Multiple choice

MS-DOS formats a disk using the __________ FORMAT.

  1. internal command

  2. external command

  3. disk command

  4. sub-disk command

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B Correct answer
Explanation

MS-DOS FORMAT is an external command stored as FORMAT.COM on the disk. Internal commands (like DIR, CD) are built into COMMAND.COM, but external commands must exist as separate executable files on disk. FORMAT is too large to be internal.