General Awareness, on Information Technology
(Questions and Answer)
304. Which web browser is also known by the nickname Mozilla?
(a) Netscape Navigator (b) Internet Explorer
(c) Lynx (d) Mosaic
Answer:-A
305. What is Apache?
(a) The first search engine on the Net
(b) The world's second virtual newscaster
(c) A freely available Web server
(d) The world's first online auction site
Answer:-C
306. What is a Wiki or Wiki-Wiki?
(a) A server program that allows users to collaborate in forming or editing the content of a Web site
(b) An online collaboration software that allows the employees of a company located at remote places to collaborate on a project
(c) A new generation web browser
(d) A web visitor who browses through the web pages and sites at the maximum speed allowed by the speed of the modem
Answer:-A
307. On his first visit to Honolulu, Ward Cunningham was directed by the airport counter agent to take the shuttle buses at the airport. The word that describes the shuttle bus service there meAnswer 'fast' in Hawaiian language. That was the first Hawaiian word Cunningham learned. Cunningham gave this name to a concept he created later on. Name the concept
(a) Wiki Wiki or wiki (b) Extreme Programming
(c) Webopedia (d) Awiwi
Answer:-A
308. Part of Microsoft's Net venture, this service proposes to provide space on the Web where users can store their personal information securely for a fee. They can decide who can use their information, for how long, and in what manner. What is the name of this service?
(a) Secure Space (b) Micro Space
(c) Net Space (d) Hail Storm
Answer:-D
309. Established in 1996, these leading international Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the Internet by The New York Times, are presented honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality. Name it
(a) Wammy Awards (b) Grammy Awards
(c) Webby Awards - (d) Net Awards
Answer:-C
310. Which body presents the Webby Awards?
(a) International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
(b) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
(c) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
(d) Association for Computing Machinery
Answer:-A
311. What well-known term in web browsing was coined by Lou Montulli?
(a) Net surfing (b) Netizen
(c) Cookies (d) Blog
Answer:-C
312. What is dub dub dub?
(a) A web address with three dots in between the domain names
(b) A deserted website
(c) A website which has not been updated even once
(d) Short for WWW
Answer:-D
313. What is the main function of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)?
(a) Managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses
(b) Develop standards for communication over the Internet
(c) Oversee and safeguard user privacy issues
(d) Define Internet-related terms
Answer:-A
314. This Internet music search application sparked heated debate over copyright and digital distribution issues when it started enabling users to search for and swap MP3 files over the Web. Name it
(a) MP3.com (b) Musiconline.com
(c) Napster (d) Web Music
Answer:-C
315. In Internet terminology what is URL?
(a) Uniform Resource Locator
(b) Universal Random Locator
(c) Ultimate Resource Locator
(d) Universal Real Language
Answer:-A
316. Highest subdivision of the Internet, usually by country or type of organization, such as .edu for education, or.com for commercial, is called
(a) Ethernet (b) Backbone
(c) Gateway (d) Domain
Answer:-D
317. The identifying portion of a domain name, for example, economictimes in www.economictimes.com , is called?
(a) Primary domain name (b) Secondary domain name (c) Website name (d) Organization name
Answer:-B
318. In the above question, 'com' is an example of
(a) Primary domain name (b) Generic domain name (c) Website name (d) Organization name
Answer:-A
319. What new top-level domain name was approved by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2000 for use with the Websites of nonprofit cooperatives?
(a) .np (b) .non
(c) coo (d) .coop
Answer:-D
320. Which company / organization is the original registrar of .com, .net and .org domain names on the Internet?
(a) Networks Solutions
(b) BetterWhois.com
(c) U.S. Department of Commerce
(d) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Answer:-A
321. From which of the following, one can get the information on whether a particular .com .net .org .info .biz domain name has been registered, and if so, then the party who has registered it?
(a) Better Whois (b) Internet Assigned Numbers Autnority
(c) Google • (d) Yahoo! Search
Answer:-A
322. In the cyber world, who are 'cyber squatters'?
(a) People who grab a well-known trademark and register it as domain name for ulterior purpose, such as selling the domain name back to the rightful owners for a fancy price, or making the Internet users believe that they are associated with the famous trademark
(b) People who hack a computer network
(c) People who pirate software
(d) People who spread virus over Internet
Answer:-A
323. Some cyber squatters take advantage of an Internet user mistyping a web address into a web browser by leading the user to an alternate web address owned by them. This type of cyber squatting is called
(a) Typosquatting (b) Missquatting
(c) Address squatting (d) URL squatting
Answer:-A
324. To track usage over time and to store information about a user, a website stores a special text file on the user's hard disk. What are these text files called?
(a) Applets (b) Banners
(c) Cookies (d) Plug-ins
Answer:-C
325. In the World Wide Web, what is a black hole?
(a) A web page that takes a very long time to download
(b) A hyperlink to a document that has been erased or removed
(c) A web page that pops up on the screen unsolicited
(d) A mysterious source of spam
Answer:-B
326. What is the basic difference between browsing and surfing?
(a) Browsing for no particular reason is called surfing
(b) Surfing with no particular reason is called browsing
(c) Browsing with the help of search engines is called surfing
(d) Browsing requires registration with the website whereas surfing does not
Answer:-A
327. What is an 'arachniography'?
(a) A new form of spyware
(b) A new application that helps in viral marketing
(c) A bibliography of Web pages
(d) An application program that enables non-programmers to create web pages
Answer:-C
328. Surfers who browse the web at breakneck speed over Digital Subscriber Line or DSL Internet connection are called
(a) Net squirrels (b) Bandwidth Junkie
(c) Ego surfers (d) Vanity surfers
Answer:-B
329. When one is said to be 'ego surfing'?
(a) When one surfs the Net for hours altogether and does not allow others to access the Net from the same system.
(b) When one surfs the Net at very high speed.
(c) When one browses the website of one's own organization.
(d) When one searches the Net for reference to oneself.
Answer:-D
330. What are mirror websites?
(a) Different language versions of the same website.
(b) Websites using the same URL but with different contents.
(c) A standby website while the original has been shut down for maintenance.
(d) Multiple websites with the same contents but different URLs.
Answer:-D
331. In Internet jargon, what is a 'sticky site'?
(a) A site where a user spends a large amount of time.
(b) A site, which provides a particular type of information.
(c) Sites with contents meant for adults only.
(d) Site visited by the most number of surfers.
Answer:-A
332. On the Net, who or what is a zombie?
(a) An abandoned website that due to some reason has been moved to a different Web address.
(b) A website that provides information on whether a domain name has already been registered by somebody else.
(c) A company that offers domain name registration service.
(d) A sticky website to which most visitors get glued once they access it.
Answer:-A
333. What is a "para-site'?
(a) A website that frames other websites or pages within it
(b) A website accessible only from another website
(c) A website that diverts traffic from another site to itself
(d) A website that copies layout and design from another site
Answer:-A
334. What is an evergreen website?
(a) The website is very popular with the visitors
(b) The website deals with environmental issues
(c) The website is updated daily or frequently
(d) The website uses primarily green color in its content
Answer:-C
335. In an online auction, what is Shill bidding?
(a) Deliberate use of secondary registrations, aliases, family members, friends, or associates to artificially drive up the bid price of an item.
(b) Bidding for the quantity of the items on sale.
(c) Winning a bid for an item but not purchasing the same subsequently.
(d) Ending up paying much more for an item than the item is actually worth.
Answer:-A
336. Contrary to popular belief, it is difficult for users to find information located in banner ads. This phenomenon is called
(a) Banner phobia (b) Banner blindness
(c) Banner zapping (d) Banner overlooking
Answer:-B
337. What fancy name is given to tall and narrow banner advertisements on a web page?
(a) Monuments (b) Tall boys
(c) Eiffel Towers (d) Skyscrapers
Answer:-D
338. What term is used pejoratively for the practice of advertising using spam?
(a) Netvertize (b) Spambait
(c) Spamvertize (d) Adspamming
Answer:-C
339. M-commerce involves access to the Net via....
(a) Cable modem
(b) Standard modem
(c) Mobile devices such as a cell phone or PDA
(d) Internet2 devices
Answer:-C
340. The ratio between the number of times an advertisement is clicked upon and the number of times the advertisement is served to the site visitor is called
(a) Click-through rate (CTR) (b) Click stream (c) Hit (d) Qualified hit
Answer:-A
341. What is click stream?
(a) The sequence of mouse clicks made by a user as she or he navigates a web page or the Net.
(b) The sequence of mouse clicks one has to make in order to reach a particular page in a website.
(c) The site map of a website.
(d) The sequence of mouse clicks made by a user as she or he navigates a text document.
Answer:-A
342. In Internet jargon, what are interstitials?
(a) An advertisement diverted to one's email box with the consent of the recipient.
(b) An advertisement that appears between web pages.
(c) An advertisement format where the contents are not static but changes every few seconds.
(d) An interactive advertisement.
Answer:-B
343. What distinction does the book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought by Douglas Richard Hofstadter enjoy in the world of IT?
(a) It was the first book to lay out the principles of e-commerce
(b) It was the first book to be exclusively published online
(c) It was the first eBook
(d) It was the first book sold by Amazon.com
Answer:-D
344. Which marketing guru pioneered the concept of 'permission marketing' which has become more common in the Web-based businesses?
(a) Seth Godin (b) Jagdish Sheth
(c) Deepak Jain (d) Theodore Levitt
Answer:-A
345. Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability (ACID) are four essential properties of what?
(a) Electronic trAnswer actions
(b) Microprocessor
(c) Ink/toner used in a computer printer.
(d) Magnetic coating on a recordable medium.
Answer:-A
346. Which is the first temple in India to install terminals of online commodity exchanges to get commodities at market prices rather than through annual contracts involving fixed prices?
(a) Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam
(b) Golden Temple, Amritsar
(c) Guruvayoor shrine in Kerala
(d) Jagannath Temple in Puri
Answer:-A
347. What term is used to describe a person who spends plenty of time on line exploring the Internet?
(a) Netphile (b) Netizen
(c) Cybernaut (d) Cyberphile
Answer:-C
348. You may also come across a term called "nethead"? What is it?
(a) A highly respected person in a Net community
(b) A person who is addicted to the Net
(c) The head of a Net community
(d) The Web Master
Answer:-B
349. What is a person called who engages himself/herself in hacking activities with political or social agendas?
(a) Computerphile (b) Cracker
(c) Hacker (d) Hacktivist
Answer:-D
350. When an attacker over the Net harasses a victim with threatening messages delivered through email or instant messaging or posted to a Web site or a discussion group, it is called
(a) Cyber squatting (b) Cyber terrorism
(c) Cyberwoozling (d) Cyber stalking
Answer:-D
351. An employer would never like a cyber slacker. What does a cyber slacker do?
(a) She or he steals data from the organization's system and sells outside.
(b) She or he hates the IT tools and does everything manually or by old equipments.
(c) She or he uses organization's Internet connection during work hours to surf the Net, shop online, send personal emails, look for new jobs, etc.
(d) Uses company email to send anonymous messages to others.
Answer:-C
352. Which netizen is called a 'lurker'?
(a) A person who restricts him-self/herself to receiving and reading articles or messages in a newsgroup or any other online discussion without contributing anything to the ongoing exchange.
(b) A person who tries to dominate an online discussion.
(c) A person who surfs the Net at breakneck speed.
(d) A netizen whose opinions are often offensive to other participants in an online discussion forum.
Answer:-A
353. For the success of the initial public offering of a dot-corm, it is recommended that Net-wise individuals should combine with finance experts. The Net-wise individuals wear unconventional clothing and are not generally finance savvy. On the other hand, the finance people wear proper formal dresses and have the ability to convince the investors about the attractiveness of the offer. What expression describes this combination?
(a) Geeks and Suits (b) Fruits and Suits
(c) Fruits and Nuts (d) Digits and Numbers
Answer:-B
354. Who is a blatherer in the cyber world?
(a) A user who types on-and-on while posting a message or chatting online.
(b) A heavy advertiser on the Net.
(c) A political propagandist on the Net.
(d) A user who uses SMS type languages even in formal emails,
Answer:-A
355. What is the Chinese slang for a hacker?
(a) Rekcah (b) Cracker
(b) Honker (d) Recker
Answer:-C
356. Which of the following would best describe the job of a cyber cop?
(a) A computer-savvy policeman.
(b) A security person who guards computer installations
(c) A person who is in charge of making systems safe from hackers
(d) A person who investigates criminal acts committed online, including fraud and harassment
Answer:-D
357. When somebody has been 'dot-commed', what has happened to him/ her?
(a) Trapped by the promise of high salaries by a dot.com.
(b) Lost all investments made on a dot com.
(c) Lost hishe or her job due to the downsizing or failure of a dot com.
(d) Has made a killing on hishe or her investments made on a dotcom because of its success.
Answer:-C
358. Who is a cyber tourist?
(a) A person who visits websites of tours and travel companies
(b) A person who stays in a website for few minutes only
(c) A person who goes online only on weekends and holidays
(d) A person who visits the websites of famous tourist destinations of the world
Answer:-C
359. When somebody has been 'gatored' on the Net, she or he has become a victim of what?
(a) Cyber grapevine (b) Cyber warfare
(c) Hijackware program (d) Spyware
Answer:-C
360. In Internet terminology, who is a troll?
(a) A person who posts inflammatory messages oil the Net. such as on online discussion forums, to disrupt the discussion or to upset its participants.
(b) A person who gets overwhelmed by the amount of information available on the Net.
(c) A person who makes a living by designing web sites for others.
(d) A user who opposes the pricing of any Internet content.
Answer:-A
361. The term "cyberspace" refers to networked digital environments, especially advanced systems that produce an illusion of reality. Who coined this term in his book Neuromancer (1984)?
(a) Thomas Watson (b) Bill Gates
(c) William Gibson (d) Steven Spielberg
Answer:-C
362. What term is used to describe the principles of courtesy to be used in sending electronic messages and other online postings?
(a) eEtiquette
(b) Netiquette
(c) Principles of Net Behavior
(d) Internet Best practices
Answer:-B
363. In Internet etiquette, typing with all capital letters is considered rude. Why?
(a) It is stressful on the eyes.
(b) It looks ugly.
(c) It consumes more memory.
(d) It is the e-mail equivalent of shouting.
Answer:-D
364. What is cyberpunk?
(a) A genre of near-future science fiction set in virtual-reality environments maintained on global computer networks.
(b) A Utopian land where everything is virtual
(c) A popular computer game
(d) Literature on computers and IT
Answer:-A
365. Smiley and other characters used to express feelings in an e-mail communication are called
(a) Emoticons (b) Mailicons
(c) Digitrons (d) Neticons
Answer:-A
366. What is 'turnip effect'?
(a) Rapid spread of Iiiternet
(b) Bottlenecks caused by heavy traffic over a communication system or network
(c) Increasing misuse of Internet by some people with its increasing popularity
(d) Availability of information to all at the fingertips due to the Net
Answer:-B