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As part of your homework assignment FOR WEEK TWO   you must answer the following questions regarding the material in this tutorial.  Consult your lab manual for further instructions so you don't cause yourself extra work.

1.   The icons you see on your desktop represent

A.  programs or data files.

B.  Only programs

C.  Only data files

D.  Only devices attached to your computer

2.   Files are represented by various icons associated with

A.  The type of hard drive used to store the files

B.  The type of floppy disk drive used to store the files

C.  The program used to create them

D.  None of these choices are correct

3. How many shortcuts can you create on your desktop?

A.  5

B.  10

C.  None

D.  Unlimited number

4. What is the easiest way to reset the clock on the computer providing it's showing on the desktop?

A.  Double click on the clock in the lower right corner of the screen, adjust the time, click on OK.

B.  Open  the Windows Explorer, find the system file for the clock program, open it in WordPad, adjust the time, save the changes, and close the file.

C.  Click on the Start button, highlight Programs, click on the Date/Time program icon to open the clock, adjust the time, click OK to close the window.

D.  Any of these choices will work.

 5. Which button do you click on to begin the process of shutting down a PC?

A.  The Taskbar

B.  The Control Panel button

C.  The My Computer icon

D.  The Start button

6. The Taskbar will

A.  Show you all the programs you currently have open

B.  Show you only the programs you used the last two times you were on the computer

C.  Show you every program you've ever used on the computer

D.  Show you only those programs you have installed on the computer

7.  You're trying to locate a file on your hard drive.  Which utility program within Windows 95 provides you the easiest way to find it?

A.  The Recycle Bin

B.  The Find utility

C.  The Control Panel

D.  Any of these choices will work

8.  If you use Windows Explorer to view folders on the hard drive, how many windows will be open at any one time?

A.  Only one

B.  One window for each folder that you look at during the current computer session

C.  One window for each folder on the hard drive

D.  None of these choices are correct

9. Which of the following is the correct process if you want to delete a file?

A.  Open the file and the application used to create it, highlight all of the contents, hit the delete key on your keyboard, click on the Save button, close the file and the application.

B.  Open Windows Explorer, highlight the file name, hit the delete key on your keyboard

C.  Open the Internet Explorer, find the the file name on the Internet, highlight the data inside the file, hit the delete key on your keyboard, close the Internet Explorer application.

D.  Any of these choices will work.

10.  The latest versions of the Windows Operating System for PC's is?

        A. Windows 2000

         B. Windows CE

         C. Windows XP

         D. Windows NT