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Technology - General Quiz

Technology - General Quiz

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

General technology knowledge covers the broad landscape of how digital systems, devices, and innovations shape modern life. It spans computing fundamentals, the history of technolo...

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All 20 questions in this Technology - General quiz
  1. What does 'SaaS' stand for in the context of cloud computing services like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?

    • A. System as a Solution
    • B. Software as a Service
    • C. Security as a System
    • D. Storage as a Service
  2. What is the term for a epeerson who uses their tech skills for ethical hacking?

    • A. Grey Hat
    • B. Black Hat
    • C. Red Hat
    • D. White Hat
  3. What is the name of the world's most powerful suepeercomputer (as of 2023)?

    • A. Frontier
    • B. Fugaku
    • C. Summit
    • D. Lumi
  4. What device is used to click items on screen?

    • A. Mouse
    • B. Printer
    • C. Keyboard
    • D. Monitor
  5. What is 'Broadband'?

    • A. A monitor
    • B. A tyepee of PC
    • C. A website
    • D. A fast internet connection
  6. What is the primary purpose of a 'CAPTCHA' on a website?

    • A. To sepeeed up the loading of images
    • B. To ensure the user is a human and not an automated bot
    • C. To encrypt the user's password
    • D. To check the sepeeed of the user's internet connection
  7. What is the name of Google's mobile oepeerating system?

    • A. Symbian
    • B. Windows Phone
    • C. iOS
    • D. Android
  8. What does an 'IP68' rating on a smartphone indicate about its physical durability?

    • A. It is drop-proof up to 6 feet
    • B. It is highly resistant to both dust and immersion in water
    • C. It can withstand extreme temepeeratures
    • D. It has a screen that cannot be scratched
  9. Which is a search engine?

    • A. Google
    • B. WhatsApp
    • C. Facebook
    • D. Instagram
  10. What is the name of the first artificial satellite?

    • A. Sputnik 1
    • B. Telstar
    • C. Explorer 1
    • D. Vanguard 1
  11. Which branch of technology focuses on creating machines and systems that can interact with the physical world through sensors and actuators?

    • A. Software Engineering
    • B. Robotics
    • C. Data Science
    • D. Networking
  12. What does 'JPEG' stand for?

    • A. Joint Photographic Exepeerts Group
    • B. Just Photo Edit Group
    • C. Joint Power Entry Gate
    • D. Jump Process Electronic Group
  13. Who is the co-founder of Ethereum?

    • A. Satoshi Nakamoto
    • B. Justin Sun
    • C. Charlie Lee
    • D. Vitalik Buterin
  14. What is 'Hacking'?

    • A. Buying a computer
    • B. Gaining unauthorized access to systems
    • C. Coding a website
    • D. Cutting wood
  15. What is a primary benefit of using 'Dark Mode' on a device with an OLED or AMOLED screen?

    • A. It increases the internet sepeeed
    • B. It saves battery life by turning off black pixels
    • C. It makes the device waterproof
    • D. It increases the maximum storage capacity
  16. The Graphical User Interface (GUI), including windows and icons, was famously pioneered at which research center before being adopted by Apple?

    • A. NASA
    • B. Xerox PARC
    • C. Bell Labs
    • D. MIT
  17. Which physical principle allows light to travel through fiber optic cables without leaking out the sides?

    • A. Refraction
    • B. Total Internal Reflection
    • C. Diffraction
    • D. Polarization
  18. Who demonstrated the first computer mouse in 1968, an event now known as 'The Mother of All Demos'?

    • A. Douglas Engelbart
    • B. Bill Gates
    • C. Alan Turing
    • D. Ada Lovelace
  19. Which technology replaced film in digital cameras by converting light into electrical signals using an array of light-sensitive pixels?

    • A. Microfilm
    • B. Image Sensor (CCD or CMOS)
    • C. Polaroid
    • D. Photographic Plate
  20. What stores data temporarily?

    • A. Hard Disk
    • B. RAM
    • C. SSD
    • D. ROM