Windows Knowledge Quiz
Use a piece of scratch paper to answer the following questions.  

1.	If you deleted a file, then wanted to recover it, which icon should you select?
	a.	My Computer
	b.	Recycle Bin
	c.	Network Neighborhood
	d.	None of these answers are correct

2.	Which of the following allows you to switch back and forth between programs that are currently running?
	a.	Recycle Bin
	b.	Network Neighborhood
	c.	Taskbar
	d.	Start button

3.	What does it mean when the mouse pointer changes to an hourglass?
	a.	You should insert a disk in the disk drive
	b.	Windows is busy processing your last command
	c.	The computer is updating its system clock
	d.	You have attempted an invalid operation

4.	What happens when you click the Minimize button?
	a.	The window shrinks to a button on the Taskbar
	b.	Windows 98 closes the window and any open files
	c.	Windows 98 closes the window without saving the files
	d.	The window shrinks to an icon on the desktop

5.	Which of the following allows you to execute a command within a program?
	a.	Toolbar
	b.	Taskbar
	c.	Both Toolbar and Taskbar
	d.	Neither Toolbar nor Taskbar

6.	Where are the Maximize, Minimize, and Close buttons found?
	a.	On the Toolbar
	b.	On the Taskbar
	c.	On the Title bar
	d.	On the Menu bar

7.	Which of the following displays information about the current window?
	a.	Menu bar
	b.	Status bar
	c.	Toolbar
	d.	None of these answers are correct

8.	Which of the following actions changes the size of a window?
	a.	Minimize
	b.	Restore
	c.	Dragging with the double arrow mouse pointer
	d.	All of these answers are correct

9.	How can you tell by looking at a menu option that further information is required to execute the command?
	a.	The command will appear faded or dimmed
	b.	The command is followed by an ellipsis (...)
	c.	The command is shown in reverse video
	d.	You cannot tell until a dialog box appears on the screen

10.	Which of the following types of dialog boxes is used to indicate mutually exclusive choices?
	a.	Open list box
	b.	Option button
	c.	Drop-down list box
	d.	None of these answers are correct

11.	Which of the following types of dialog boxes conserves space by showing only the current selection?
	a.	Option button
	b.	Check box
	c.	Open list box
	d.	Drop-down list box

12.	Which of the following types of storage can you browse using My Computer?
	a.	Floppy disks
	b.	Hard drives
	c.	CD-ROM
	d.	All of these answers are correct

13.	What type of file is executable?
	a.	Program files
	b.	Data files
	c.	Both program and data files
	d.	Neither program nor data files

14.	Which of the following may be included in a folder?
	a.	Data files
	b.	Program files
	c.	Folders
	d.	All of these answers are correct

15.	How can you determine whether a file shown in My Computer is a Word or Excel document?
	a.	From the icon associated with the file
	b.	From the file type shown in Details View
	c.	From the (optionally displayed) three-character extension
	d.	All of these answers are correct

16.	Which of the following is the best backup strategy?
	a.	Back up every file every day
	b.	Back up every application file every day
	c.	Back up those files that changed during the current session
	d.	Back up every data file once a week

17.	Which of the following will prevent you from copying a file to a floppy disk?
	a.	The disk is unformatted
	b.	The disk is write-protected
	c.	If either the disk is unformatted or is write-protected
	d.	Neither formatting nor write-protecting affect the ability to copy files to a floppy disk

18.	Scroll bars may appear horizontally as well as vertically.
	a.	True
	b.	False