Technology MCQs

211. What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?

A. Less than 5 MHz
B. 10 MHz
C. 8 MHz
D. Just over 16 MHz
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The original IBM PC ran at a breathtaking 4.77 MHz (Smmmmmmokin!) Today there are new PC processors that run faster than 3 gigahertz.

213. What does SSL stand for?

A. Secure Socket Layer
B. System Socket Layer
C. Superuser System Login
D. Secure System Login
✅ The correct answer is option A.
A protocol developed by Netscape to allow secure connections over the net.

214. In which decade was the telephone invented?

A. 1850s
B. 1860s
C. 1870s
D. 1880s
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Alexander Graham Bell’s notebook entry of 10 March 1876 describes his successful experiment with the telephone. Speaking through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room, Bell utters these famous first words, “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you”.

217. AOL stands for…

A. Arranged Outer Line
B. America Over LAN
C. Audio Over LAN
D. America Online
✅ The correct answer is option D.

218. “www” stands for…

A. World Wide Web
B. World Wide Wares
C. World Wide Wait
D. World Wide War
✅ The correct answer is option A.

219. What is the World Wide Web?

A. A computer game
B. A software program
C. The part of the Internet that enables information-sharing via interconnected pages
D. Another name for the Internet
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The World Wide Web is a subset of the Internet. Specifically, the Web is a collection of documents and applications residing on Internet servers around the world.