Technology MCQs

261. Who developed Yahoo?

A. Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
B. David Filo & Jerry Yang
C. Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
D. Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
✅ The correct answer is option B.

262. Which of the following word processors came first?

A. WordPerfect
B. Lotus Notes
C. MS Word
D. WordStar
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Before the invention of word processing and spreadsheet software, personal computers had little value in the mainstream business world. WordStar was used before the days of function keys and the mouse. It, instead, used a set of Ctrl and Alt key combinations to navigate and edit text documents.

263. Voltage is sometimes referred to as EMF, or Electromotive…?

A. Field
B. Factor
C. Flash
D. Force
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The term EMF, or Electromotive Force, its use now in decline, is attributed to Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Today we generally use the term “voltage” – can you guess why we call it that?

266. What is a MAC?

A. A Computer made by Apple
B. Memory Address Corruption
C. Mediocre Apple Computer
D. Media Access Control
✅ The correct answer is option D.
MAC is short for Media Access Control address, an address unique to every piece of network hardware.

270. What is a spider?

A. A computer virus
B. A program that catalogs Web sites
C. A hacker who breaks into computer systems
D. An application for viewing Web sites
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Spiders are also referred to as “bots” or “crawlers,” and constantly scan the Internet for new and updated Web sites.