Computer Science/IT MCQs
Topic Notes: Computer Science/IT
MCQs and preparation resources for competitive exams, covering important concepts, past papers, and detailed explanations.
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
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What is the purpose of Message Encryption?
Answer:
To prevent unauthorized people from reading the content of your email
Encryption scrambles the content of the message so that it can only be read by the intended recipient who has the key to unscramble it, protecting its confidentiality during transit.
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Conversely, adding an address to the "Blocked Senders List" will:
Answer:
Always move emails from that sender directly to the Junk Email folder
The Blocked Senders List is a blacklist. It forces the filter to always treat emails from these addresses as junk, regardless of their content.
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If you add a sender's email address to the "Safe Senders List," what happens?
Answer:
Their emails will never be treated as junk mail by the filter
The Safe Senders List is a whitelist. It tells the Junk Email Filter to always trust emails from these specific addresses and deliver them to your inbox.
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What is "phishing"?
Answer:
A fraudulent attempt, usually made through email, to trick you into revealing sensitive personal information like passwords or credit card numbers
Phishing emails often look like they are from legitimate companies but contain malicious links or attachments designed to steal your information.
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The Junk Email Filter in Outlook automatically moves suspected spam to the:
Answer:
Junk Email folder
This filter helps keep your inbox clean by identifying and isolating potential spam. You should review this folder periodically to check for legitimate emails that were misidentified (false positives).
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If a contact has multiple email addresses (e.g., work and personal), how does Outlook handle this?
Answer:
The contact form has fields for multiple email addresses (Email, Email 2, Email 3)
A single contact card is designed to hold all the relevant information for one person, including multiple email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
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To see a list of just the phone numbers for all your contacts, the best view to use is:
Answer:
Phone View
Outlook provides several pre-configured views to display your contact information in different ways. Phone View is specifically designed to show a sortable list of contacts and their phone numbers.
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The "Members" of a contact group can be:
Answer:
All of the above
A Contact Group is very flexible. You can add individual contacts, addresses from the GAL, and even nest other contact groups inside it.
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The "Suggested Contacts" folder in older Outlook versions was used to:
Answer:
Automatically save the addresses of people you send emails to but who are not in your main contacts list
This feature, which is now integrated into the Auto-Complete List, was designed to cache addresses for your convenience, even if you hadn't formally saved them as a contact.
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If you remove a member from a Contact Group:
Answer:
The contact is only removed from the group; their individual contact card remains in your address book
A Contact Group is just a list of pointers to your actual contacts. Modifying the group's membership does not affect the underlying contact entries themselves.