Advanced - Technology and IT Quiz Test

Q1. What is the CAP theorem in distributed systems?

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

Q2. What is a microservices architecture?

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

Q3. What does eventual consistency mean?

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

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

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Raft Proof of Work Proof of Stake Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Q5. What is serverless computing?

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

Q6. What is Kubernetes used for?

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Image editing Orchestrating containers Writing code Database querying

Q7. What is zero-knowledge proof?

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

Q8. Which attack exploits trust in certificate authorities?

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DDoS CA compromise SQL injection Phishing

Q9. What is homomorphic encryption?

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Faster decryption Data compression Hashing Compute on encrypted data

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

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Compresses data Encrypts files Reduces connection latency Increases bandwidth

Q11. What is edge computing?

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Local storage Central cloud only Quantum processing 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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Encryption Vertical partitioning Backup Horizontal database partitioning

Q14. What is side-channel attack?

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Direct code injection Network flooding Social engineering Exploits physical leaks

Q15. What does WebAssembly enable?

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

Q16. What is Byzantine Fault Tolerance?

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Encryption Data compression Tolerate faulty or malicious nodes Speed optimization

Q17. Which framework is for building reactive UIs?

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React Spring Flask Django

Q18. What is chaos engineering?

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Deploying apps Writing code Intentionally causing failures to test resilience 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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Cloud-only Local only Centralized big data Decentralized ML training

Q21. Which is an example of a service mesh?

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Istio Terraform Docker Kubernetes

Q22. What is differential privacy?

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Access control Protects individual data in aggregates Full encryption Hashing

Q23. What does RISC-V represent?

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Closed proprietary Operating system Open ISA for processors Programming language

Q24. What is neuromorphic computing?

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GPU acceleration Quantum bits Classical CPU Brain-inspired hardware

Q25. What is the halting problem?

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Memory allocation Network latency Undecidable program termination Optimizing loops