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Basic Computer Skills

Notes Active Desktop: It enables the desktop and other windows applications to look and act as
a web page while using the active desktop, pointing the mouse pointer at an icon display
an explanation about the icon.

Standard Desktop: It was introduce in windows 95. While using the standard desktop,
desktop icons are activated by double clicking on them.

5.7 Self-Assessment Questions

1. _________ provides a friendly and easy-to-use interface for scheduling applications.

(a) Screen schedular (b) Task schedular
(c) Disk schedular (d) None of these

2. One of windows 98’s new features is called
(a) Multiple Display Support (b) Plug and play
(c) Mousekeys (d) All of these
3. Write the correct version number of windows NT 3.1.

(a) 3 (b) 2.11
(c) 1.04 (d) None of these
4. Net show is microsoft’s networked multimedia software for on-demand audio and
video capabilities.
(a) True (b) False

5. Windows 98 includes facilities for new forms of communications and entertainment.
Thus, what makes
(a) It is easy to learn and use

(b) It works with virtually every kind of program and gizmo available today.
(c) It is ready to bring all the exciting new electronic communications and entertainment
technologies.
(d) All of these

5.8 Review Questions

1. What is MS Windows?

2. Name any five major features of Microsoft Windows 98.
3. What are the different views available in my computers?
4. What is Desktop?

5. How do you put my computer in Standby mode?
Answers for Self-Assessment Questions

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a)
5. (d)

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