Model Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers
📌 Note: Please verify all answers
- Cloud computing is a model of enabling a:
a) Shared pool of computing resources on demand ✅
b) Unshared pool of computing resources
c) Standalone systems
d) None of the above - Cloud computing framework consists of:
a) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
b) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
c) Software as a Service (SaaS)
d) All of these ✅ - The term environmental sustainability refers to:
a) Non-preserve natural
b) Preserve natural environment ✅
c) Distributing the natural environment
d) None of these - Which of the following will not come under quality of service (QoS)?
a) Reliability
b) Consistency
c) Inconsistency ✅
d) Correctness - Comet Cloud’s master/worker programming model includes:
a) Master
b) Worker
c) Client
d) All of these ✅ - Global Forest Watch is an online mapping initiative by:
a) Microsoft
b) IBM
c) Google ✅
d) None of these - EC2 stands for:
a) Elastic Compute Cloud ✅
b) Elastic Covariant Cloud
c) Elastic Cloud Computing
d) None of these - The term “Pay-for-use” model for using computing services refers to:
a) Grid Computing
b) Utility Computing ✅
c) Autonomic Computing
d) None of these - The concept of enabling users to access servers without knowing the details is known as:
a) Web Services
b) Virtualization ✅
c) Green Computing
d) None of these - The Web Services framework includes:
a) Communication Protocols
b) Service Descriptions
c) Service Discovery
d) All of these ✅ - What were some consequences of mass factory-based production?
a) Conservation of natural resources
b) Increase in biodiversity
c) Depletion of natural resources ✅
d) Decrease in pollution - Significant factor contributing to pollution during the Industrial Revolution:
a) Renewable energy resources
b) Carbon capture technology
c) Deforestation ✅
d) Use of clean fuels - Who developed a patent for an inexpensive hearing aid based on semiconductors?
a) Werner Jacobi ✅
b) Geoffrey Drummer
c) Jack Kilby
d) ENIAC - Jack Kilby was working for:
a) Siemens AG
b) British Royal Radar
c) Texas Instruments ✅
d) US Military - System whose limitations led to development of IC:
a) ENIAC ✅
b) Mainframe Computers
c) Super Computers
d) Personal Computers - Who observed transistor doubling in ICs every two years (Moore’s Law)?
a) Bill Gates
b) Gordon Moore ✅
c) Steve Jobs
d) Mark Zuckerberg - Graphical interface that replaced text-based interface on the internet:
a) Microsoft
b) Apple
c) Google Inc.
d) Mosaic ✅ - Analogy used for energy consumption of information economy:
a) Blue Whale economy ✅
b) Elephant economy
c) Tiger economy
d) Dolphin economy - Key challenge facing Green Technology:
a) Legacy systems ✅
b) Reliable measurement tech
c) Increasing energy usage
d) Robust regulations - Green way of moving from power-hungry computing:
a) Legacy Systems
b) IoT
c) Energy harvesting
d) Cloud Computing ✅ - Sustainable development has:
a) Direct impact
b) Indirect impact
c) Positive effect
d) All of these ✅ - Life cycle of IT products depends on:
a) Material acquisition
b) Material processing
c) Both a and b ✅
d) None of these - Use phase CO₂ impact in PC lifecycle:
✅ 52% - Overall energy consumption depends on:
a) Low-power design
b) Hardware design
c) Circuit design
d) All of these ✅ - Best method to assess energy usage of code:
a) Power consumption of device executing the code ✅
b) Processor types
c) Memory hierarchy
d) None of these - DVFS stands for:
a) Dynamic Voltage – Frequency Scaling ✅
b) Dynamic Voltage – Frequency System
c) Dynamic Voltage – Frequency Software
d) None of these - Spatial locality refers to data use within:
a) Specific data
b) Scratch pad memory
c) Storage locations ✅
d) None of these - Approaches to reduce compiler energy usage:
a) Static Analysis
b) Dynamic Analysis
c) Runtime ILP Parameters
d) All of these ✅ - Average mobile phone ownership in India:
a) 15.7 months
b) 18 months ✅
c) 24.5 months
d) 36 months - Reducing multiprocessor energy usage:
a) Heterogeneous nature ✅
b) Homogeneous nature
c) Increasing frequencies
d) None - SLA must specify:
a) User satisfaction
b) Technical specifications & user needs ✅
c) Marketing strategies
d) Hardware configuration - Three pillars of sustainable development:
a) Performance, Efficiency, Cost
b) Quality, Speed, Reliability
c) People, Planet, Profit ✅
d) Design, Implementation, Testing - Not part of Green ICT metrics (SMART 2020):
a) Carbon emission
b) Energy efficiency
c) Application-specific metrics ✅
d) Recyclability - Role of smart metering in Green ICT:
a) Reduce user costs
b) Analyze & control energy use ✅
c) Improve graphical interfaces
d) Increase data storage - Not a requirement in Green ICT architecture:
a) Recyclability estimation
b) Energy cost calculation
c) Radio wave emission estimation ✅
d) Carbon emission estimation - Additional requirement in ethics pillar of ICT:
a) Energy efficiency
b) Scalability
c) Speed and accuracy
d) Anonymity & privacy control ✅ - Abstract but essential ICT system measure:
a) Data performance
b) Hardware reliability
c) User satisfaction ✅
d) System aesthetics - Ultimate goal of sustainable ICT engineering:
a) Green ICT design ✅
b) Reduce project risks
c) Marketing strategy
d) Graphical design - Report on ICT & climate change ambivalence:
✅ SMART 2020 - SMART 2020 ICT carbon emission contribution:
✅ 2% in 2007 - Usability challenge for malfunctioning devices:
a) Finding devices
b) Function limitations
c) UID compromises
d) Compatibility issues ✅ - Consequence of demand for speed/reliability:
a) Decrease in resource volume
b) Reduction in power
c) Memory requirement increase ✅
d) Redundancy elimination - Consequence of rapid change in IT industry:
a) Longer OS lifespan
b) Lower complexity
c) Functional obsolescence ✅
d) Better H/W–S/W compatibility - New & old software compatibility is called:
a) Forward compatibility
b) Cross-platform
c) Backward compatibility ✅
d) Interoperability - UK’s analog TV shutdown driver:
a) Tech limitations
b) Reallocate frequency ✅
c) Low demand
d) Manufacturer decision - Likely result of IT growth:
a) Lower resource demand
b) Higher resource demand ✅
c) Stable demand
d) No impact - Technology for fuel efficiency in cars:
a) Entertainment systems
b) Traffic information
c) Engine Management Systems ✅
d) Speed control - BMS optimizes energy based on weather by:
a) Turning off HVAC
b) Adjusting HVAC to forecasts ✅
c) Relying on mutual adjustments
d) Increasing energy use - Communication system role in transport:
a) Satellite navigation
b) Real-time traffic info ✅
c) Bluetooth
d) Adaptive cruise control - River near data centers for hydropower:
a) Mississippi
b) Nile
c) Columbia ✅
d) Amazon