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This section includes 321 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
_Which one of the following is a search engine?$? |
| A. | Macromedia Flash |
| B. | Bing |
| C. | Netscape |
| D. | Librarians' Index to the Internet |
| Answer» C. Netscape | |
| 202. |
_How many bits in a byte?$? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 32 |
| Answer» C. 16 | |
| 203. |
_What do you call a computer on a network that requests files from another computer?$? |
| A. | A client |
| B. | A host |
| C. | A router |
| D. | A web server |
| Answer» B. A host | |
| 204. |
_The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are networked together is:$? |
| A. | Clip art |
| B. | Mother board |
| C. | Peripheral |
| D. | File server |
| Answer» E. | |
| 205. |
_Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?$? |
| A. | Overheating |
| B. | Your processor chip is just getting old |
| C. | Adware/spyware is infecting your PC |
| D. | You dropped a sandwich in your computer |
| Answer» D. You dropped a sandwich in your computer | |
| 206. |
_Another word for 'Graphics for a word processor'?$? |
| A. | Peripheral |
| B. | Clip art |
| C. | Highlight |
| D. | Execute |
| Answer» C. Highlight | |
| 207. |
_A coating of dust on a computer's main circuit boards has this probable consequence$? |
| A. | Overheating |
| B. | Short circuits |
| C. | Slower hard disk |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Short circuits | |
| 208. |
_Which of the following is not a valid domain name?$? |
| A. | Www.yahoo.com |
| B. | Www.yahoo.co.uk |
| C. | Www.fr.yahoo |
| D. | Www.yahoo.fr |
| Answer» D. Www.yahoo.fr | |
| 209. |
_How many diodes are in a full wave bridge rectifier?$? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» D. 3 | |
| 210. |
_Which of these is a valid e-mail address?$? |
| A. | professor.at.learnthenet |
| B. | www.learnthenet.com |
| C. | professor@learnthenet.com |
| D. | professor@learnthenet |
| Answer» D. professor@learnthenet | |
| 211. |
_'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?$? |
| A. | Order of Significance |
| B. | Open Software |
| C. | Operating System |
| D. | Optical Sensor |
| Answer» D. Optical Sensor | |
| 212. |
_Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's$? |
| A. | Microsoft |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | IBM |
| D. | Novell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 213. |
_Where are the contents of your computer's hard drive indexed?$? |
| A. | Yahoo! |
| B. | |
| C. | MSN |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 214. |
_When discussing technology, a hot spot is...$? |
| A. | A small overheated area on a CPU |
| B. | A place served by public wireless access |
| C. | Jargon for an X-rated Web site |
| D. | A faulty area in the programming code |
| Answer» C. Jargon for an X-rated Web site | |
| 215. |
_HTML is used to$? |
| A. | Plot complicated graphs |
| B. | Author webpages |
| C. | Translate one language into another |
| D. | Solve equations |
| Answer» C. Translate one language into another | |
| 216. |
_Which of these is not a computer?$? |
| A. | Aptiva |
| B. | Macintosh |
| C. | Acorn |
| D. | Paseo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 217. |
_What does EPROM stand for?$? |
| A. | Electric Programmable Read Only Memory |
| B. | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| C. | Evaluable Philotic Random Optic Memory |
| D. | Every Person Requires One Mind |
| Answer» C. Evaluable Philotic Random Optic Memory | |
| 218. |
_'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?$? |
| A. | Digital Transmission Protocol |
| B. | DeskTop Publishing |
| C. | Data Type Programming |
| D. | Document Type Processing |
| Answer» C. Data Type Programming | |
| 219. |
_What are three types of lasers?$? |
| A. | Gas, metal vapor, rock |
| B. | Pointer, diode, CD |
| C. | Diode, inverted, pointer |
| D. | Gas, solid state, diode |
| Answer» E. | |
| 220. |
Made from a variety of materials, such as carbon, which inhibits the flow of current...?$? |
| A. | Choke |
| B. | Inductor |
| C. | Resistor |
| D. | Capacitor |
| Answer» D. Capacitor | |
| 221. |
Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?$? |
| A. | Flash |
| B. | Flange |
| C. | Fury |
| D. | FRAM |
| Answer» B. Flange | |
| 222. |
'.TMP' extension refers usually to what kind of file?$? |
| A. | Compressed Archive file |
| B. | Image file |
| C. | Temporary file |
| D. | Audio file |
| Answer» D. Audio file | |
| 223. |
What do we call a network whose elements may be separated by some distance? It usually involves two or more small networks and dedicated high-speed telephone lines.$? |
| A. | URL (Universal Resource Locator) |
| B. | LAN (Local Area Network) |
| C. | WAN (Wide Area Network) |
| D. | World Wide Web |
| Answer» D. World Wide Web | |
| 224. |
When measuring the characteristics of a small-signal amplifier, say for a radio receiver, one might be concerned with its "Noise..."?$? |
| A. | Fundamental |
| B. | Fall |
| C. | Force |
| D. | Figure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
What is the relationship between resistivity r and conductivity s?$? |
| A. | R = s2 |
| B. | R = s |
| C. | R > s |
| D. | R = 1/s |
| Answer» E. | |
| 226. |
In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?$? |
| A. | 1976 |
| B. | 1972 |
| C. | 1980 |
| D. | 1984 |
| Answer» C. 1980 | |
| 227. |
The transformer that develops the high voltage in a home television is commonly called as?$? |
| A. | Tesla coil |
| B. | Flyback |
| C. | Yoke |
| D. | Van de Graaf |
| Answer» C. Yoke | |
| 228. |
The first graphical browser for the WWW was named:$? |
| A. | Netscape |
| B. | Veronica |
| C. | Mosaic |
| D. | Explorer |
| Answer» D. Explorer | |
| 229. |
This virus activated every Friday the 13th, affects both .EXE and .COM files and deletes any programs run on that day. What is the name of that virus?$? |
| A. | Chernobyl |
| B. | Jerusalem |
| C. | Melissa |
| D. | I Love You |
| Answer» C. Melissa | |
| 230. |
According to CNN, how much did Internet traffic increase between 1994 and 1996?$? |
| A. | Two times |
| B. | Five times |
| C. | Ten times |
| D. | Twenty-five times |
| Answer» E. | |
| 231. |
Which of the following word processors came first?$? |
| A. | WordPerfect |
| B. | Lotus Notes |
| C. | MS Word |
| D. | WordStar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
What does SSL stand for?$? |
| A. | Secure Socket Layer |
| B. | System Socket Layer |
| C. | Superuser System Login |
| D. | Secure System Login |
| Answer» B. System Socket Layer | |
| 233. |
What is the Websites code for the country Spain?$? |
| A. | SI |
| B. | SP |
| C. | ES |
| D. | SN |
| Answer» D. SN | |
| 234. |
What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?$? |
| A. | Less than 5 MHz |
| B. | 10 MHz |
| C. | 8 MHz |
| D. | Just over 16 MHz |
| Answer» B. 10 MHz | |
| 235. |
ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, was developed by:$? |
| A. | FAA |
| B. | Department of Defence |
| C. | NATO |
| D. | UART |
| Answer» C. NATO | |
| 236. |
Which of the following is operating system for mobiles?$? |
| A. | Windows XP |
| B. | Mac OS |
| C. | Android |
| D. | Linux |
| Answer» D. Linux | |
| 237. |
The speed of your net access is defined in terms of...$? |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | MHz |
| C. | Kbps |
| D. | Megabytes |
| Answer» D. Megabytes | |
| 238. |
ROM stands for:$? |
| A. | Royal Ontario Museum |
| B. | Read Only Memory |
| C. | Read on Monday |
| D. | Real Obsolute Memory |
| Answer» C. Read on Monday | |
| 239. |
What kind of data can you send by e-mail?$? |
| A. | Audio |
| B. | Pictures |
| C. | Video |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 240. |
Name the terminals of an FET.$? |
| A. | Drain, Gate, Source |
| B. | Positive, Negative, Neutral |
| C. | Anode, Cathode, Triode |
| D. | Emitter, Base, Collector |
| Answer» B. Positive, Negative, Neutral | |
| 241. |
The "http" you type at the beginning of any site's address stands for:$? |
| A. | HTML Transfer Technology Process |
| B. | Hyperspace Terms and Tech Protocol |
| C. | Hyperspace Techniques & Tech Progress |
| D. | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
| Answer» E. | |
| 242. |
"www" stands for:$? |
| A. | World Wide Web |
| B. | World Wide Wares |
| C. | World Wide Wait |
| D. | World Wide War |
| Answer» B. World Wide Wares | |
| 243. |
In a Digital circuit, what is 1 'AND' 1?$? |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 244. |
What does CPU stand for?$? |
| A. | Cute People United |
| B. | Commonwealth Press Union |
| C. | Computer Parts of USA |
| D. | Central Processing Unit |
| Answer» E. | |
| 245. |
Which is not an internet protocol?$? |
| A. | HTTP |
| B. | FTP |
| C. | STP |
| D. | IP |
| Answer» D. IP | |
| 246. |
Name the terminals of a BJT.$? |
| A. | Drain, Gate, Source |
| B. | Positive, Negative, Neutral |
| C. | Anode, Cathode, Triode |
| D. | Emitter, Base, Collector |
| Answer» E. | |
| 247. |
To select text by shading as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is known as...$? |
| A. | Clip art |
| B. | To highlight |
| C. | To fetch |
| D. | To decode |
| Answer» C. To fetch | |
| 248. |
What are the two terminals of a diode called?$? |
| A. | Pentode and Triode |
| B. | Gate and Drain |
| C. | Drain and Source |
| D. | Anode and Cathode |
| Answer» E. | |
| 249. |
On which of the following sites can you set up your email account:$? |
| A. | www.linux.org |
| B. | www.gre.org |
| C. | www.syvum.com |
| D. | www.hotmail.com |
| Answer» E. | |
| 250. |
What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?$? |
| A. | Report |
| B. | Field |
| C. | Record |
| D. | File |
| Answer» C. Record | |