Advanced - Technology and IT Quiz Test

Q1. What is the CAP theorem in distributed systems?

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

Q2. What is a microservices architecture?

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

Q3. What does eventual consistency mean?

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

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

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Byzantine Fault Tolerance Raft Proof of Work Proof of Stake

Q5. What is serverless computing?

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

Q6. What is Kubernetes used for?

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Database querying Writing code Image editing Orchestrating containers

Q7. What is zero-knowledge proof?

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

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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Compute on encrypted data Faster decryption Hashing Data compression

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

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Encrypts files Increases bandwidth Compresses data Reduces connection latency

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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Lattice-based SHA-256 RSA AES

Q13. What is sharding in databases?

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Backup Encryption Horizontal database partitioning Vertical partitioning

Q14. What is side-channel attack?

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Exploits physical leaks Direct code injection Network flooding Social engineering

Q15. What does WebAssembly enable?

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

Q16. What is Byzantine Fault Tolerance?

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Data compression Speed optimization Encryption Tolerate faulty or malicious nodes

Q17. Which framework is for building reactive UIs?

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Flask React Django Spring

Q18. What is chaos engineering?

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

Q19. What does gRPC use for communication?

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

Q20. What is federated learning?

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Decentralized ML training Cloud-only Local only Centralized big data

Q21. Which is an example of a service mesh?

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Docker Kubernetes Istio Terraform

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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Open ISA for processors Programming language Closed proprietary Operating system

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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Optimizing loops Memory allocation Network latency Undecidable program termination