Free Networking and Internet MCQs with Answers

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71. MODEM stands for ________?

  • A. Modulation And Demodulation
  • B. Modulator And Demodulator
  • C. Modulator And Electronic Demodulator
  • D. Modulator Or Digital Electronic Demodulator

Explanation: A modem combines a modulator, which converts digital data into transmittable signals, and a demodulator, which converts received signals back. Thus, Modulator and Demodulator is the intended expansion.

Correct answer: Modulator And Demodulator

72. HTML stands for ________?

  • A. Hyper Text Magic Line
  • B. Hyper Text Markup Line
  • C. Hyper Text Markup Language
  • D. High Text Markup Language

Explanation: HTML means HyperText Markup Language, the markup language used to structure content on web pages. “Markup” describes the tags that identify headings, links, paragraphs, and other elements.

Correct answer: Hyper Text Markup Language

73. TCP stands for ________?

  • A. Transmission Centric Protocol
  • B. Transfer Control Protocol
  • C. Transmission Control Protocol
  • D. Transmission Control Process

Explanation: TCP means Transmission Control Protocol and provides reliable, ordered delivery of data across networks. “Protocol” refers to the agreed rules for communication, not a transmission process.

Correct answer: Transmission Control Protocol

74. NOS stands for ________?

  • A. New Operating System
  • B. Network Operating Source
  • C. Network Operating System
  • D. Network Original System

Explanation: NOS means Network Operating System, software that provides network services such as user management, shared resources, and network administration. “Source” and “original” do not describe this operating-system category.

Correct answer: Network Operating System

75. IP stands for ________?

  • A. Intranet Process
  • B. Internet Process
  • C. Intranet Protocol
  • D. Internet Protocol

Explanation: IP means Internet Protocol, the network-layer protocol used to address and route packets between networks. “Internet Process” is a tempting but incorrect expansion.

Correct answer: Internet Protocol

76. MAC stands for ________?

  • A. Mass Access Control
  • B. Media Access Control
  • C. Mass Access Carraige
  • D. Media Access Carraige

Explanation: MAC means Media Access Control, the data-link sublayer concerned with hardware addressing and access to the transmission medium. “Mass Access Control” is not a networking term.

Correct answer: Media Access Control

77. FTP stands for ________?

  • A. Fix Transfer Protocol
  • B. File Transfer Procedure
  • C. File Transfer Protocol
  • D. First Transfer Protocol

Explanation: FTP means File Transfer Protocol, used to transfer files between a client and a server. “Protocol” identifies a defined set of communication rules, unlike the vague word “procedure.”

Correct answer: File Transfer Protocol

78. NIC stands for

  • A. Network Information center
  • B. Network Identity Card
  • C. Network Interface Card
  • D. Network Internet Card

Explanation: NIC means Network Interface Card, the hardware that connects a computer to a network. It may also be called a network interface controller or adapter.

Correct answer: Network Interface Card

79. RJ45 UTP cable has ______ cables.

  • A. 2 pair
  • B. 3 pair
  • C. 4 pair
  • D. 5 pair

Explanation: A standard RJ45 UTP Ethernet cable contains four twisted pairs, or eight individual wires. The pairs reduce electromagnetic interference between the conductors.

Correct answer: 4 pair

80. In peer-to-peer networking:

  • A. there is only one server and many clients
  • B. there is only one client and many servers
  • C. every computer is capable of playing the role of server
  • D. every computer is capable of playing the role of client, server or both at the same time

Explanation: In peer-to-peer networking, there is no permanently dedicated central server. Each computer can act as a client, a server, or both, depending on the resource being requested or shared.

Correct answer: every computer is capable of playing the role of client, server or both at the same time