1000+ Desktop Support Interview Questions and Answers Pdf - 1

Question: 1

What is desktop?

The opening screen of Windows XP is called the Desktop. Windows XP allows us to change the appearance of the desktop. In windows XP, the basic working platform is the Desktop. The desktop has several icons. My Computer, My Documents, My Recent Documents, Taskbar, Start Button, Notification area, System Tray are some of the standard icons that we can see on the Windows desktop. Each of these icons represents an application that is frequently used.

Question: 2

What is the Clipboard?

Windows uses a temporary storage location called the Clipboard. We can use the clipboard to store any kind of data. We can store text, pictures, numbers, group of files and so on. The information to be transferred is first copied from the source application to the Clipboard and from there to the destination application.

Question: 3

What is desktop?

The opening screen of Windows XP is called the Desktop. The desktop of our computer may look different from what is seen. This is because Windows XP allows us to change the appearance of the desktop.

Question: 4

What is menubar?

Below the title bar is the menubar. This displays the different menus available to us. When we click on a menu option, say Edit, all the sub options appear as a drop down menu. We can select any one of them by pointing to it with the mouse pointer and clicking it.

Question: 5

What is a mouse?

The mouse is an input device that we move on a flat surface (usually a mouse pad). When we move the mouse, a pointer moves on the screen. This pointer, called the Mouse Pointer, is used to point to things on the screen.

Move : Moving the mouse is simply dragging the mouse on the mouse pad.

Click : Clicking is used to select objects on the Windows screen.

Double Click : Double click is most often used to start application.

Click and drag : This mouse action is used to move an object from one place to another.

Right click : Right click on an object provide us with a context sensitive menu changes its contents depending on the situation.