Multiple choice Questions and Answers on Collaboration Technologies of Cloud Computing for Freshers

1. Which of the following factor has helped spur the popularity of collaborative software for conferencing and workgroup support?

a) emergence of cloud networks
b) high cost of computing
c) lowered cost of travel
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Collaborative software is an old concept with roots in many different types of systems.

2. Point out the wrong statement:

a) Yahoo’s Exchange platform added features to compete with Notes
b) SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol
c) Citrix GoToMeeting is one of the best-known collaboration software product
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Microsoft’s Exchange platform added features to compete with Notes.

3. Which of the following software enables real-time or near-real-time communication?

a) Focusware
b) Collaborative
c) Cooperative
d) IMPS

Answer: b

Explanation: Groupware is also similar to collaborative software.

4. Which of the following is first ever true collaboration platform?

a) Lotus Notes
b) Citrix GoToMeeting
c) XAMPP
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Lotus Notes added document management, content management, and groups, and it supported mobile users.

5. Point out the wrong statement:

a) ZCS can synchronize email, contacts, and calendars with a number of mail services, including mobile phones
b) ZCS is a groupware product
c) Yahoo!, the owner of ZCS, makes the source code available under their Yahoo! Public License (YPL)
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: ZCS stands for Zimbra Collaboration Suite.

6. Which of the following product allows users to share their desktop, do presentations, and even let a user remotely take over another user’s computer in real time?

a) Citrix
b) Zimbra
c) Trillian
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Meetings can be scheduled and recorded for later playback.

7. Which of the following platform is a direct competitor to GoToMeeting?

a) Zimbra
b) DimDim
c) RimRim
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Dimdim offers a service that is a strong Web conferencing platform.

8. Which of the following is a good example of an SMS service organized into a social network and blog?

a) Twitter
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: It is sometimes referred to as the SMS of the Internet or as a form of Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

9. Which of the following sites let you create your own small personal Website, which you give people access to view?

a) Friendster
b) MySpace
c) Facebook
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: Friendster was the earliest of these three services, followed by MySpace, which was more successful.

10. Which of the following is a central element of social networking site?

a) Personal profile
b) Friends
c) Groups
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: Nearly all social networks have a feature called groups where people interested in a similar topic can post messages to one another.

11. Which of the following programming medium makes social networking widgets more prevalent than past?

a) HTML
b) Java
c) AJAX
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: Many social networking sites have widget galleries that contain clocks, calendars, animations, weather information, electronic Post-It notes, and many more

12. Point out the wrong statement:

a) Discussions are often indexed by the major search engines
b) Few social networking sites have the ability to create blogs
c) A widget is a small utility that you can add to your page
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Most social networking sites have the ability to create blogs.

13. Which of the following is not a social networking site?

a) IRC-Galleria
b) Italki.com
c) Itsmy
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: Itsmy is a mobile social network.

14. Which of the following figure is correct according to categories shown ?
a)
b)
c)
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: The emergence of cloud networks,lowered cost of computing and high cost of travel helped popularity of collaborative software.

15. Point out the wrong statement:

a) myYearbook is used for general social network
b) MySpace is used as social networking site for Asian relationships
c) Livemocha is used for language learning purpose
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Multiply is used as social networking site for Asian relationships.

16. Which of the following social networking site is used for Business and professional networking?

a) LiveJournal
b) Linkedin
c) Mix
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Mixi is a Japanese social network.

17. Which of the following social networking site is used for locating friends and family?

a) MyLife
b) My Opera
c) MyBlogLog
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: MyBlogLog is a blogging network.

18. Which of the following is the largest Chinese social networking site?

a) Qzone
b) ResearchGATE
c) Renren
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: ResearchGATE is used for science research.

19. Which of the following offers a desktop application or browser add-in for aggregating Webmail and social network accounts?

a) FriendFeed
b) ContextMine
c) Gathera
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: FriendFeed site monitors brand presence.

20. Which of the following offers an SaaS service that provides online analysis and measurement of social media tools?

a) Network Insights
b) myZuzu
c) NutshellMail
d) Gnip

Answer: a

Explanation: Gnip offers an aggregation API for developers.