All Free Software Engineering MCQs with Answers

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  • A. data link layer
  • B. transport layer
  • C. network layer
  • D. session layer

Explanation: The OSI session layer manages dialogue control, including who may transmit, and token management, which coordinates access to shared…

Correct answer: session layer
  • A. apached
  • B. httpd
  • C. html
  • D. shttp

Explanation: `httpd` is the Apache HTTP Server daemon, with the name meaning HTTP daemon.

Correct answer: httpd
  • A. /etc/ftpusers
  • B. /etc/hosts.deny
  • C. /etc/ftpaccess
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: The traditional /etc/ftpusers file lists users who must be denied FTP login, commonly including privileged accounts.

Correct answer: /etc/ftpusers
  • A. 4322
  • B. 2314
  • C. 7334
  • D. 3128

Explanation: Squid uses TCP port 3128 by default for its proxy service. Other ports can be configured, but 3128 is the standard default.

Correct answer: 3128
  • A. UDP
  • B. RARP
  • C. FTP
  • D. TELNET

Explanation: TELNET provides interactive remote terminal access over TCP. FTP transfers files, UDP is a transport protocol, and RARP maps hardware…

Correct answer: TELNET
  • A. 127 networks and 16,777,216 nodes per network
  • B. 16,384 networks and 65,534 nodes per network
  • C. 2,097,152 networks and 254 nodes per network
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: A Class B address has 14 network bits and 16 host bits, giving 2^14 = 16,384 networks and 2^16 - 2 = 65,534 usable hosts per network.

Correct answer: 16,384 networks and 65,534 nodes per network
  • A. SSH
  • B. time
  • C. ntalk
  • D. finger

Explanation: Traditional inetd commonly manages services such as time, ntalk, and finger, whereas SSH normally runs as its own persistent sshd service.

Correct answer: SSH
  • A. Class A
  • B. Class B
  • C. Class C
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Class A networks provide a small number of network IDs but a very large number of host addresses per network.

Correct answer: Class A
  • A. POP3
  • B. FTP
  • C. MAP
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: POP3 is a mail-retrieval protocol that downloads messages from a mail server to a mail reader.

Correct answer: POP3
  • A. TELNET
  • B. TFTP
  • C. FTP
  • D. RARP

Explanation: TFTP is a simplified file-transfer protocol using minimal commands and overhead, commonly for booting or transferring configuration files.

Correct answer: TFTP
  • A. stream control transmission protocol
  • B. internet control message protocol
  • C. neighbor discovery protocol
  • D. dynamic host configuration protocol

Explanation: SCTP, or Stream Control Transmission Protocol, operates at the transport layer like TCP and UDP.

Correct answer: stream control transmission protocol
  • A. Control key
  • B. Space bar
  • C. Printer
  • D. Mouse

Explanation: The space bar inserts a blank space and advances the cursor by one position.

Correct answer: Space bar
  • A. internet architecture board
  • B. internet society
  • C. internet research task force
  • D. internet corporation for assigned names and numbers

Explanation: ICANN accredits domain-name registrars and coordinates the global domain-name system.

Correct answer: internet corporation for assigned names and numbers
  • A. Wand
  • B. Light pen
  • C. Mouse
  • D. Touch tablet

Explanation: A wand, or barcode wand, is a handheld optical scanner that reads the patterns printed on products, labels, and shelves.

Correct answer: Wand
  • A. 1950
  • B. 1942
  • C. 1948
  • D. 1956

Explanation: The light pen is commonly dated to about 1950 in basic computer-history references, when early interactive display systems were being…

Correct answer: 1950
  • A. Mouse
  • B. Icon
  • C. Keyboard
  • D. Hard disk

Explanation: A mouse is commonly used to select items, highlight text, and position the pointer on screen.

Correct answer: Mouse
  • A. Monitor
  • B. ALU
  • C. CD-ROM
  • D. RAM

Explanation: A CD-ROM is an optical disc that stores information permanently for normal users and is read by a laser.

Correct answer: CD-ROM
  • A. explode if exposed to high temperatures
  • B. lose its contents if currents it turned off
  • C. be used for data storage only
  • D. be used to both read and write data

Explanation: Volatile memory requires electrical power to preserve its contents, so the data is lost when the current is switched off.

Correct answer: lose its contents if currents it turned off
  • A. uniform resource identifier
  • B. unique resource locator
  • C. unique resource identifier
  • D. none of the above

Explanation: HTTP resources are identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier, or URI.

Correct answer: uniform resource identifier
  • A. Cache memory
  • B. RAM memory
  • C. cache
  • D. hard disk

Explanation: A hard disk is a non-volatile storage device that retains data after power is removed.

Correct answer: hard disk