Computer and technology MCQs

Computer and technology MCQs

These Computer and technology multiple-choice questions and their answers will help you strengthen your grip on the subject of Computer and technology. You can prepare for an upcoming exam or job interview with these Computer and technology MCQs.
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1: What does an access point allow wireless-equipped computers and other devices to do?

A.   Store data wirelessly

B.   Connect to the Internet wirelessly

C.   Communicate with a wired network.

D.   Send data to other devices wirelessly

2: What is an applet?

A.   A type of computer virus

B.   A small fruit often used in pies

C.   A program capable of running on any computer regardless of the operating system.

D.   A counted thread embroidery design

3: What is an application?

A.   A program designed for a specific purpose, such as word processing or graphic design.

B.   The act of applying something

C.   A document that is submitted in order to apply for something

D.   A resume

4: What is an ASCII file?

A.   A file that can only be opened and read by standard text editor programs on Linux computers.

B.   A file that can be opened and read by standard text editor programs on almost any type of computer.

C.   A file that can be opened and read by standard text editor programs on Windows computers.

D.   A file that can only be opened and read by standard text editor programs on Mac computers.

5: What does AT command set represent?

A.   A model-view-controller design pattern

B.   A programming language

C.   A software engineering process

D.   An industry standard set of commands beginning with the letters

6: How are files that are not ASCII (plain text) files sent?

A.   They are just appended to the message text.

B.   They are encoded and sent separately.

C.   They are sent as BinHex files.

D.   They are sent as MIME files.

7: What is authentication?

A.   The process of entering restricted information

B.   The process of looking up information about someone

C.   The process of approving someone

D.   The process of identifying yourself and verifying that you're who you say you are.

8: What does the term "backbone" typically describe?

A.   The main network connections that comprise the Internet or other major network.

B.   A large corporation

C.   A computer network that supports storage and retrieval of data

D.   The main skeleton of an animal

9: What is bandwidth?

A.   The process of sending data across a network

B.   A measure of how much data can be stored on a network

C.   A measurement of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network at any given time.

D.   The speed of a network

10: What is a binary file?

A.   A file that can be read by standard text editor programs like Notepad or Simple Text.

B.   A file that cannot be read by standard text editor programs like Notepad or Simple Text.

C.   A file that can only be read by standard text editor programs like Notepad or Simple Text.

D.   A file that can be read by standard text editor programs like Notepad and Simple Text.

11: What is a bit?

A.   A binary digit that can either be 0 or 1

B.   A unit of measurement for storage

C.   A type of computer

D.   The most basic unit of data that can be recognized and processed by an internet

12: What is blended learning?

A.   Online learning experiences only

B.   Face-to-face learning experiences only

C.   Only available at Oregon State University

D.   Instruction that combines aspects of both face-to-face (F2F) and online learning experiences.

13: What is a blog?

A.   A web page that contains journal-like entries and links that are updated daily for public viewing.

B.   A personal website

C.   A web page that is only for personal use

D.   A web page that is only updated once a week

14: What is the main use of Bluetooth?

A.   Sending voice and data from one electronic device to another

B.   Storing data

C.   Connecting devices to the internet

D.   Sending voice and data from one electronic device to a printer

15: What does API stand for?

A.   Advanced Placement Interfaces

B.   Application Programming Interface

C.   Attention Please Inside

D.   American Petroleum Institute

16: What is Augmented Reality?

A.   Data about the world around you.

B.   A device that projects images onto your retina

C.   A game with enhanced graphics

D.   3D images that appear to be in the real world.

17: What does Big Data do?

A.   Makes information small

B.   Ignores small data sets

C.   Turns small amounts of data into useful information

D.   Creates large data sets

18: What is the name of the website?

A.   Bit Torrent

B.   Google Drive

C.   One Drive

D.   Drop Box

19: What is the definition of a blog?

A.   A blog is a personal website.

B.   A blog is a personal news sharing website.

C.   A blog is a professional website.

D.   A blog is a professional news sharing website.

20: What are the three main components of computer hardware?

A.   Output device, input device, and CPU

B.   Motherboard, power supply, and CPU

C.   System unit, network card, and optical drive

D.   Hard-drive, RAM, and Processor

21: What do computer networks provide access to?

A.   Operating systems

B.   Software

C.   Databases, programs, and hardware

D.   Memory

22: What are computer programs that have certain instructions for the computer?

A.   Data

B.   Software

C.   Apps

D.   Programs

23: What are Computer viruses?

A.   Programs that can help your computer run faster.

B.   Programs that are designed to help you protect your computer.

C.   Programs that are designed to help you be more productive on your computer.

D.   Programs that can possibly do harm to your computer.

A.   Use someone else's photos on CC to share them and still give them the credit

B.   Use your photos on CC to share them and still give you the money

C.   Use your photos on CC to share them and still give you the credit

D.   Use your photos on CC to share them but not give you the credit

25: What is crowdsourcing?

A.   Letting a group of people choose what to do

B.   Using a group of people to get a task done

C.   Use people to help complete a certain goal

D.   Getting a large group of people together in one place

26: What is email?

A.   A way to communicate with people via internet using a computer

B.   A type of computer

C.   Given by computer companies

D.   A software

27: What does Online Photo Sharing allow you to do?

A.   Upload videos

B.   Create a website

C.   Edit your photos

D.   Save your photos on the internet

28: What are phishing scams?

A.   Scams in which criminals send out emails that look untrustworthy and aren't

B.   Scams in which criminals send out emails that look untrustworthy but are

C.   Scams in which criminals send out emails that look trustworthy but aren't

D.   Scams in which criminals send out emails that look trustworthy and are

29: What is Podcasting?

A.   A way to download T.V. shows

B.   Uses the internet to allow you to listen to videos and even watch your T.V. shows

C.   A type of internet radio

D.   A method of streaming video

30: What is plagiarism?

A.   Not giving credit to the original author of a piece of work

B.   Paraphrasing somebody's work without giving credit

C.   Quoting somebody in a paper without using quotation marks

D.   Using somebody's work and saying it is your own

31: What should you be careful of when sharing information online?

A.   Sharing confidential information with the wrong people

B.   Spending too much time online

C.   Using social media to communicate

D.   Posting negative comments about others

32: What is the full form for QR codes?

A.   Quite Random Codes

B.   Quick Relation Codes

C.   Quick Response Codes

D.   Questionable Response Codes

33: What does RSS stand for?

A.   Real-time Simple Syndication

B.   Restricted Service Set

C.   Really Simple Syndication

D.   Radio Seeking Service

34: What is the definition of SEO?

A.   A method of website design.

B.   A technique used to improve website ranking on search engines.

C.   A way to increase web traffic.

D.   The words and other things you put on your website to allow search engines to read your website.

35: What is SEO?

A.   Search Engine Order

B.   Social Engineering Optimization

C.   Search Engine Optimization

36: What makes it harder for criminals to get your password?

A.   In English, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters

B.   NOT in English, UPPERCASE letters, NUMBERS, and SPECIAL CHARACTERS

C.   In English, UPPERCASE letters, NUMBERS, and SPECIAL CHARACTERS

D.   All of the above

37: How can you tell if a website is secure?

A.   If it has an encryption, https, and a padlock icon

B.   If it has https only

C.   If it has a padlock icon only

D.   If it has an encryption only

38: What is Sharepoint?

A.   A home for your project so other people can work on it

B.   A way to communicate with others

C.   A place to store your belongings

D.   A method of transportation

39: What is Social Bookmarking?

A.   A way to store files online

B.   A way to connect with friends and family online

C.   Allows you to keep your bookmarks on the internet instead of one computer

D.   A type of online marketing

40: What is Social Media?

A.   A place to play video games

B.   Where people can make their own things and share with others

C.   Where people can buy things and have them shipped to them

D.   A place to talk to friends

41: Social Media can be used by employees to...?

A.   Keep up with their friends

B.   Waste time

C.   Post pictures of their food

D.   Keep up their business

42: What is the main advantage of social networking?

A.   You can be cyberbullied.

B.   You can waste a lot of time.

C.   You can be hacked.

D.   You can see connections that are hidden in the real world.

43: What does Facebook allow people to do?

A.   Communicate through the internet

B.   Connect with friends and family

C.   Use the internet for free

D.   Access the world's information

44: What is Twitter?

A.   Website where you can book hotels

B.   Twitter Website that allows you to keep up with your friends and even famous people

C.   Website where you can order food

D.   Website where you can buy clothes

45: What does Twitter for Business do?

A.   Businesses can use Twitter to post updates and news.

B.   Automatically responds to customers' tweets.

C.   Allows businesses to post messages for customers to see.

D.   Allows businesses to communicate with their customers for almost immediate feedback.

A.   Tumblr

B.   Facebook

C.   Instagram

D.   Twitter

47: What does VPN stand for?

A.   Virtual Private Network

B.   Virtual Parish Network

C.   Very Powerful Network

D.   Violent Personal Network

48: What is VPN?

A.   VPN is a secure network that allows you to connect with people through a software.

B.   VPN is a secure network that allows you to connect with people through a social media site.

C.   VPN is an unsecured network that allows you to connect with people through a software.

D.   VPN is a secure network that allows you to connect with people through an email.

49: What is a web browser?

A.   A software program that allows you to access and view web pages

B.   Software that makes browsing the internet easier and faster

C.   A file format that is used to create websites

D.   A website that contains a collection of web pages

50: How can search engines help you search the world wide web?

A.   By providing a list of websites that match your search criteria

B.   By translating your search criteria into different languages

C.   By providing directions to the nearest library

51: What is the best way to use search engines to help you search the world wide web?

A.   Use only one search engine

B.   Use only popular search engines

C.   Use search engines sparingly

D.   Use a variety of search engines to find the best results

52: What are website cookies?

A.   A type of candy

B.   A way to browse the internet without a history

C.   A virus

D.   Tiny files that allow websites to remember you and how you used their site.

53: What is website evaluation?

A.   Finding out when the website was created

B.   Determining the purpose of the website

C.   Deciding if a website is good or bad

D.   Checking the sources and author to ensure credibility

54: What is the website Wikipedia?

A.   A website of vast knowledge

B.   A website that only allows changes to be made by certain people

C.   A website that only allows changes to be made to certain pages

D.   A website that does not allow changes to be made by users

55: What does a wiki allow people to do?

A.   Communicate with every change that happens on the site

B.   Upload files to the site

C.   Edit every page on the site

D.   Communicate with every user on the site

56: What does WWW stand for?

A.   Warped West Web

B.   Wet West Web

C.   West West Web

D.   World Wide Web

57: What is the most important part of the Linux operating system?

A.   The open-source code

B.   The package manager

C.   The production kernel

D.   The user interface

58: What is a kernel?

A.   A program that forms the inner core of an operating system.

B.   The hard outer casing of a seed.

C.   A type of nut.

D.   The edible part of a grain.

59: What does Creative Commons licence permit?

A.   It only permits the copying, distribution, performance of work.

B.   It permits the copying, distribution, display and performance of work but not derivatives.

C.   It only permits the copying, distribution, display of work.

D.   Copying, distribution, display and performance of work

60: What is Unix?

A.   A type of computer

B.   A text editor

C.   An operating system that was popular in the 1980s and is still widely used today.

D.   A programming language

61: What is a recursive acronym?

A.   A method of repetition

B.   An abbreviation that refers to itself

C.   An infinite loop

D.   A software development process

62: The layout of text, images and pictures in a published work is known as?

A.   Typographical arrangements

B.   Trapping

C.   Knowing the alphabet

D.   Justifying

63: What does the term "public domain" mean?

A.   A group of people who are allowed to access classified information.

B.   A file format that can be opened by anyone.

C.   Any created content that is not subject to copyright.

D.   A website that is available to everyone on the internet.

A.   The rights of creators of content

B.   The right to free speech

C.   The right to bear arms

D.   The right to a free and fair trial

65: What is a trademark?

A.   A particular word or phrase and/or artwork that distinguishes a company’s goods and services.

B.   A company's mission statement

C.   A company's slogan

D.   A company's logo

66: What is a source code?

A.   Text that cannot be modified by a compiler or interpreter.

B.   A program that cannot be executed by a computer.

C.   Code that is not understandable by humans.

D.   Text representing a program that is usually input into a compiler or interpreter.

67: What is source code?

A.   This is code that is written in a high-level language and is used to create software.

B.   This is code that is written in a low-level language and is used to create software.

C.   This is code that is written in a high-level language and is used to create hardware.

D.   This is code that is written in an assembler language and is used to create software.

68: What does open source mean?

A.   Software that can be used for any purpose

B.   Software provided with source code

C.   Software that is free to use

D.   Software that is available for purchase

69: What is the process of obscuring sensitive information that might remain on a disk before disposal called?

A.   Formating

B.   Encryption

C.   Deletion

D.   Overwriting

70: What is Defrag?

A.   A file format

B.   An operating system process for organising the physical location of files on a disk.

C.   A software

D.   A programming language

71: What is data remanence?

A.   A file format

B.   Data remaining on a storage device despite supposedly having been deleted or erased.

C.   A data compression technique

D.   A data storage device

72: What is a RAID?

A.   A type of backup

B.   A sorting algorithm

C.   A collection of disks that together form a RAID.

D.   A temporary storage area

73: What does RAM stand for?

A.   Random access memory

B.   Random access format

C.   Read access memory

D.   Read and write access memory

74: What is the definition of an archive?

A.   A collection of documents or set of data that will be used for further study.

B.   A collection of documents or set of data that will be retained unchanged for future use.

C.   A collection of documents or set of data that will be discarded after a certain amount of time.

D.   A collection of documents or set of data that will be used for future reference.

75: What does the word "migrate" mean?

A.   To die

B.   To move data from one medium to another to ensure it remains readable.

C.   To leave a group and start a new one elsewhere

D.   To travel from one place to another in order to find a new place to live

76: What is disruptive technology?

A.   A product or service that is not well received by the market.

B.   A product or service whose introduction displaces an existing product or service.

C.   A product or service that is not profitable.

D.   A product or service that is not new or innovative.

77: What is backwards compatibility?

A.   The ability of a modern device or technology to meaningfully receive an input designed for older devices.

B.   The ability of a modern device or technology to recreate an input from older devices.

C.   The ability of a modern device or technology to create an output for older devices.

D.   The ability of a modern device or technology to predict output from older devices.

78: What is the process by which existing technologies cease to be used when they are displaced by new technologies called?

A.   Technological obsolescence

B.   Industry life cycle

C.   Technology life cycle

D.   Product life cycle

79: What is the term used to refer to a society or scenario that is nightmarish, repressive, miserable and imperfect in every way?

A.   Pessimistic

B.   Dystopian

C.   Utopian

D.   Optimistic

80: What is the photostream on Flickr?

A.   The photographs a user has uploaded to Flickr, ordered according to when they were taken.

B.   The area of a user's profile on Flickr where they can post messages.

C.   A user's profile on Flickr.

D.   All the photographs on Flickr.

81: What is a location-aware device?

A.   A device that can be used for navigation

B.   A device that can connect to the internet

C.   A device that is aware of its surroundings

D.   A mobile computing device that is able to determine its geographic location.

82: What is a location-based device?

A.   A device that is stationary and does not move.

B.   A mobile computing device whose functionality depends on its geographic location.

C.   A device that uses GPS to track its location.

D.   A device that does not rely on its geographic location.

83: What does base station identifier refer to?

A.   A device that connects a computer to a network

B.   A device that enables a wireless connection between two devices

C.   A device that allows a computer to access the internet wirelessly.

D.   The unique identifier associated with a wireless transceiver base station.

84: What is propagation delay?

A.   The time taken for a signal to travel from its middle to its destination.

B.   The time taken for a signal to travel from its destination to its source.

C.   The time taken for a signal to travel from its source to its destination.

D.   The time taken for a signal to travel from its source to its middle.

85: What is the process of translating geographic coordinates into another type of information called?

A.   Geocoding

B.   Decoding

C.   Encoding

D.   Reverse geocoding

86: What is geocoding?

A.   The process of computing a geographical location based on map coordinates.

B.   The process of computing a geographical location based on an address.

C.   The process of computing a geographical location based on some other type of information.

D.   The process of computing a geographical location based on latitude and longitude.

87: What is cloud computing?

A.   A method of using remote computers to process and store data and run applications.

B.   A method of data storage

C.   A method of application development

D.   A method of data processing

88: What is a host computer?

A.   An RFID tag

B.   A component of an RFID system that processes and manages the information it receives from the reader.

C.   A device used to read RFID tags

D.   A device used to write data to RFID tags

89: What does an RFID Reader consist of?

A.   Software application

B.   Electronic circuitry and an antenna

C.   GPS tracking device

D.   Encryption

90: What is a tag?

A.   A computer-readable identifier that is uniquely associated with an object or person

B.   Short description

C.   A small painting

D.   A label or name given to someone

91: What is bluecasting?

A.   The use of a blue light to kill blue mold

B.   The use of a blue light to cast messages onto a screen

C.   The use of a blue light to disinfect

D.   The use of Bluetooth to distribute messages to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as smart phones.

92: What is the meaning of "management data"?

A.   Data that is used to control the transmission of information

B.   Data that is used to display information

C.   Data that is used to process information

D.   Data that is used to store information

93: What is a Scatternet?

A.   A small, wireless local area network

B.   A type of Local Area Network

C.   A way of connecting to the Internet wirelessly

D.   A network of two or more piconets

94: What is piconet?

A.   The network formed when Bluetooth devices form an ad hoc connection.

B.   A device that uses Bluetooth technology

C.   A device that uses Bluetooth to connect to the internet

D.   A device that allows for a connection between two Bluetooth devices

95: What is topology?

A.   A mathematical model of a communications network.

B.   The study of the properties of space.

C.   A class of networks with a similar shape in terms of links between nodes.

D.   A measure of the degree of connectivity between nodes in a network.

96: What is a MAN?

A.   The capital of Ghana

B.   A method of contraception

C.   A network covering a very large geographic area such as a city.

D.   A type of animal

97: What is Telemonitoring?

A.   A system that gathers information about a user’s behavior in the home.

B.   A method of communication

C.   A device that allows two-way communication

D.   A way to remotely access a computer

98: What is a microcontroller?

A.   A very small, simple computer that only contains a processor.

B.   A very small, simple computer that contains a processor and memory.

C.   A very small, simple computer that contains a processor, memory and input and output ports along with a timer.

D.   A very small, simple computer that contains a processor and input and output ports.

99: What is the range of Bluetooth?

A.   Medium-Range

B.   Limited-range

C.   Short-range

D.   Long-range

100: What is bluetooth?

A.   A short-range wireless data transmission technology

B.   A color

C.   A mobile device company

D.   A type of ice cream