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151. Window key + Ctrl + F

  • A. Find Computers
  • B. Find files or folders
  • C. Show Desktop (toggle)
  • D. Run

Explanation: In Windows shortcut terminology, Windows key plus Ctrl plus F opens the Find Computers search. Windows key plus F searches for files and folders instead.

Correct answer: Find Computers

152. Window key + L

  • A. Windows Explorer
  • B. Help
  • C. Show Desktop (toggle)
  • D. Lock Desktop

Explanation: Windows key plus L locks the computer or desktop, requiring sign-in to resume the session. Windows Explorer is opened with Windows key plus E.

Correct answer: Lock Desktop

153. Window key + F

  • A. Show system properties
  • B. Find Computers
  • C. Find files or folders
  • D. Run

Explanation: Windows key plus F opens the search facility for finding files and folders. The separate Windows key plus Ctrl plus F shortcut searches for computers on a network.

Correct answer: Find files or folders

154. Window key + D

  • A. Show system properties
  • B. Find Computers
  • C. Show Desktop (toggle)
  • D. Lock Desktop

Explanation: Windows key plus D shows the desktop and toggles back to the previously open windows when pressed again. It is different from Windows key plus M, which minimises windows without the same toggle behaviour.

Correct answer: Show Desktop (toggle)

155. Window key + E

  • A. Windows Explorer
  • B. Utility Manager
  • C. Show Desktop (toggle)
  • D. Run

Explanation: Windows key plus E opens Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer in modern Windows versions. The other choices are not assigned to this shortcut.

Correct answer: Windows Explorer

156. Window key + M

  • A. Show system properties
  • B. Help
  • C. Find Computers
  • D. Minimize all applications

Explanation: Windows key plus M minimises all open application windows. Windows key plus Shift plus M restores those minimised windows.

Correct answer: Minimize all applications

157. Window key + U

  • A. Show system properties
  • B. Utility Manager
  • C. Show Desktop (toggle)
  • D. Lock Desktop

Explanation: Windows key plus U opens Utility Manager, which provides access to accessibility tools in older Windows versions. This shortcut is associated with utilities rather than desktop display or locking.

Correct answer: Utility Manager

158. Window key + F1

  • A. show system properties
  • B. Help
  • C. Show Desktop (toggle)
  • D. Run

Explanation: Windows key + F1 opens Windows Help and Support. The other shortcuts perform different actions, such as showing the desktop or opening Run.

Correct answer: Help

159. XML stands for ________?

  • A. Extensible Meria Letters
  • B. Extensible Media Language
  • C. Xtensible Markup Language
  • D. Extensible Markup Language

Explanation: XML means Extensible Markup Language, a text-based language for describing and structuring data. The option with “Xtensible” omits the initial E and is therefore incorrect.

Correct answer: Extensible Markup Language

160. FAT stands for ________?

  • A. Frequent Allocation Table
  • B. File Allocated Table
  • C. File Allocation Table
  • D. File Allocation Theory

Explanation: FAT stands for File Allocation Table, a file-system table that records how files are stored and where their data clusters are located. “File Allocated Table” is not the standard expansion.

Correct answer: File Allocation Table