Desktop It Support Engineer MCQs

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 30, 2025

1. : $ wc sample.txt > newfile — What does the given command do?
(A) It reads the word count from the given sample.txt
(B) It reads the word count from the newfile
(C) It reads the word count from the given sample.txt and writes it into the newfile
(D) Error is produced

2. : To print multiple copies of a file using lp command, what option do we use?
(A) -l
(B) -i
(C) -t
(D) -n

3. : What is not the internal command for more?
(A) q
(B) f
(C) b
(D) z

4. : To count the words, lines, and characters in a file, what command do we use?
(A) diff
(B) count
(C) man
(D) wc

5. : To print a file, what command do we use?
(A) lp
(B) pr
(C) pg
(D) more

6. : The UNIX offers a pager named what? which replaces the original pager of UNIX called ____
(A) more, less
(B) less, more
(C) more, pg
(D) pg, more

7. : If there are more than one printer in a system, what option do we use with lp command?
(A) -t
(B) -d
(C) -i
(D) -p

8. : To count the number of lines in a file only, what option do we use?
(A) -l
(B) -W
(C) -c
(D) -w

9. : cancel prl-320 — What does the given command do?
(A) It cancels the printing from the printer ‘prl’
(B) It cancels printing the current job
(C) It cancels the printing job number 320 on a printer named ‘prl’
(D) Undefined behavior

10. : To know the file type, what command do we use?
(A) file
(B) type
(C) filetype
(D) type of file

11. : To count the number of words in a file only, what option do we use?
(A) -l
(B) -W
(C) -c
(D) -w

12. : To count the number of characters in a file only, what option do we use?
(A) -l
(B) -W
(C) -c
(D) -w