Using OS/2 Test 110 TEST INFORMATION: - Required for Certified OS/2 Engineer - Number of questions: 80 - Passing % Score: 68 - Length (in minutes): 75 PREPARATION: - Self Study OS/2 Certification Handbook - IBM Courses P1070 Using & Customizing OS/2 2.1 P1170 Using & Customizing OS/2 Warp P1103 OS/2 Warp Technical Training Fast Path, (A combination of P1170 & P1171, Installing and Supporting OS/2 2.1) Using OS/2 Test 110 Objectives Version 2 SECTION 1 - CONCEPTS - Explain what Workplace Shell objects are and how they are used. - Differentiate the types of Workplace Shell objects and their properties. - Describe the concept of the Workplace Shell and the Desktop. - Describe the features and benefits of OS/2 from a user perspective. - Identify the key features of OS/2 from a system perspective, relating functional components seen by the user to the operating system components. SECTION 2 - MOUSE AND KEYBOARD - Identify the default Workplace Shell mouse actions and use the mouse to perform these actions on Workplace Shell objects. - Given a Desktop configuration, identify and use the keyboard alternatives for mouse actions. SECTION 3 - BASIC OPERATIONS - Using the mouse or the keyboard, select, open, and close objects. - Use visual cues to determine object status. - Use direct manipulation to arrange objects on the Desktop or in folders. - Describe different object views and how each is used. - Given an action to be performed on an object, identify and use the appropriate object view. - Display different views of objects. - Using direct manipulation or menu selections, move or delete objects. SECTION 4 - MANIPULATING WINDOWS - Identify the components of a window. - Maximize, minimize, hide, restore, move, and resize windows. - Restore applications from the Minimized Window Viewer. - Use the Window List to manage the Desktop. SECTION 5 - ON-LINE INFORMATION - Access on-line help. - Use on-line help documents to learn how to perform specific tasks. - Given a user problem, locate and search the on-line documents for specific information. - Use the OS/2 Warp Tutorial. - Identify formats and programs used to create and display on-line help documents. SECTION 6 - DESKTOP OBJECTS - Identify OS/2 Desktop icons and state what they represent. - Find productivity applications, command prompts, and games. - Use OS/2 command prompts. - Describe the applications shipped with OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 Warp. - Describe, configure, and use the LaunchPad. SECTION 7 - MENUS AND NOTEBOOKS - Describe what pop-up menus and settings notebooks are used for. - Describe operations performed from menus. - Use the settings notebook to customize object appearance and behavior. - Change default views of objects. - Modify menus and notebooks using direct manipulation. SECTION 8 - MORE OPERATIONS - Perform operations on multiple objects simultaneously. - Use templates to create new objects. - Using direct manipulation and pop-up menus, copy and create shadows of objects. - Using direct manipulation and the settings notebook, change the title of an object. - Describe and use Create Another. - Create template objects. - Describe and create work-area folders. - Use OS/2 Warp Pickup/Drop and Open Parent pop-up menu options. SECTION 9 - FILE SYSTEM - Navigate the file system. - Describe object titles and file names. - Locate objects on the system. - Control how object delete actions behave. - Format diskettes and hard disk drives. - Copy files between hard disks and diskettes. - Given a user's drive requirement, choose a file system for the drive. - Describe how extended attributes are implemented in OS/2. SECTION 10 - RUNNING APPLICATIONS - Run applications. - Manipulate running applications. - Share data between running applications. SECTION 11 - INSTALLING APPLICATIONS - Install DOS applications. - Install Windows applications under WIN-OS/2. - Migrate applications to the OS/2 Desktop. - Describe and use program reference objects. - Use and configure associations between program objects and data files. SECTION 12 - SYSTEM STARTUP - Describe how objects are started at boot time. - Given a user requirement for system start up, configure the system to start objects to meet the requirement. SECTION 13 - PRINTING - Print using direct manipulation and menus. - Print from an application menu, using the output choices displayed by the application. - Hold and release the print queue. - Hold, release, or reorganize printer jobs. - Given a requirement for special settings for an existing printer object, create a new printer object to meet the requirement. - Given a user print requirement, configure appropriate printer settings to meet the requirement. - Change print job properties. - Describe OS/2 print objects and how data flows through the print subsystem. SECTION 14 - CUSTOMIZING - Use the Scheme Palette. - Change colors on the Desktop. - Configure mouse usage and pointer display. - Given a special customer requirement for keyboard usage, configure how the keyboard operates. - Configure system-wide defaults. - Customize the LaunchPad. - Configure PCMCIA devices. SECTION 15 - MAINTAIN THE DESKTOP - Lock the Desktop. - Describe why an orderly system shut down is necessary. - Describe and use the shut down feature. - Configure how the Desktop will appear when the system is rebooted. SECTION 16 - USING WORKPLACE SHELL EFFICIENTLY - State how the Desktop is configured to enhance system performance. - Configure the WIN-OS/2 environment to enhance system performance. Using OS/2 Sample Test 110 Version 2 SECTION 1 - CONCEPTS 1. Which types of application programs can be executed concurrently using OS/2 Warp? a. AIX b. DOS c. Windows d. OS/2 SECTION 2 - MOUSE AND KEYBOARD 2. Which key(s) is(are) used to move among objects in a folder which has the pointer focus on the OS/2 Desktop? a. tab b. arrows c. backspace d. Ctrl+tab SECTION 3 - BASIC OPERATIONS 3. Which visual cue indicates an object on the OS/2 Warp Desktop is selected and has focus? a. cross-hatch b. shading c. cross-hatch and shading d. shading and dotted lines 4. Which view is used to show the flags of objects in a folder? a. tree b. icon c. details SECTION 4 - MANIPULATING WINDOWS 5. Which objects are used to restore the windows of applications that have been minimized? a. Window List b. Desktop pop-up menu c. window Maximize Button d. Minimized Window Viewer SECTION 5 - ONLINE INFORMATION 6. Which key is generally used to display help information? a. F1 b. Help c. Alt d. Home 7. Which actions can be performed from the OS/2 Warp tutorial? a. create a printer object b. print help information c. practice creating a folder d. read about creating a folder SECTION 6 - DESKTOP OBJECTS 8. What is the effect of opening the WIN-OS/2 Full Screen command prompt on an OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS/2 system? a. It allows you to run Windows 2.0 applications. b. It displays a full screen DOS command prompt. c. It brings up a screen that looks like the Windows Program Manager. d. It transfers WIN-OS/2 applications from windowed to full-screen sessions. 9. Which programs are included with OS/2 Warp? a. Pulse b. Mahjongg c. IBM WIN-OS2 d. Tiny Editor (TEDIT) 10. What is the result when an object is dragged and dropped on to the LaunchPad? a. The object is moved to the LaunchPad. b. A program reference is created on the LaunchPad. c. A shadow of the object is created on the LaunchPad. d. A copy of the object is created and is stored in the LaunchPad subdirectory. SECTION 7 - MENUS AND NOTEBOOKS 11. Which Workplace Shell objects have settings notebooks? a. help text b. printer objects c. folder objects d. data file objects 12. What is used to change permanently the default action when "Open" is clicked on an object pop-up menu? a. the System Setup folder b. the object cascaded menu c. the Menu page of the object settings notebook d. the View page of the object settings notebook SECTION 8 - MORE OPERATIONS 13. What is the primary reason you would use a copy? a. make an object available on the Desktop b. use the same object from different folders c. configure an application with different settings d. create another instance of a data file with different properties SECTION 9 - FILE SYSTEMS 14. What does a + sign in front of a folder object in a tree view indicate? a. There are folders within that folder. b. There are no folders within that folder. c. There are non-folder objects within that folder. d. There are extended attributes associated with that folder. 15. What is the resulting file name when an HPFS file named BIGLONGNAMEFILE is moved to diskette using direct manipulation and then dragged back to its original file system location? a. BIGLONGN b. BIGLONGNAMEFILE c. BGLONG_NAMEFILE d. BIG.LONG.NAME.FILE 16. Which criteria are used by the OS/2 Warp Find program to locate all files with system attributes if you set "use of criteria" to "Include"? a. Attributes is Flags, Comparison type is >=, Comparison value is - - - - b. Attributes is Flags, Comparison type is =, Comparison value is - - - S c. Attributes is System Flags, Comparison type is =, Comparison value is ON d. Attributes is System Flags, Comparison type is =, Comparison value is OFF SECTION 10 - RUNNING APPLICATIONS 17. How is a DOS application started? a. Double-click its program icon. b. Drag and drop its icon on a data file. c. Drag and drop its icon on the Desktop. d. Single-click its program object on the LaunchPad. SECTION 11 - INSTALLING APPLICATIONS 18. Which objects can be used to associate a data file with a word processor if a user wishes to configure a system so that double-clicking the data file will open the word processor with the data file loaded? a. the data file pop-up menu b. the data file settings notebook c. the word processor pop-up menu d. the word processor settings notebook SECTION 12 - SYSTEM STARTUPS 19. How do you configure a system to start a word processor at every system boot? a. Put a copy of the word processor in the Startup folder. b. Put a program reference for the word processor in the Startup folder. c. Put a copy of the word processor *.EXE file in STARTUP.CMD. d. Put a shadow of the word processor *.EXE file in STARTUP.CMD. SECTION 13 - PRINTING 20. How do you determine which printer driver is being used by a printer object? a. Look at the job properties in the printer settings notebook. b. Look at the "Printer driver" selections box on the Printer driver page of the printer settings notebook. c. Look at the "Default printer driver" selection box on the Printer driver page of the printer settings notebook. d. Display the printer object pop-up menu, select "Select default", and identify the driver with the checkmark. 21. How do you create a second printer object for a printer on your system if you need a special setup for some print jobs? a. Use the Printer Device Install utility. b. Make a shadow of the existing printer and change the settings. c. Copy the existing printer object and change the job or printer properties. d. Drag a printer driver template to the Desktop and specify the settings. 22. Which component of the print subsystem determines if a printer is ready to accept print output? a. the printer b. the spooler c. the queue driver d. the printer driver SECTION 14 - CUSTOMIZING 23. Where do you configure the system so that you will not be prompted with a delete confirmation message every time you delete an object? a. in CONFIG.SYS b. in the System settings notebook c. in the Desktop settings notebook d. in the Shredder settings notebook 24. How do you display the status of the PCMCIA cards in an OS/2 Warp system? a. Run the PCMCIA.EXE program. b. Open the "Plug and Play for PCMCIA" object. c. Use the PSTAT /PCMCIA command to view the status. d. Use RMVIEW command to view the OS/2 Resource Manager screen. SECTION 15 - MAINTAIN THE DESKTOP 25. Where can you go in the OS/2 Warp Workplace Shell to lockup the Desktop? a. the LaunchPad b. the Window List c. the Desktop pop-up menu d. any object's pop-up menu 26. What should you do if you want the OS/2 Warp system to boot to a pre-configured Desktop at every system boot? a. Press Alt+F1 at every system boot to rebuild a saved Desktop. b. Select the saved Desktop with the most recent date from the list of saved Desktops. c. Deselect the "Save Desktop settings" option on the Desktop page of the Desktop settings notebook. d. Deselect the "Create archive at each system restart" option on the Desktop page of the Desktop settings notebook. SECTION 16 - USING WORKPLACE SHELL EFFICIENTLY 27. Which icon view format may enhance Workplace Shell performance? a. flowed b. non-flowed c. grid d. default ANSWER KEY 1. bcd 23. b 2. b 24. b 3. d 25. ac 4. c 26. c 5. ad 27. a 6. a 7. acd 8. c 9. abd 10. c 11. bcd 12. c 13. d 14. a 15. b 16. c 17. ad 18. bd 19. b 20. c 21. c 22. c