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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 | |