1. IoT stands for
Answer: A. Internet of Things
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1. IoT stands for
Answer: A. Internet of Things
2. The technology that provides automation in manufacturing, healthcare, home and traffic monitoring is
Answer: C. IoT
3. The number of foundational components of IoT is
Answer: B. five
4. The foundational components of IoT are sensors/devices, user interface, cloud, connectivity and
Answer: D. data processing
5. In an IoT system, data from surroundings is collected by
Answer: D. sensors/devices
6. The IoT component that lets users access and control IoT devices is the
Answer: A. user interface
7. In IoT, data collected from devices is stored on the
Answer: B. cloud
8. IoT devices connect to the cloud through
Answer: C. cellular networks, satellite, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or WAN
9. Wearable bands that monitor heart rate and calories are examples of
Answer: C. IoT wearables
10. Smart beds in hospitals monitor
Answer: B. vital signs of patients in real time
11. IoT in traffic monitoring helps to
Answer: A. monitor and analyse real-time traffic and improve traffic flow
12. Smart hotels using IoT can
Answer: D. adjust room temperature and lighting automatically
13. A digital key sent to a guest's phone to open the room is an IoT feature in
Answer: B. hospitality
14. A smart grid differs from a traditional grid because it uses
Answer: D. IoT devices that communicate with each other and the consumer
15. Traditional grids generate estimated bills whereas smart grids generate
Answer: A. accurate bills by measuring real-time usage
16. In smart farming, sensors monitor
Answer: C. light, humidity, temperature, moisture and soil acidity
17. A blockchain is
Answer: C. a digital ledger of transactions that continuously grows
18. Blockchain is safe for sensitive transactions because
Answer: D. it is difficult to modify or delete a block once added
19. The technology used for management of supply chain is
Answer: B. Blockchain
20. Blockchain helps to protect
Answer: A. copyright and intellectual property
21. In voting, blockchain makes voting
Answer: D. safer, more transparent and privacy-protecting
22. The best-known cryptocurrency is
Answer: A. Bitcoin
23. Cryptocurrency is a
Answer: B. digital (virtual) currency without intermediaries like banks
24. Cryptocurrency works through a
Answer: C. peer-to-peer global network without a central authority
25. In a peer-to-peer network
Answer: B. all computers have the same capabilities and no central server is needed
26. The technology that enabled the existence of cryptocurrency is
Answer: D. Blockchain
27. Cloud computing is the delivery of
Answer: A. computing services over the Internet
28. Cloud computing is an alternative to
Answer: C. on-premises computing
29. A benefit of cloud computing is
Answer: B. cost reduction
30. In cloud computing, hardware maintenance is the responsibility of
Answer: A. the cloud provider
31. Scalability in cloud computing means
Answer: D. scaling up or down as needs change
32. The most common use of cloud computing is
Answer: C. file storage
33. Speech recognition converts
Answer: C. human speech into text or commands
34. Voice recognition is a
Answer: B. biometric system
35. Voice recognition verifies a person's identity using
Answer: A. unique voice features such as tone and pitch
36. Which is a dictation app for mobile phones?
Answer: D. Gboard
37. Siri, Cortana and Alexa are
Answer: B. AI assistants
38. The virtual assistant developed by Microsoft is
Answer: A. Cortana
39. NLP is a branch of AI that
Answer: D. gives computers the ability to understand text and spoken words like humans
40. Branch of AI that understands text and spoken words like humans is
Answer: C. Natural Language Processing
41. Spam is
Answer: A. unwanted junk email sent in bulk
42. NLP email filtering works by
Answer: B. detecting certain words or phrases that signal spam
43. The probable next words shown as we type in a search bar are called
Answer: D. predictive text
44. Sentiment analysis determines whether the tone of a text is
Answer: C. positive, negative or neutral
45. Robotics is a combination of AI and
Answer: A. engineering
46. Roomba is a popular
Answer: D. autonomous vacuum cleaner robot
47. Robots in space exploration can work without
Answer: B. food, water or oxygen
48. Bias in AI means
Answer: C. unfairness or discrimination against someone
49. AI bias can result when the training data is
Answer: A. incorrect, incomplete or biased
50. In 2015, Amazon's AI hiring algorithm favoured
Answer: C. men over women
These 54 Computer Science MCQs cover Class 10 Unit 5: Applications of Computer Science of the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-II (Class 10) syllabus. They are SLO-based MCQs as per the new pattern for FBISE exams. Each question has four options and the correct answer is shown, so you can practise for the annual examination and find the topics you still need to revise. The questions are split over 2 pages of 50. Download the Applications of Computer Science MCQs as a PDF using the button at the top of this page.