Q1. What is the full form of "PDF", a popular file format developed by Adobe?

A) Public Document Format

B) Portable Document Format

C) Private Document File

D) Primary Data File

E) Printed Document Format

Answer: B

 

Q2. The acronym "USB" refers to the port used to connect various devices. It stands for:

A) United Serial Bus

B) Universal Serial Bus

C) Universal System Board

D) Unique Serial Bus

E) Universal Socket Bus

Answer: B

 

Q3. "Wi-Fi" is a wireless networking technology. What does it stand for?

A) Wireless Fidelity

B) Wireless Finder

C) Wired Fidelity

D) Wireless Finance

E) Wireless Fix

Answer: A

 

Q4. The full form of "VIRUS" in computer terminology is:

A) Very Important Resource Under Siege

B) Vital Information Resources Under Siege

C) Virtual Information Resources Under Siege

D) Vital Information Resources Under System

E) Virtual Image Resource Under Siege

Answer: B

 

Q5. "GUI" is the interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through icons. It stands for:

A) Graphical User Interface

B) Global User Interface

C) Graphical Utility Interface

D) General User Interconnection

E) Guidance User Interface

Answer: A

 

Q6. What does "HDMI" stand for?

A) High Definition Media Interface

B) High Definition Multimedia Interface

C) High Data Multimedia Interface

D) High Definition Multi-screen Interface

E) Huge Data Media Interface

Answer: B

 

Q7. "URL" is the address of a web page. What is its full form?

A) Uniform Resource Locator

B) Uniform Resource Link

C) United Resource Locator

D) Universal Resource Link

E) Unique Resource Locator

Answer: A

 

Q8. The extension ".exe" stands for:

A) Execution

B) Executable

C) Example

D) External

E) Exit

Answer: B (A file that runs a program).

 

Q9. Which file extension represents a compressed file (Archive)?

A) .txt

B) .pdf

C) .zip

D) .doc

E) .ppt

Answer: C

 

Q10. "JPEG" is a standard format for images. It stands for:

A) Joint Photographic Experts Group

B) Java Photographic Experts Group

C) Joint Picture Export Group

D) Junior Photographic Experts Group

E) Joint Photo Editing Group

Answer: A

 

Q11. What is the full form of "SIM" used in mobile phones?

A) Subscriber Identity Module

B) Subscriber Identification Mobile

C) System Identity Module

D) Subscriber Internet Module

E) Serial Identity Module

Answer: A

 

Q12. "SMS" stands for:

A) Short Mail Service

B) Short Message Service

C) Simple Message System

D) Short Message System

E) Speed Message Service

Answer: B

 

Q13. "GPS" stands for:

A) Global Positioning System

B) General Positioning System

C) Global Placement System

D) Global Pointing System

E) Geographic Position System

Answer: A

 

Q14. The extension ".apk" is used for applications on which Operating System?

A) Windows

B) iOS

C) Android

D) Linux

E) macOS

Answer: C (Android Package Kit).

 

Q15. "BIOS" is the firmware used during booting. It stands for:

A) Basic Input Output System

B) Binary Input Output System

C) Basic Internal Operating System

D) Basic Input Output Software

E) Built-In Operating System

Answer: A

 

Q16. What does "QR" in "QR Code" stand for?

A) Quick Response

B) Quick Read

C) Quality Response

D) Quick Result

E) Quad Rate

Answer: A

 

Q17. "GIF" is an image format that supports animation. It stands for:

A) Graphical Interface Format

B) Graphics Interchange Format

C) Global Image Format

D) Graphics Input Format

E) General Image File

Answer: B

 

Q18. "PNG" is an image format often used for web graphics. It stands for:

A) Portable Network Graphics

B) Public Network Graphics

C) Private Network Graphics

D) Portable New Graphics

E) Photo Network Graphics

Answer: A

 

Q19. The keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + X" is used for:

A) Copy

B) Paste

C) Cut

D) Undo

E) Delete

Answer: C

 

Q20. "LCD" stands for:

A) Liquid Crystal Display

B) Light Crystal Display

C) Liquid Color Display

D) Light Core Display

E) Lithium Crystal Display

Answer: A

 

Q21. "LED" stands for:

A) Light Emitting Device

B) Light Emitting Diode

C) Liquid Emitting Diode

D) Low Energy Display

E) Light Engine Display

Answer: B

 

Q22. "ISP" refers to the company that provides you internet. It stands for:

A) Internet Service Protocol

B) Internet Service Provider

C) Internal Service Provider

D) International Service Provider

E) Internet Speed Provider

Answer: B

 

Q23. "VGA" is an older video connector standard. It stands for:

A) Video Graphics Array

B) Visual Graphics Array

C) Video Graphics Adapter

D) Visual Graphics Adapter

E) Video Gaming Adapter

Answer: A

 

Q24. "DVD" stands for:

A) Digital Video Disk (or Digital Versatile Disk)

B) Direct Video Disk

C) Digital Visual Drive

D) Dual Video Disk

E) Dynamic Video Disk

Answer: A

 

Q25. "UPS" provides emergency power. It stands for:

A) Uninterruptible Power Supply

B) Uniform Power Supply

C) Universal Power Supply

D) United Power System

E) Under Power Supply

Answer: A

 

Q26. "SMPS" is the power unit inside a PC case. It stands for:

A) Simple Mode Power Supply

B) Switched Mode Power Supply

C) Single Mode Power Supply

D) Switched Mode Power System

E) Static Mode Power Supply

Answer: B

 

Q27. "RAM" stands for:

A) Read Access Memory

B) Random Access Memory

C) Rapid Access Memory

D) Real Access Memory

E) Random Active Memory

Answer: B

 

Q28. "ROM" stands for:

A) Read Only Memory

B) Random Only Memory

C) Real Only Memory

D) Read On Memory

E) Random Output Memory

Answer: A

 

Q29. "CPU" stands for:

A) Central Processing Unit

B) Control Processing Unit

C) Computer Processing Unit

D) Central Programming Unit

E) Common Processing Unit

Answer: A

 

Q30. "ALU" stands for:

A) Arithmetic Logic Unit

B) Array Logic Unit

C) Application Logic Unit

D) Arithmetic Local Unit

E) Automatic Logic Unit

Answer: A

 

Q31. "CU" in the context of CPU architecture stands for:

A) Computer Unit

B) Control Unit

C) Cache Unit

D) Communication Unit

E) Central Unit

Answer: B

 

Q32. "OS" stands for:

A) Operating System

B) Open System

C) Optical Sensor

D) Output System

E) Online System

Answer: A

 

Q33. "CD" stands for:

A) Compact Disk

B) Computer Disk

C) Circular Disk

D) Common Disk

E) Compressed Disk

Answer: A

 

Q34. "E-Mail" stands for:

A) Electronic Mail

B) Easy Mail

C) Electric Mail

D) Engine Mail

E) English Mail

Answer: A

 

Q35. "WWW" stands for:

A) World Wide Web

B) World Web Wide

C) Wide World Web

D) World Wide Wares

E) Web World Wide

Answer: A

 

Q36. "HTTP" stands for:

A) HyperText Transfer Protocol

B) HyperText Transmission Protocol

C) HyperText Transfer Program

D) HighText Transfer Protocol

E) HyperLink Text Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q37. "FTP" stands for:

A) File Transfer Protocol

B) File Transmission Protocol

C) Folder Transfer Protocol

D) File Transfer Program

E) Fast Transfer Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q38. "IP" in IP Address stands for:

A) Internet Provider

B) Internet Protocol

C) Internal Protocol

D) Instant Protocol

E) Information Protocol

Answer: B

 

Q39. "LAN" stands for:

A) Local Area Network

B) Large Area Network

C) Local Access Network

D) Long Area Network

E) Land Area Network

Answer: A

 

Q40. "WAN" stands for:

A) Wide Area Network

B) Wireless Area Network

C) Whole Area Network

D) Web Area Network

E) Wide Access Network

Answer: A

 

Q41. "MAN" stands for:

A) Metropolitan Area Network

B) Main Area Network

C) Mass Area Network

D) Medium Area Network

E) Mobile Area Network

Answer: A

 

Q42. "PAN" stands for:

A) Personal Area Network

B) Private Area Network

C) Public Area Network

D) Personal Access Network

E) Primary Area Network

Answer: A

 

Q43. "KB" in memory size stands for:

A) KiloByte

B) KiloBit

C) KeyByte

D) KitByte

E) KernelByte

Answer: A (Usually refers to Bytes in file size).

 

Q44. "MB" stands for:

A) MegaByte

B) MicroByte

C) MiniByte

D) MilliByte

E) MasterByte

Answer: A

 

Q45. "GB" stands for:

A) GigaByte

B) GreatByte

C) GrandByte

D) GlobalByte

E) GroupByte

Answer: A

 

Q46. "TB" stands for:

A) TeraByte

B) TetraByte

C) TotalByte

D) TopByte

E) TechByte

Answer: A

 

Q47. "PB" stands for:

A) PetaByte

B) PentaByte

C) PowerByte

D) PublicByte

E) PointByte

Answer: A

 

Q48. "ASCII" stands for:

A) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B) American Standard Code for Internet Interchange

C) Asian Standard Code for Information Interchange

D) American System Code for Information Interchange

E) Advanced Standard Code for Information Interchange

Answer: A

 

Q49. "EBCDIC" stands for:

A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

B) Extended Binary Coded Digital Interchange Code

C) Electronic Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

D) Extended Basic Code Decimal Interchange Code

E) External Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

Answer: A

 

Q50. "BCD" stands for:

A) Binary Coded Decimal

B) Basic Coded Decimal

C) Binary Coded Digit

D) Bit Coded Decimal

E) Binary Code Decoding

Answer: A

 

Q51. "DOS" is an old operating system. It stands for:

A) Disk Operating System

B) Digital Operating System

C) Direct Operating System

D) Drive Operating System

E) Device Operating System

Answer: A

 

Q52. "DBMS" stands for:

A) Database Management System

B) Data Management System

C) Database Maintenance System

D) Digital Base Management System

E) Data Base Model System

Answer: A

 

Q53. "SQL" stands for:

A) Structured Query Language

B) Standard Query Language

C) Simple Query Language

D) Structured Question Language

E) System Query Language

Answer: A

 

Q54. "IC" in electronics stands for:

A) Integrated Circuit

B) Internal Circuit

C) Information Circuit

D) Integrated Chip

E) Input Circuit

Answer: A

 

Q55. "VLSI" technology used in 4th Gen computers stands for:

A) Very Large Scale Integration

B) Very Large System Integration

C) Virtual Large Scale Integration

D) Various Large Scale Integration

E) Vital Large Scale Integration

Answer: A

 

Q56. "AI" stands for:

A) Artificial Intelligence

B) Automated Intelligence

C) Advanced Intelligence

D) Artificial Internet

E) Applied Intelligence

Answer: A

 

Q57. "IT" stands for:

A) Information Technology

B) Internet Technology

C) Input Technology

D) Integrated Technology

E) Internal Technology

Answer: A

 

Q58. "ICT" stands for:

A) Information and Communication Technology

B) Internet and Communication Technology

C) Information and Computer Technology

D) Internal Communication Technology

E) Integrated Communication Technology

Answer: A

 

Q59. "MODEM" stands for:

A) Modulator Demodulator

B) Modulation Demodulation

C) Moderator Demoderator

D) Modern Demodulator

E) Mobile Demodulator

Answer: A

 

Q60. "TCP" stands for:

A) Transmission Control Protocol

B) Transfer Control Protocol

C) Transmission Central Protocol

D) Transport Control Protocol

E) Technical Control Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q61. "SMTP" stands for:

A) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

B) Simple Message Transfer Protocol

C) Smart Mail Transfer Protocol

D) System Mail Transfer Protocol

E) Secure Mail Transfer Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q62. "POP" in email stands for:

A) Post Office Protocol

B) Personal Office Protocol

C) Post Online Protocol

D) Public Office Protocol

E) Primary Office Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q63. "IMAP" stands for:

A) Internet Message Access Protocol

B) Instant Message Access Protocol

C) Internet Mail Access Protocol

D) Internal Message Access Protocol

E) Internet Mail Application Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q64. "DNS" stands for:

A) Domain Name System

B) Domain Name Server

C) Digital Name System

D) Data Network Service

E) Domain Net System

Answer: A

 

Q65. "DHCP" stands for:

A) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

B) Dynamic Host Control Protocol

C) Domain Host Configuration Protocol

D) Digital Host Configuration Protocol

E) Dynamic Hypertext Configuration Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q66. "OLED" stands for:

A) Organic Light Emitting Diode

B) Optical Light Emitting Diode

C) Online Light Emitting Diode

D) Organic Low Energy Diode

E) Optimized Light Emitting Diode

Answer: A

 

Q67. "CRT" stands for:

A) Cathode Ray Tube

B) Crystal Ray Tube

C) Common Ray Tube

D) Cathode Ray Technology

E) Central Ray Tube

Answer: A

 

Q68. "OMR" stands for:

A) Optical Mark Reader (or Recognition)

B) Optical Magnetic Reader

C) Only Mark Reader

D) Optical Mark Recorder

E) Optimal Mark Reader

Answer: A

 

Q69. "OCR" stands for:

A) Optical Character Recognition

B) Optical Code Reader

C) Optical Character Reader

D) Optimal Character Recognition

E) Online Character Recognition

Answer: A

 

Q70. "MICR" stands for:

A) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader

C) Magnetic Ink Character Reader

D) Magnetic Internal Character Recognition

E) Meta Ink Character Recognition

Answer: A

 

Q71. "GIGO" refers to accuracy. It stands for:

A) Garbage In Garbage Out

B) Good In Good Out

C) Get In Get Out

D) Global Input Global Output

E) Graphical In Graphical Out

Answer: A

 

Q72. "VIRAL" in social media terms stands for:

A) It's not actually an acronym, but stands for rapid spread like a biological virus.

B) Vital Information Resources and Links.

C) Virtual Internet Resource Access Link.

D) Very Important Resource Access List.

E) Visual Image Recording and Logging.

Answer: A (It is a metaphorical term).

 

Q73. "VPN" stands for:

A) Virtual Private Network

B) Virtual Public Network

C) Visual Private Network

D) Virtual Personal Network

E) Verified Private Network

Answer: A

 

Q74. "VoIP" stands for:

A) Voice over Internet Protocol

B) Video over Internet Protocol

C) Voice on Internet Program

D) Virtual over Internet Protocol

E) Voice over Intranet Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q75. "IoT" stands for:

A) Internet of Things

B) Internet of Technology

C) Input of Things

D) International of Things

E) Integration of Things

Answer: A

 

Q76. "SSD" is a type of storage. It stands for:

A) Solid State Drive

B) Super Speed Drive

C) Solid System Drive

D) Smart State Drive

E) Serial State Drive

Answer: A

 

Q77. "HDD" stands for:

A) Hard Disk Drive

B) Heavy Disk Drive

C) High Definition Drive

D) Hard Data Drive

E) Hyper Disk Drive

Answer: A

 

Q78. "SATA" is a cable interface. It stands for:

A) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

B) Serial Automated Technology Attachment

C) System Advanced Technology Attachment

D) Serial Advanced Transfer Attachment

E) Standard Advanced Technology Attachment

Answer: A

 

Q79. "PATA" (older cable) stands for:

A) Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment

B) Public Advanced Technology Attachment

C) Personal Advanced Technology Attachment

D) Parallel Automated Technology Attachment

E) Primary Advanced Technology Attachment

Answer: A

 

Q80. "FAT" (File System) stands for:

A) File Allocation Table

B) File Access Table

C) File Allocation Technology

D) Format Allocation Table

E) File Array Table

Answer: A

 

Q81. "NTFS" (Newer File System) stands for:

A) New Technology File System

B) Network Technology File System

C) New Type File System

D) New Transfer File System

E) Non-Transferable File System

Answer: A

 

Q82. "MIME" stands for:

A) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

B) Multi Internet Mail Extensions

C) Multiple Interface Mail Extensions

D) Mail Internet Media Extension

E) Main Internet Mail Engine

Answer: A

 

Q83. "RSS" stands for:

A) Really Simple Syndication

B) Real System Software

C) Rapid Software System

D) Rich Site Summary (Depending on version, A is most common).

E) Both A and D.

Answer: E

 

Q84. "SEO" stands for:

A) Search Engine Optimization

B) Search Engine Organization

C) Search Electronic Optimization

D) System Engine Optimization

E) Search Engine Operation

Answer: A

 

Q85. "CAPTCHA" distinguishes humans from bots. It starts with:

A) Completely Automated...

B) Computer Automated...

C) Control Automated...

D) Central Automated...

E) Code Automated...

Answer: A

 

Q86. "MAC" Address stands for:

A) Media Access Control

B) Memory Access Control

C) Machine Access Control

D) Mobile Access Control

E) Main Access Control

Answer: A

 

Q87. "ARP" stands for:

A) Address Resolution Protocol

B) Address Routing Protocol

C) Advanced Resolution Protocol

D) Automatic Resolution Protocol

E) Address Registration Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q88. "ICMP" stands for:

A) Internet Control Message Protocol

B) Internal Control Message Protocol

C) Internet Command Message Protocol

D) Internet Connection Message Protocol

E) Integrated Control Message Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q89. "SNMP" stands for:

A) Simple Network Management Protocol

B) Standard Network Management Protocol

C) Simple Network Maintenance Protocol

D) System Network Management Protocol

E) Secure Network Management Protocol

Answer: A

 

Q90. "ANSI" stands for:

A) American National Standards Institute

B) American Network Standards Institute

C) Advanced National Standards Institute

D) American National System Institute

E) Asian National Standards Institute

Answer: A

 

Q91. "IEEE" stands for:

A) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

B) Institute of Energy and Electronics Engineers

C) International Electrical and Electronics Engineers

D) Institute of Electrical and Engineering Engineers

E) Indian Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Answer: A

 

Q92. "ISO" stands for:

A) International Organization for Standardization

B) International Standard Organization

C) Indian Standard Organization

D) Internal Standard Organization

E) International System for Organization

Answer: A

 

Q93. "W3C" stands for:

A) World Wide Web Consortium

B) World Wide Web Center

C) World Wide Web Company

D) World Wide Web Committee

E) World Wide Web Council

Answer: A

 

Q94. "DPI" in printing stands for:

A) Dots Per Inch

B) Data Per Inch

C) Digits Per Inch

D) Depth Per Inch

E) Dots Per Image

Answer: A

 

Q95. "PPM" in printing stands for:

A) Pages Per Minute

B) Papers Per Minute

C) Prints Per Minute

D) Points Per Minute

E) Pixels Per Minute

Answer: A

 

Q96. "KBps" (Capital B) vs "Kbps" (Small b):

A) KiloBytes per second vs KiloBits per second

B) KiloBits vs KiloBytes

C) Same thing.

D) Kernel Bytes vs Kernel Bits.

E) None of the above.

Answer: A (Big B = Byte, Small b = Bit).

 

Q97. "Hz" (Hertz) measures:

A) Frequency (Cycles per second)

B) Size

C) Volume

D) Weight

E) Brightness

Answer: A

 

Q98. "FLOPS" measures Supercomputer speed. It stands for:

A) Floating Point Operations Per Second

B) Fast Logic Operations Per Second

C) Floating Point Operations Per System

D) Full Logic Operations Per Second

E) Fast Linear Operations Per Second

Answer: A

 

Q99. "MIPS" measures CPU speed. It stands for:

A) Million Instructions Per Second

B) Million Integers Per Second

C) Micro Instructions Per Second

D) Multi Instructions Per Second

E) Main Instructions Per Second

Answer: A

 

Q100. "BASIC" language stands for:

A) Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

B) Basic All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

C) Beginners' All-purpose System Instruction Code

D) Basic Advanced Symbolic Instruction Code

E) Beginners' Automated Symbolic Instruction Code

Answer: A