Advanced - Technology and IT Quiz Test

Q1. What is the CAP theorem in distributed systems?

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Always guarantees speed Database indexing method Relates to encryption Cannot guarantee all three: Consistency, Availability, Partition tolerance

Q2. What is a microservices architecture?

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Client-side only Hardware partitioning Loosely coupled independent services Monolithic single application

Q3. What does eventual consistency mean?

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No consistency guaranteed Encrypted data Immediate strong consistency Data becomes consistent over time

Q4. Which consensus algorithm is used in blockchain like Bitcoin?

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Byzantine Fault Tolerance Proof of Work Raft Proof of Stake

Q5. What is serverless computing?

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Local hardware only No internet required Run code without managing servers Virtual machines

Q6. What is Kubernetes used for?

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Orchestrating containers Writing code Image editing Database querying

Q7. What is zero-knowledge proof?

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Encryption key exchange Prove knowledge without revealing info Full data disclosure Hashing algorithm

Q8. Which attack exploits trust in certificate authorities?

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Phishing SQL injection CA compromise DDoS

Q9. What is homomorphic encryption?

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Data compression Compute on encrypted data Faster decryption Hashing

Q10. What does QUIC protocol improve over HTTP/3?

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Reduces connection latency Encrypts files Compresses data Increases bandwidth

Q11. What is edge computing?

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Quantum processing Local storage Central cloud only Processing data at the network edge

Q12. Which is a post-quantum cryptography algorithm candidate?

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SHA-256 RSA AES Lattice-based

Q13. What is sharding in databases?

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Backup Vertical partitioning Horizontal database partitioning Encryption

Q14. What is side-channel attack?

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Direct code injection Exploits physical leaks Social engineering Network flooding

Q15. What does WebAssembly enable?

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HTML styling JavaScript replacement only Run compiled code in browsers Server-side only

Q16. What is Byzantine Fault Tolerance?

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Speed optimization Tolerate faulty or malicious nodes Encryption Data compression

Q17. Which framework is for building reactive UIs?

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Spring Flask React Django

Q18. What is chaos engineering?

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Writing code Intentionally causing failures to test resilience Deploying apps Optimizing performance

Q19. What does gRPC use for communication?

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JSON and HTTP/1 XML and TCP SOAP Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2

Q20. What is federated learning?

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Centralized big data Local only Cloud-only Decentralized ML training

Q21. Which is an example of a service mesh?

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Docker Istio Kubernetes Terraform

Q22. What is differential privacy?

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Hashing Protects individual data in aggregates Full encryption Access control

Q23. What does RISC-V represent?

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Programming language Open ISA for processors Operating system Closed proprietary

Q24. What is neuromorphic computing?

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Quantum bits Brain-inspired hardware GPU acceleration Classical CPU

Q25. What is the halting problem?

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Undecidable program termination Optimizing loops Memory allocation Network latency