Chap 11 Working with Windows

 

PART A

UNIT III

Chapter 11

Working with Windows

 

1. Tick the correct option.

a. Which of the following bars shows the name of an opened application program?

i. Status bar                                               ii. Title bar

iii. Scroll bar                                              iv. Address bar

b. Which of the following bars allows you to navigate up and down a series of windows by double-clicking on a folder?

i. Status bar                                               ii. Title bar

iii. Scroll bar                                              iv. Address bar

c. Which of the following buttons minimizes all the running program windows and reveals the desktop?

i. Start                                                       ii. Minimize

iii. Close                                                    iv. Show desktop

d. Which of the following is the shortcut key combination to paste a file?

i. Ctrl+C                                                     ii. Ctrl+V

iii. Ctrl+X                                                   iv. Ctrl+K

e. Which of the following bars contains the tools for performing various tasks/functions?

i. Status bar                                               ii. Title bar

iii. Scroll bar                                              iv. Tool bar

f. Which of the following tabs contains the options to work with file?

i. File                                                         ii. Edit

iii. View                                                     iv. None of these

Short Answer Type Questions

1.      What is Windows?

Ans. Windows is a GUI based operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is a very popular system software which provide a user-friendly interface that is very convenient to use.

2.      Explain the Aero Snap Feature of Windows.

Ans. Aero snap feature of windows enables the user to resize and expand Windows more quickly. It also allows to compare the contents of two different windows.

3.      What are icons?

Ans. Icons are small graphical images on the desktop that represent various application programs, files and folders.

4.      Explain the purpose of the taskbar.

Ans. Taskbar is the long horizontal bar that is usually located at the bottom of the desktop screen. It houses many buttons for many programs such as start button, Task View, Notification area and pinned programs.

 

5.      What does moving a file or folder means?

Ans. Moving a file or folder means to cut and paste or drag the file or folder from its original location to some other location.

Long Answer Type Questions.

1.      Discuss any five features of Windows.

Ans. The following are the five features of Windows.

a.      Aero Shake feature: Windows supports Aero Shake feature that enables us to click a window pane and shake our mouse to minimize all open windows. We can shake the pane again to restore the windows to their original sizes.

b.      Aero Theme: This feature allows us to use new themes or choose a slideshow of our favourite photographs to make our computer reflect our personal taste.

c.       Jump Lists: The Jump lists feature allows us to quickly access our favourite, recent and frequently used files.

d.      Aero Snap: This feature enables us to resize and expand Windows more quickly.

e.      Aero Peek: This feature makes all the open windows transparent, so that we can see the desktop.

2.      Discuss different types of tabs available in Windows.

Ans. The following tabs available in windows

       File: It contains the options to work with files such as creating a new file, saving a new file, opening a file, printing a file and import/export options.

      Home: it includes options such as cut, copy and paste as well other important editing icons. It sometimes contain specific options for the programs we are working on.

      View: it contains options that change the view of items and also include some toolbar options. Sometimes, we are unable to view some tools such as ruler, navigation pane etc. They can be activated from the view menu.

     Insert: it contains the different insert features such as tables, pictures, clipart, WordArt, shapes and much more.

3.      Write the steps to copy a file or folder.

      Ans. The following are the steps to copy a file or folder.

o   Select the File or the folder by left-clicking on it.

o   Now right-click on the file or folder

o   A context Menu appears à select the “copy” option from the context menu.

o   Alternatively we can use the combination of Ctrl +C keys on the keyboard.

 

4.      What are the various control buttons? Discuss.

Ans. The following are the various control buttons.

The close (X) button closes an already open window and thus allows us to exit the program.

The Maximize (□) button maximizes the program, making it full screen. If it is already maximized, it looks like a box ion the top of another box, IF we click on in in that state, it will return to the window to its previous size.

The Minimize (–) button: This button reduces the current window to a taskbar button. Clicking on the button on the taskbar restore the window to its former state.

 

 

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