## Networking (15 MCQs)
1. **Function of a firewall?**
* A) Monitoring
* B) Deleting
* C) Copying
* D) Moving
> Answer: A) Monitoring ([Scribd][1], [Testbook][2])
2. **Bluetooth is used to build which network type?**
* A) MAN B) PAN C) LAN D) Internet
> Answer: B) PAN ([Testbook][2])
3. **Internet’s standard protocol suite?**
* A) OSI B) HTTP C) SMTP D) TCP/IP
> Answer: D) TCP/IP ([Testbook][2])
4. **Routing is performed by which layer?**
* A) Transport B) Data link C) Session D) Network
> Answer: D) Network ([InterviewBit][3], [[Link]][4])
5. **How many usable hosts in a /28 network?**
* A) 14 B) 16 C) 30 D) 62
> Answer: A) 14
6. **TCP’s reliability is ensured via:**
* A) Sliding window & ACKs B) Multiplexing C) Broadcast D) Simplex
> Answer: A)
7. **HTTPS’s default port?**
* A) 80 B) 22 C) 443 D) 25
> Answer: C) 443
8. **What does DHCP do?**
* A) Maps domain names to IPs
* B) Assigns dynamic IPs
* C) Encrypts data
* D) Manages routing tables
> Answer: B) Assigns dynamic IPs ([[Link]][5])
9. **Which MAC protocol is used in Ethernet?**
* A) CSMA/CD B) CSMA/CA C) Token Ring D) FDMA
> Answer: A) CSMA/CD ([[Link]][6])
10. **What protocol floods ARP requests?**
* A) DHCP B) ARP C) ICMP D) HTTP
> Answer: B) ARP ([[Link]][6])
11. **A flooded frame reaches:**
* A) Only one host B) Broadcast domain hosts C) Router interfaces only D) Internet
> Answer: B)
12. **DNS TTL specifies:**
* A) When cache entry expires B) Packet size limit C) Connection timeout D) Retry
interval
> Answer: A) Time for DNS cache validity ([[Link]][6])
13. **802.11b uses which modulation?**
* A) DSSS B) FHSS C) OFDM D) QAM
> Answer: A) DSSS ([[Link]][6])
14. **Layer that handles congestion window?**
* A) Transport B) Internet C) Session D) Physical
> Answer: A) Transport ([[Link]][6])
15. **IP layer is responsible for:**
* A) MAC addressing B) Packet fragmentation & routing C) DNS lookup D) FTP
transfers
> Answer: B) IP layer duties ([[Link]][6])
---
## SQL (15 MCQs)
1. **Full form of SQL?**
* A) Simple Query Language B) Structured Query Language C) Structured Queuing
Language D) Simple Queue Language
> Answer: B) Structured Query Language ([Testbook][7])
2. **Command to instantly delete all rows, preserving table?**
* A) DELETE B) TRUNCATE C) DROP D) REMOVE
> Answer: B) TRUNCATE ([Testbook][7])
3. **`DROP TABLE student;` does?**
* A) Deletes rows B) Deletes table structure too C) Checks existence D) None
> Answer: B)
4. **Unicode string types include?**
* A) nchar B) ntext C) Both D) None
> Answer: C) Both nchar and ntext ([InterviewBit][8])
5. **What does BLOB stand for?**
* A) Binary Large Objects B) Big Large Objects C) Binary Language for Objects D) None
> Answer: A) Binary Large Objects ([InterviewBit][8])
6. **Creating a table uses which command?**
* A) CREATE TABLE B) BUILD TABLE C) GENERATE TABLE D) None
> Answer: A) CREATE TABLE ([InterviewBit][8])
7. **Deleting rows and then rollback does what?**
```sql
DELETE FROM Students WHERE AGE = 16;
ROLLBACK;
```
> Answer: Rollback undoes the delete ([InterviewBit][8])
8. **Wildcard in WHERE is used when?**
* A) Exact match needed B) Exact match not possible C) Always D) None
> Answer: B) When exact match isn’t possible ([InterviewBit][8])
9. **Rows of a relation are called?**
* A) Degree B) Entity C) Tuple D) None
> Answer: C) Tuple ([InterviewBit][8])
10. **Which clause filters aggregated results?**
* A) WHERE B) HAVING C) GROUP BY D) ORDER BY
> Answer: B) HAVING
11. **LEFT JOIN returns?**
* A) Matching rows only B) All left table rows + matching right rows C) All right table
rows + matching left rows D) Cartesian product
> Answer: B)
12. **Window functions include?**
* A) SUM() only B) ROW\_NUMBER(), RANK() C) COUNT() D) Subqueries
> Answer: B) Window functions
13. **GROUP BY clause must include columns in SELECT that are not aggregated?**
* A) Yes B) No
> Answer: A) Yes ([Testbook][7])
14. **Which is a common RDBMS?**
* A) Oracle B) MySQL C) HeidiSQL D) All
> Answer: D) All of the above ([InterviewBit][8])
15. **DEFAULT constraint in SQL sets?**
* A) UNIQUE value B) NOT NULL restriction C) Default value when none is provided D)
CHECK constraint
> Answer: C) DEFAULT ([InterviewBit][8])
---
## Analytics (15 MCQs)
1. **r = –0.8 indicates?**
* A) Strong positive B) Weak positive C) Moderate negative D) Strong negative
> Answer: D)
2. **Negative covariance implies?**
* A) Positive relationship B) Inverse relationship C) No relation D) Unrelated
> Answer: B)
3. **Clustering is used for?**
* A) Sorting B) Classification C) Grouping by similarity D) Regression
> Answer: C)
4. **Linear regression estimates?**
* A) Mean only B) Slope and intercept C) Cluster centroids D) Correlation
> Answer: B)
5. **Which metric measures spread?**
* A) Mean B) Median C) Standard deviation D) Mode
> Answer: C)
6. **Normalization transforms data to?**
* A) Zero mean & unit variance B) Log scale C) Categorical labels D) Date format
> Answer: A)
7. **Overfitting means?**
* A) Underly model B) Model too specific to training data C) Always accurate D) Uses
fewer features
> Answer: B)
8. **Recall in classification is?**
* A) TP / (TP + FP) B) TP / (TP + FN) C) TN / (TN + FP) D) FP / (FP + TN)
> Answer: B)
9. **Precision is?**
* A) TP / (TP + FN) B) TP / (TP + FP) C) TN / (TN + FP) D) FP / (FP+TN)
> Answer: B)
10. **Which analysis includes time-series?**
* A) Regression B) Classification C) Clustering D) Time-series forecasting
> Answer: D)
11. **ANOVA compares?**
* A) Two variables B) Means across group(s) C) Median difference D) Correlations
> Answer: B)
12. **Which variable type is categorical?**
* A) Age B) Height C) Gender D) Weight
> Answer: C)
13. **P-value < 0.05 indicates?**
* A) Accept null B) Strong evidence against null C) No significance D) Large sample
only
> Answer: B)
14. **Which sampling reduces bias?**
* A) Convenience B) Stratified C) Judgmental D) Voluntary
> Answer: B)
15. **Which metric evaluates regression?**
* A) Accuracy B) F1-score C) RMSE D) Recall
> Answer: C)
---
## Broadcasting (15 MCQs)
1. **Modulation used in DVB digital TV?**
* A) ASK B) QAM C) FM D) PSK
> Answer: B) QAM
2. **North American TV standard?**
* A) PAL B) SECAM C) NTSC D) DVB
> Answer: C) NTSC ([Glassdoor][9])
3. **Broadcast range depends on?**
* A) Software only B) TV standard C) Transmit power & frequency D) IP routers
> Answer: C)
4. **C-band frequencies used by?**
* A) AM radio B) Satellite TV C) Mobile phones D) Wi-Fi
> Answer: B)
5. **Symbol rate defines?**
* A) Bits per second B) Baud rate C) Error rate D) Bandwidth
> Answer: B)
6. **What is FEC (Forward Error Correction)?**
* A) Encryption method B) Error detection & correction codes C) Broadcasting license
D) Audio codec
> Answer: B)
7. **PSK stands for?**
* A) Phase Shift Keying B) Packet Stream Key C) Phase System Kodex D) None
> Answer: A)
8. **ATSC is used in?**
* A) Europe B) North America digital broadcasting C) India D) Asia
> Answer: B)
9. **Carrier frequency for satellite TV?**
* A) MHz B) GHz C) kHz D) Hz
> Answer: B)
10. **What does multiplexing combine?**
* A) Users B) Multiple signals over one channel C) Hardware & software D) Audio &
video codecs
> Answer: B)
11. **DVB uses PAL/NTSC?**
* A) NTSC only B) PAL only C) Depends on region D) None
> Answer: C)
12. **Video compression format example?**
* A) JPEG B) H.264 C) SQL D) TCP
> Answer: B)
13. **Antenna height affects?**
* A) Resolution B) Broadcast range C) Encoding D) Compression
> Answer: B)
14. **Which layer manages broadcasting data over IP?**
* A) Application B) Transport C) Network D) Data Link
> Answer: A)
15. **What is IoT relevance to broadcasting?**
* A) No relevance B) Live sensor streaming C) SQL queries D) Modulation
> Answer: B)
---
## Linux (15 MCQs)
1. **Which command forces buffers to disk?**
* A) save B) flush C) edbuff D) sync
> Answer: D) sync ([Glassdoor][9], [Testbook][2], [InterviewBit][3])
2. **Command to list running processes?**
* A) kill B) ps C) cd D) mkdir
> Answer: B) ps ([InterviewBit][3])
3. **Command to change file permissions?**
* A) ls B) pwd C) chmod D) grep
> Answer: C) chmod
4. **Main Apache config file is?**
* A) /etc/httpd/[Link]
* B) /etc/[Link]
* C) /etc/httpd/conf/[Link]
* D) /etc/[Link]
> Answer: C) ([InterviewBit][3])
5. **Linux kernel is located where?**
* A) /etc B) /home C) /boot D) /usr
> Answer: C)
6. **Command to check disk usage?**
* A) df B) du C) top D) ps
> Answer: A) df
7. **Which displays real-time resource use?**
* A) grep B) tail C) top D) cat
> Answer: C)
8. **To switch user: root?**
* A) su B) sudo C) mv D) ls
> Answer: A)
9. **View file content by pages?**
* A) ls B) cat C) more/less D) rm
> Answer: C)
10. **To view last lines of file?**
* A) head B) tail C) grep D) pwd
> Answer: B)
11. **Which command searches patterns?**
* A) find B) grep C) cd D) chmod
> Answer: B)
12. **Redirect error output symbol is?**
* A) > B) >> C) 2> D) &>
> Answer: C)
13. **Change file owner command?**
* A) chown B) chmod C) usermod D) chgrp
> Answer: A)
14. **Unzip .[Link] file?**
* A) zip B) tar –xzvf C) gunzip D) unzip
> Answer: B)
15. **Networking config file in Linux?**
* A) /etc/[Link] B) /etc/passwd C) /etc/hosts D) A & C
> Answer: D)
---
## Java – Code Snippet Questions (15 MCQs)
1. **Output?**
```java
int x = 5, y = 10;
[Link](x + y + "Hello");
```
> Answer: 15Hello
2. **`str1 == str2` where one is literal and other new String?**
> Answer: false
3. **`[Link]` for `int[] arr = {1,2,3,4,5}`?**
> Answer: 5
4. **Loop:**
```java
int x = 2;
for(x = 0; x < 5; x++);
[Link](x);
```
> Answer: 5
5. **Overloaded add methods:**
```java
[Link](2,2);
[Link](3.2,3.2);
```
Prints?
> Answer: 4 6.4
6. **Default boolean field value?**
> Answer: false
7. **Primitive data types count?**
* A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
> Answer: 8
8. **`.equals()` compares?**
> Answer: Content
9. **`static` method usage?**
> Answer: Can be accessed without object
10. **If subclass overrides superclass method, what’s called if `static`?**
> Answer: Hiding, not overriding
11. **What is `NullPointerException`?**
> Answer: Accessing methods/fields on null reference
12. **String immutability means?**
> Answer: String contents cannot change after creation
13. **`final` keyword on class means?**
> Answer: Cannot be subclassed
14. **Which allows multiple declarations?**
```java
int a = 10, b = 20;
[Link](a + ", " + b);
```
> Answer: 10, 20
15. **Which keyword prevents method overriding?**
> Answer: final