILER| COMPILED                                                    
For typical business applications, _____________ (4GL) languages are the
tool of choice for use by ordinary folks.                               
/ NONPROCEDURAL                                                         
To help work out the logic of a program, you can use flowcharts or      
you can write __________.                                               
/ PSEUDOCODE|PSUEDOCODE|PSEUDO CODE|STRUCTURED ENGLISH
To send data from one computer to another over a telephone line, each   
computer must be equipped with a _____.                                 
/ MODEM                                                                 
Modems work by converting on-off (digital) signals into ______ (soundwave
signals at one end, and vice-versa at the other end.                    
/ ANALOG                                                                
A ______ is some memory used as a "holding pond" to temporarily store up
data that otherwise would come in or go out too slowly.                 
/ BUFFER                                                                
A _____ area network ties multiple PC's together for communication and  
peripheral sharing.                                                     
/ LOCAL                                                                 
PC-DOS is an acronym for Personal Computer ___________________.         
/ DISK OPERATING SYSTEM                                                 
No  matter what kind of program you are working with, the basic         
level of ___  is always there in the background, controlling the        
basic functions of the computer.                                        
/ DOS                                                                   
If you see this onscreen:  A>  (or B>, or C>, or D>)                    
It means DOS is ready to accept a ________.                             
/ COMMAND                                                               
The "system prompt -- the A>, B>, C>, or whatever -- tells you :        
Which  drive DOS regards as the _______  drive.                         
/ DEFAULT                                                               
To format a disk which you have in the B: drive, you would              
type this command from the system prompt: __________ and then press enter
/ FORMAT B: | FORMAT B:/S | FORMAT B: /S                                
To get a directory of the files on the A drive, you would type _____    
assuming you were at the A>. (HINT: No parameters necessary)            
/ DIR                                                                   
If you do a DIR command and get this message:                           
File not found                                                          
DOS is telling you that there are no accessible _____ at all in the     
default directory or subdirectory.                                      
/ FILES                                                                 
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